Parmops echinatus, a new species of flashlight fish (Beryciformes : Anomalopidae) from Fiji

Authors
Johnson, GD Seeto, J Rosenblatt, RH
Citation
Gd. Johnson et al., Parmops echinatus, a new species of flashlight fish (Beryciformes : Anomalopidae) from Fiji, P BIOL SOC, 114(2), 2001, pp. 497-500
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Biology
Journal title
PROCEEDINGS OF THE BIOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON
ISSN journal
0006324X → ACNP
Volume
114
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
497 - 500
Database
ISI
SICI code
0006-324X(20010525)114:2<497:PEANSO>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
A second species of the genus Parmops is described from two specimens colle cted in 440m and 550m respectively in Fiji. Parmops echinatus n.sp. is dist inguished most prominently from P. coruscans in lacking midventral scutes a nd an external tooth parch on the lateral face of the dentary, and in havin g papillose ridges on the gular isthmus, 15 dorsal-fin soft rays, 12 anal-f in soft rays, 15 or 16 pectoral-fins rays, 34 pored lateral-line scales and 14 + 17 vertebrae.