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- Title
Ericandersonia sagamia, a new genus and species of deep-water eelpouts (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from Japan.
- Authors
Gento Shinohara; Hiroshi Sakurai
- Abstract
A new genus and species of deep-water zoarcid fish, Ericandersonia sagamia, is described on the basis of four specimens collected from Sagami Bay, Japan, at depths of 880–930 m. This species is placed in the subfamily Gymnelinae and is distinguished from all genera of gymnelines by the following characters: pseudosubmental crest present; frontals partially fused dorsally; parietals meeting in midline; pelvic fins absent; ventral ramus of posttemporal weak; postorbital head pores 5; pectoral-fin rays 14. The phylogenetic analysis (based on 42 morphological characters) indicates that its position is outside the highly modified (= advanced) genera Seleniolycus, Melanostigma, Puzanovia, Nalbantichthys, Opaeophacus, and Andriashevia.
- Subjects
SAGAMI Bay (Japan); JAPAN; ZOARCIDAE; FISHES; IDENTIFICATION of animals
- Publication
Ichthyological Research, 2006, Vol 53, Issue 2, p172
- ISSN
1341-8998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10228-006-0333-7