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Issue: Vol. 2814 No. 1: 11 Apr. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-04-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2814.1.5
Page range: 59–66
Abstract views: 49
PDF downloaded: 5

A new species of prickleback Ernogrammus zhirmunskii (Acanthopterygii: Perciformes: Stichaeidae) from the Sea of Japan, Russia

Far Eastern Marine Biosphere State Nature Reserve of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Palchevsky str. 17, Vladivostok 690041, Russia
A.V. Zhirmunsky Institute of Marine Biology of the Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Palchevsky str. 17, Vladivostok 690041, Russia
Fish Stichaeidae new fish species the Sea of Japan

Abstract

A new stichaeid fish, Ernogrammus zhirmunskii is described on the basis of the specimens collected in Peter the Great Bay, the Sea of Japan. This new species differs from its congeners E. hexagrammus and E. walkeri in having seven body sensory canals in total number including one short canal in the middle of belly and unique combination in number of the anal fin rays with one short rigid spine posteriormost (I 28-30 I). In coloration the fish has one narrow white stripe between two wide black ones on the base of pelvic fin, and one dark blotch on the dorsal fin anteriorly.

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