A new species of anglerfish (Lophiidae: <Emphasis Type="Italic">Lophiodes</Emphasis>) from the western Pacific |
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Authors: | Hsuan-Ching Ho Kwang-Tsao Shao |
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Institution: | (1) Institute of Marine Biology, National Taiwan Ocean University, Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, No.128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan;(2) Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, No.128, Sec. 2, Academia Rd., Nankang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan |
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Abstract: | Lophiodes endoi sp. nov. is described from the western Pacific Ocean. Within the genus Lophiodes, the new species belongs in the L. mutilus group mainly defined by the absence of the fourth dorsal fin spine and differs from other species in the L. mutilus group in having a rounded esca with a paler tip, a third dorsal spine bearing a pair of black tendrils at two-thirds its
length, 20–21 pectoral fin rays, a relatively short head, a relatively short illicium, a relatively short third dorsal spine,
and a relatively long fifth dorsal spine, reaching the third soft dorsal fin ray when folded back. Comments on a similar species,
L. bruchius, newly collected from the Kyushu–Palau Ridge, and notes on the distribution of congeneric species in the northwestern Pacific
are provided. |
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Keywords: | Taxonomy Lophiiformes Lophiodes endoi Lophiodes bruchius |
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