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A New Species of Cocotropus (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Aploactinidae) from South Africa, Western Indian Ocean
| Title: | A New Species of Cocotropus (Actinopterygii: Teleostei: Aploactinidae) from South Africa, Western Indian Ocean |
| Authors: | Imamura, Hisashi Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Shinohara, Gento Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Keywords: | Cocotropus roseomaculatus sp. nov. | | Aploactinidae | | South Africa | | western Indian Ocean |
| Issue Date: | 31-Aug-2004 |
| Publisher: | the Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology |
| Journal Title: | Species diversity : an international journal for taxonomy, systematics, speciation, biogeography, and life history research of animals |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page: | 201 |
| End Page: | 205 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.12782/specdiv.9.201 |
| Abstract: | A new aploactinid fish, Cocotropus roseomaculatus sp. nov., is described from a single specimen collected in coastal waters of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa, western Indian Ocean. The new species differs from its congeners in having the following combination of characters: 12 dorsal fin spines, 13 pectoral fin rays, 26 vertebrae in total, four dorsal spines anterior to the third neural spine, no papillae on the posterior portion of the maxilla, the first pair of sensory pores of the lower jaw contralaterally fused, the isthmus tip almost reaching to the fifth sensory pore of the lower jaw, no vomerine teeth, the upper jaw longer than the lachrymal, five preopercular spines, lower jaw papillae weakly developed, and pinkish spots on body and fins. |
| Type: | article |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/45741 |
| Appears in Collections: | 水産科学院・水産科学研究院 (Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences / Faculty of Fisheries Sciences) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 今村 央
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