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Issue: Vol. 3107 No. 1: 23 Nov. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-11-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3107.1.3
Page range: 47–58
Abstract views: 87
PDF downloaded: 2

A new species of Upeneus (Perciformes: Mullidae) from southern Japan

Graduate School of Fisheries, Kagoshima University, 4-50-20 Shimoarata, Kagoshima 890-0056, Japan
Department of Evolution, Systematics and Ecology, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 91904 Jerusalem, Israel
The Kagoshima University Museum, 1-21-30 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890-0065, Japan
Fish Mullidae Upeneus itoui new species Upeneus pori southern Japan

Abstract

A new species of goatfish, Upeneus itoui, is described on the basis of 67 specimens collected from southern Japan at depths of less than 40 m. Upeneus itoui is most similar to the western Indian Ocean species, U. pori. The caudal-fin color pattern in fresh and preserved specimens of the two species is identical. However, U. itoui differs from U. pori in having less head and body depths, wider barbels, and a lower count of gill rakers.

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