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Published: 2022-01-18
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Redescription of Parapercis moki Ho and Johnson, 2013 (family Pinguipedidae), with its first fresh coloration information

National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan.
Department of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan
Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Pisces Teleostei Actinopteri taxonomy ichthyology Taiwan

Abstract

Two specimens of Parapercis moki Ho & Johnson were collected recently and detailed descriptions of their morphology and fresh coloration are provided. Its diagnosis is now revised as: band across head, six transverse bands on body and blade-like bar below eye; numerous small pores connected by canals forming about 9–10 vertical rows on cheek, opercle, and subopercle; scales on nape extending anteriorly to level of posterior margin of eyes; large spine on posteroventral corner of subopercle; very narrow interorbital space (1.7‒2.0% SL); 4 dorsal-fin spines, each spine progressively longer, last spine entirely connected by membrane to first dorsal-fin ray; four pairs of canine teeth anteriorly in lower jaw; and palatine teeth present, in two rows, and vomerine teeth stout, in two rows.

 

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