New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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A new species of the genus Engyprosopon (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from the south-west Pacific Ocean

KUNIO AMAOKA

Laboratory of Marine Zoology
Faculty of Fisheries
Hokkaido University
Hakodate, Hokkaido 041, Japan

EIJI MIHARA

Hokkaido Hakodate Fisheries Experimental
Station
Yunokawa
Hakodate, Hokkaido 042, Japan

Abstract  A new bothid flounder, Engyprosopon raoulensis sp. nov., collected from Raoul Island (Kermadec Island group) and Norfolk Island, is described on the basis of 17 specimens in the fish collection of the Museum of New Zealand. This species clearly differs from the known species in having a shorter pectoral fin on the ocular side of both sexes, a caudal fin without distinct markings, a larger number of scales in the lateral line, gill rakers without serrations, and biserial teeth on the upper jaw. The present species is a new southern record for species of the genus Engyprosopon, and is probably at the southern boundary of distribution of this genus.

Keywords  Engyprosopon raoulensis; Bothidae; new species; Raoul Island; Norfolk Island; southern record

New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 1995: Vol. 29: 51-57

0028-8330/95/2901-0051 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand 1995

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