Odontanthias rhodopeplus

description

Radiographs and CT scans of the two specimens revealed the following osteological details: vertebrae 10 + 16; supraneurals 2; predorsal formula 0 / 0 / 2 / 1 + 1; main shaft (proximal component) of first dorsal pterygiophore slanting slightly anterodorsally relative to main axis of body; no trisegmental pterygiophores associated with dorsal and anal fins; ribs present on vertebrae 3 through 10; epineurals present on vertebrae 1 through 12; parhypural and hypurals autogenous; well-developed hypurapophysis on parhypural; epurals 3; single uroneural (posterior uroneural absent); ventral tip of cleithrum with well-developed posteroventral process. Morphometric values for the two specimens are provided in Table 3.

Pseudanthias emma new species, with notes on a collection of anthiadine serranid fishes from off Myanmar (eastern Indian Ocean)

materials_examined

Material examined: SAIAB 203717, 151 mm SL, SAIAB 203728, 192 mm SL, off Tanintharyi coast, Myanmar, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean (13 ° 55.22 ’ N, 95 ° 42.27 ’ E), 173 – 176 m, R / V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, stn 90, bottom trawl, 14 May 2015, collected by P. N. Psomadakis

Pseudanthias emma new species, with notes on a collection of anthiadine serranid fishes from off Myanmar (eastern Indian Ocean)

distribution

Distribution: Indo – west Pacific: Japan to India and apparently west to the Gulf of Aden.

Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)

materials_examined

Holotype: BMNH 1871.7.20.49, 127 mm SL. Type locality: Manado, Sulawesi, Indonesia. Illustrations: Günther, 1872, pl. LV; Randall & Heemstra, 2006: pl. V: A – C. D: X, 12 or 13. A: III, 7. P: 17 or 18. C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 40 to 44 (12 to 15 + 27 to 30). LL: 29 to 33. CP: ca. 18.

Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)