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Issue: Vol. 2924 No. 1: 20 Jun. 2011
Type: Articles
Published: 2011-06-20
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2924.1.4
Page range: 57–62
Abstract views: 45
PDF downloaded: 28

Pseudochromis erdmanni, a new species of dottyback with medially placed palatine teeth from Indonesia (Teleostei: Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)

Macleay Museum and School of Biological Sciences, Macleay Building A12, The University of Sydney, New South Wales 2006, Australia
Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Perth, Western Australia 6986, Australia
Fish Pseudochromidae Pseudochromis new species Indonesia

Abstract

Pseudochromis erdmanni is described from eight specimens from Halmahera, Ambon and the Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia. It is also recorded from Lembeh Strait, Sulawesi, on the basis of photographs. Pseudochromis erdmanni belongs to a clade of species with medially placed palatine tooth patches, which also includes P. colei Herre, P. howsoni Allen, P. moorei Fowler, P. quinquedentatus McCulloch, P. perspicillatus Günther and P. steenei Gill & Randall. Based on derived coloration characters, P. erdmanni is nested within this group as the sister to P. steenei.

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