A new deep-bodied species of Antigonia (Teleostei, Antigoniidae) from the Andaman Sea (northeastern Indian Ocean)

A new species of boarfish, Antigonia emanuela, is described from two specimens collected in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Myanmar during bottom trawl surveys conducted by the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen in 2015 and 2018. It is unique within the genus in the combination of the deeply rhomboid body (1.1...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Zootaxa
Main Authors: PROKOFIEV, ARTEM M., PSOMADAKIS, PETER N., GON, OFER
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Mangolia Press 2020
Subjects:
Pisces
Antigonia emanuela n. sp
morphology
taxonomy
trawl survey
R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen
Myanmar
Fridtjof
Indian
Fridtjof Nansen
Online Access:https://www.mapress.com/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4763.2.4
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Summary:A new species of boarfish, Antigonia emanuela, is described from two specimens collected in the Andaman Sea off the coast of Myanmar during bottom trawl surveys conducted by the R/V Dr Fridtjof Nansen in 2015 and 2018. It is unique within the genus in the combination of the deeply rhomboid body (1.1–1.2 times deeper than long), nine dorsal-fin spines, premaxilla strongly bent in middle, scales with deep apical crest armed with numerous spinules, soft dorsal, anal and caudal fins bright-yellow in life. Two other Antigonia species captured during these surveys are A. indica and A. ovalis, the latter species being a first report for the Andaman Sea.

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