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Issue: Vol. 3165 No. 1: 19 Jan. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-01-19
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3165.1.4
Page range: 64–68
Abstract views: 36
PDF downloaded: 2

Colletteichthys occidentalis, a new Toadfish Species from the Arabian Peninsula and Northern Arabian Sea (Teleostei: Batrachoididae)

Research Associate, Department of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Dr., Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California 94118-4599 and Emeritus Professor, University of Hawaii
Teleostei Batrachoididae Colletteichthys Arabian Sea

Abstract

The second known species in the genus Colletteichthys is described from the Arabian Peninsula and the northern ArabianSea, supporting the validity of the genus Colletteichthys. Compared to the other known species, C. dussumieri from India,C. occidentalis has only a single tentacle above the eye whereas C. dussumieri has two or more. Colletteichtyhs dussumieri is restricted to the west coast of India.

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