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Issue: Vol. 2925 No. 1: 21 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-21
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2925.1.7
Page range: 63–68
Abstract views: 73
PDF downloaded: 3

A new species of frogfish of the genus Histiophryne (Teleostei: Lophiiformes: Antennariidae) from Queensland, Australia

School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Campus Box 355020, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Campus Box 355020, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Fish Teleostei Lophiiformes Antennarioidei Antennariidae Histiophryne maggiewalker new species taxonomy marine Australia

Abstract

Histiophryne maggiewalker, a new species of frogfish of the teleost order Lophiiformes, family Antennariidae, is described from six specimens collected in shallow waters off Queensland, Australia. The new taxon differs from its congeners in having a relatively long illicium and esca, the latter expanded distally, more or less rectangular; and genetic divergence in the nuclear recombination activation gene-2 (RAG2) and cytochrome oxidase-I (COI) genes. Members of the new species are black with a reticulate patterning discernible only with aid of a dissecting scope; or white with light brown spots. The new species is described and compared with its congeners.

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