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Issue: Vol. 1678 No. 1: 11 Jan. 2008
Type: Article
Published: 2008-01-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1678.1.4
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 40
PDF downloaded: 17

Gymnothorax baranesi, a new moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from the Red Sea

Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, MRC-159, Washington, DC, 20013-7012.
The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences at Eilat, P.O. Box 469, Eilat 88103, Israel Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, the Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
The Interuniversity Institute for Marine Sciences at Eilat, P.O. Box 469, Eilat 88103, Israel Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, the Institute of Life Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
Fish taxonomy Indian Ocean

Abstract

Gymnothorax baranesi n. sp. is described from three specimens collected in moderately deep water in the Gulf of Aquaba, Red Sea, Israel. It is characterized by irregular, pale, rosette-like spots on a dark background. The snout is somewhat slender. The intermaxillary teeth are arranged in one peripheral and one median row. The maxillary teeth are arranged in 1–2 rows, the inner row, when present, consists of only two depressible teeth. The new species is compared to other pale-spotted species in the Indian Ocean.

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