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Issue: Vol. 4413 No. 3: 24 Apr. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-04-23
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4413.3.9
Page range: 551–565
Abstract views: 211
PDF downloaded: 7

A taxonomic review of Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788) Lampridiformes; Lampridae) with descriptions of three new species

Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96818, USA NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic Dr., Gloucester, MA, 01930, USA
Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96818, USA NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office, 55 Great Republic Dr., Gloucester, MA, 01930, USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 8901 La Jolla Shores Dr., La Jolla, CA 92037, USA
Pisces Opah moonfish taxonomy

Abstract

The genus Lampris (Lampridae) currently comprises two species, Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788) and L. immaculatus (Gilchrist 1905) commonly known as Opah and Southern Opah, respectively. Hyde et al. (2014) presented DNA sequence data which revealed the presence of five distinct, monophyletic lineages within L. guttatus. In this paper, we present morphological and meristic data supporting the presence of five species previously subsumed within L. guttatus (Brünnich 1788). We restrict Lampris guttatus (Brünnich 1788), resurrect L. lauta (Lowe 1838), and describe three new species of Lampris. A key to the species of Lampris is provided.

 

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