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Issue: Vol. 5738 No. 1: 30 Dec. 2025
Type: Article
Published: 2025-12-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.17
Page range: 139-146
Abstract views: 37
PDF downloaded: 17

Additional description and geographic distribution of the splitfin ocean-bass Synagrops atrumoris from southwestern Taiwan

Department of Aquaculture; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 202; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Department of Aquaculture; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 202; Taiwan; R.O.C.; Center of Excellence for the Oceans; National Taiwan Ocean University; Keelung 202; Taiwan; R.O.C.
Pisces Synagropidae geographic distribution Dentition New record Taiwan

Abstract

The splitfin ocean-bass Synagrops atrumoris belonging to the Family Synagropidae is newly recorded from Dong-gang Fishing Port, Pingtung County, southwestern Taiwan. In this study, we expand the geographical distribution and provide a series of detailed additional dental and osteological descriptions of this species. Fresh color photographs, radiographs, the description of the structure of the proximal-middle radial of the first anal-fin pterygiophore, dentition illustration of this specimen, and comparisons with the congener S. japonicus are also provided herein.

 

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How to Cite

Huang, Y.-S. & Chen, H.-M. (2025) Additional description and geographic distribution of the splitfin ocean-bass Synagrops atrumoris from southwestern Taiwan. Zootaxa, 5738 (1), 139–146. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5738.1.17