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- Title
Halichoeres zulu, a new labrid fish from South Africa.
- Authors
Randall, John E.; King, Dennis R.
- Abstract
Halichoeres zulu is described as a new species of labrid fish from inshore on rocky bottom or shallow reefs of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa from four specimens, 79-135 mm standard length. Formerly misidentified as the similar H. nebulosus, a common sympatric species that ranges to the western Pacific (here extended to Palau), it differs in colour and in attaining a larger size. It is also a close relative of H. margaritaceus, a widely distributed Pacific and eastern Indian Ocean species. Although sharing a unique colour pattern on the cheek, it differs from H. margaritaceus in body colouration, a strongly modal count of 14 compared to 13 pectoral rays, and in reaching larger size.
- Subjects
KWAZULU-Natal (South Africa); SOUTH Africa; FISH ecology; BIOLOGICAL specimens; HALICHOERES; WRASSES; ANIMAL species
- Publication
Smithiana Bulletin, 2010, Vol 11, p17
- ISSN
1684-4130
- Publication type
Article