Scalyjaw Koester
Acanthistius joanae Heemstra, 2010
Also calledGaroupa-de-mandíbula-escamosa (por) · Nero de boca escamosa (cat) · kanic pestrotělý (ces) · 瓊氏刺鮨 (zho)
First described in: Heemstra, P.C. (2010). Taxonomic review of the perciform fish genus Acanthistius from the east coast of southern Africa, with description of a new species and designation of a neotype for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861. Zootaxa, 2352, 59-68.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: western Indian Ocean: off east coast of South Africa.
Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
materials_examined
Holotype: SAIAB 26041, 113 mm SL, mature female. Type locality: western Indian Ocean, South Africa, off Umdloti, KwaZulu Natal, depth 80 meters. Illustrations: Heemstra, 2010, figs. 1 – 5. D: XII, 14 to 16. A: III, 7. P: 17 to 19. C: 17 (9 + 8). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 19 to 21 (total). LL: 47 to 52.
Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
description
Description. (Morphometric data are given in Table 1.) (Data from paratypes are given in parentheses.) Dorsal fin rays XII, 16 (XII, 14 – 16); anal fin rays III, 7 the rays branched; pectoral fin rays 17, 17 (17 – 19), the upper and lowermost rays unbranched, and the rest branched; pectoral fins reach vertical at anus; pelvic fins also reach anus; branched caudal-fin rays 8 + 7; principal rays 9 + 8; dorsal procurrent caudal rays 4 – 8, with last 3 segmented; ventral procurrent rays 4 – 7, with 2 rays segmented; no median fin rays elongated; 4 th to 6 th dorsal-fin spines longest, but slightly shorter than longest dorsal soft-ray or 2 nd anal-fin spine. Body and most of head covered with strongly adherent, distinctly ctenoid scales, extending forward over top of head and interorbital area to a line joining front edge of anterior nostrils; maxilla, infraorbitals, operculum, dorsal branchiostegal rays and gular area with distinct ctenoid scales; snout, preorbitals and lower jaw naked, the skin perforated by numerous minute, close-set, raised pores. Proximal half of all fins are scaly. Lateral-line scales 48 (47 – 52); scale rows between 6 th dorsal-fin spine and lateral line 16 (13 –
Taxonomic Review of the perciform fish genus Acanthistius from the east coast of southern Africa, with description of a new species and designation of a neotype for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861
description
Description. Morphometric data are given in Table 1; data from the neotype are given first, with data from the other specimens examined in parentheses. Dorsal-fin rays XII, 15 (XI – XIII, 15 – 17); anal-fin rays III, 7 (2 specimens with 8 anal rays); pectoral-fin rays 19 and 20 (19 – 21), upper and lowermost rays unbranched and the rest branched; pectoral fins reach vertical at anus; pelvic fins also reach anus; branched caudal-fin rays 8 + 7; principal rays 9 + 8; dorsal procurrent caudal rays 6 (4 – 8), with last 3 segmented; ventral procurrent rays 5 (4 – 7), with 2 rays segmented; no median fin rays elongated; 4 th (4 th to 6 th) dorsal-fin spines longest, but slightly shorter than longest dorsal soft-ray or 2 nd anal-fin spine. Body and most of head covered with strongly adherent, distinctly ctenoid scales, extending forward over top of head and interorbital area to a line joining front edge of anterior nostrils; cheek and operculum with ctenoid scales; snout, preorbitals and lower jaw naked, the skin perforated by numerous minute, close-set, raised pores. Proximal two-thirds of all median fins are scaly; pelvic fin rays with scales extending along proximal two-thirds of rays.
Taxonomic Review of the perciform fish genus Acanthistius from the east coast of southern Africa, with description of a new species and designation of a neotype for Serranus sebastoides Castelnau, 1861
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5853330.