Pleuronectiform fishes from New Caledonian waters. Five species of the samarid genera Plagiopsetta and Samaris (Samaridae)
Mihara, E.; Amaoka, K. (2004). Pleuronectiform fishes from New Caledonian waters. Five species of the samarid genera Plagiopsetta and Samaris (Samaridae), in: Marshall, B.A. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 23. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 191: pp. 611-635 In: Marshall, B.A.; Richer de Forges, B. (Ed.) (2004). Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 23. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 191. Publications Scientifiques du Muséum: Paris. ISBN 2-85653-557-7. 640 + 1 cd-rom pp., more In: Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993). Éditions du Muséum: Paris. ISSN 1243-4442; e-ISSN 1768-305X, more |  |
| Keywords | Taxa > Species > New taxa > New species
Plagiopsetta Franz, 1910 [WoRMS]; Samaris Gray, 1831 [WoRMS]
ISEW, New Caledonia [Marine Regions]
Marine/Coastal |
| Abstract | Five species of the samarid genera Plagiopsetta and Samaris: P. stigmosa n. sp., P. gracilis n. sp., S. cristatus Gray, 1831, S. spinea n. sp. and S. chesterfieldensis n. sp., collected from New Caledonia and adjacent waters are described and keys to the species provided. Plagiopsetta stigmosa is easily separable from its congeners by having lateral lines on both sides and the pectoral fin with a jet-black blotch. Plagiopsetta gracilis is characterized by a uniformly dark pectoral fin, shallow body and caudal peduncle, a short ocular side pelvic fin, and large numbers of dorsal fin rays, anal fin rays, scales in the lateral line and vertebrae. Samaris spinea and S. chesterfieldensis are both characterized by caudal peduncle spines and bifurcated middle caudal fin rays, and are also separable by body depth. |
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