NEW SPECIES OF THE DEEP-WATER CARDINALFISH EPIGONUS (PERCIFORMES, EPIGONIDAE) FROM THE GALAPAGOS-ISLANDS

Authors
MCCOSKER JE LONG DJ
Citation
Je. Mccosker et Dj. Long, NEW SPECIES OF THE DEEP-WATER CARDINALFISH EPIGONUS (PERCIFORMES, EPIGONIDAE) FROM THE GALAPAGOS-ISLANDS, Ichthyological research, 44(2), 1997, pp. 125-129
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Ichthyological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
13418998
Volume
44
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
125 - 129
Database
ISI
SICI code
1341-8998(1997)44:2<125:NSOTDC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A new species of deepwater cardinal fish, Epigonus merleni, is describ ed from a specimen found floating at the sea surface as a result of th e eruption of Fernandina Volcano, Isla Fernandina, Galapagos Islands. It differs from all known Epigonus in having the greatest number of la teral line scales (57) and the fewest gill rakers (17), as well as in several other characters.