Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri Motomura 2017, new species ...

• Main Author: Motomura, Hiroyuki
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2017
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Scorpaeniformes; Scorpaenidae; Phenacoscorpius; Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri; Darwin Island; Pacific
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6001849; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6001849

Phenacoscorpius mccoskeri, new species NeW EngliSH name: MCCOSker’S NO-line SCOrpiOnfiSH FigureS 1, 2 Phenacoscorpius sp.: McCosker & Rosenblatt 2010: 174 (off Darwin Island, Galápagos Islands, Ecuador, eastern Pacific, 01°41ʹN, 91°59ʹW) Holotype. CAS 86551, 100.5 mm SL, Off DarWin ISland, GalápagOS ISlandS, ECuadOr, eaStern PaCifiC, 01°41ʹN, 91°59ʹW, COll. by J. E. MCCOSker et al., manned SubmerSible Johnson Sea-Link, 515 m deptH, 21 NOv. 1995. Paratypes. CAS 243875, 66.2 mm SL, KAUM–I. 104643, 77.9 mm SL, Same data aS HOlOtype. Diagnosis. A SpeCieS Of Phenacoscorpius WitH tHe fOllOWing COmbinatiOn Of CHaraCterS: peCtOral-fin rayS 19– 20, SeCOnd tO nintH rayS branCHed; 5–19 pOred lateral-line SCaleS, pOSteriOrmOSt pOre Situated frOm belOW baSe Of fiftH dOrSal-fin Spine tO anteriOr Of Caudal pedunCle; 46–48 SCale rOWS in lOngitudinal SerieS; palatine teetH preSent; Small Slit beHind fOurtH gill arCH; SeCOnd preOperCular Spine abSent; nuCHal and parietal SpineS diStinCt but JOined at baSe; Head large, ... : Published as part of Motomura, Hiroyuki, 2017, A new species of the deepwater scorpionfish genus Phenacoscorpius (Teleostei: Scorpaenidae) from the Galápagos Islands, pp. 261-268 in Zootaxa 4323 (2) on pages 262-267, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4323.2.9, http://zenodo.org/record/898991 ...