Description of a new species of Microstoma (Pisces, Microstomatidae) from the southwestern Pacific Ocean

OFER GON; ANDREW L. STEWART

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.4

Issue: Vol. 3884 No. 1: 12 Nov. 2014

Type: Article

Published: 2014-11-12

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3884.1.4

Page range: 55–64

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**Description of a new species of Microstoma (Pisces, Microstomatidae)
from the southwestern Pacific Ocean**

OFER GON⁺⁻
ANDREW L. STEWART⁺⁻

South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa.

Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, PO Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand.

distribution fishes Microstoma australis n. sp. Microstoma microstoma New South Wales New Zealand taxonomy

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Abstract

A new species of the microstomatid genus Microstoma is described from specimens collected in the SW Pacific Ocean off New Zealand and Australia. Microstoma australis n. sp. differs from M. microsotma of the Mediterranean and Atlantic Ocean in having a higher number of gill rakers and vertebrae. Both species are compared with available data for NE Pacific specimens.