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Issue: Vol. 2277 No. 1: 30 Oct. 2009
Type: Articles
Published: 2009-10-30
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2277.1.5
Page range: 61–68
Abstract views: 56
PDF downloaded: 2

Description of a new scorpionfish (Scorpaenoidei, Sebastolobinae) from the tropical eastern Pacific

UMR 7209, Département «Écologie et gestion de la biodiversité», Muséum national d’histoire naturelle, 55 rue Buffon, 75231 Paris cedex 05, France
The Kagoshima University Museum, 1–21–30 Korimoto, Kagoshima 890–0065, Japan
Fish Trachyscorpia verai n. sp. Sebastidae Sebastolobinae TEP Ecuador

Abstract

A new spiny scorpionfish, Trachyscorpia verai, is described from a single specimen caught by deepwater longline off Puerto López (Ecuador, Tropical Eastern Pacific). This scorpionfish is distinguished from all other species of Trachyscorpia by a unique combination of characters: dorsal-fin spines 12, vertebrae 26, and gas bladder absent. Other diagnostic characters are: maxilla unscaled, third dorsal spine long, and pelvic spine short. This is the second species of Trachyscorpia known from the TEP and the sixth worldwide.

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