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Issue: Vol. 4205 No. 2: 6 Dec. 2016
Type: Article
Published: 2016-12-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4205.2.8
Page range: 189–193
Abstract views: 86
PDF downloaded: 45

Pseudotrichonotus belos new species, first record of the fish family Pseudotrichonotidae from Australia (Teleostei: Aulopiformes)

Macleay Museum and School of Life and Environmental Sciences, A12 – Macleay Building, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia. Ichthyology, Australian Museum, 1 William Street, Sydney, New South Wales 2010, Australia
Australian National Fish Collection, National Research Collections Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, GPO Box 1538, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia.
Pisces Western Australia taxonomy ichthyology

Abstract

Pseudotrichonotus belos new species, described from three specimens trawled in 100–120 m offshore between Exmouth Gulf and Shark Bay, Western Australia, represents the first record of the sand-diving fish family Pseudotrichonotidae from Australian waters. It differs from its two congeners in having a more posteriorly positioned dorsal fin (predorsal length 39.6–41.2 % SL) and fewer dorsal- and anal-fin rays (31–33 and 12, respectively).

 

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