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Issue: Vol. 4500 No. 1: 15 Oct. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-10-15
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4500.1.4
Page range: 82–90
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Nemipterus andamanensis, a new nemipterid fish (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) from the Andaman Islands

Andaman and Nicobar Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Port Blair—744102, Andaman Islands, India
Museum & Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Darwin, Australia Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore-700053, Kolkata, India
Pisces Nemipteridae Nemipterus andamanensis n. sp. Andaman Islands India

Abstract

A new species of threadfin bream, Nemipterus andamanensis n. sp. from the Andaman Islands is described and figured. N. andamanensis resembles N. marginatus (Valenciennes, 1830) in general body form and colour pattern, but differs from the latter by having four yellow stripes on the head region, upper lobe of caudal fin and filament yellow, and lower lobe of caudal fin pinkish. The mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase C subunit I (COI) gene sequence comparison with close species revealed that Nemipterus andamanensis n. sp. has distinct genetic divergence (8.5%) from Nemipterus marginatus and other species of the genus occurring in the area.

 

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