Kopua nuimata Hardy 1984

• Main Authors: Fujiwara, Kyoji, Motomura, Hiroyuki
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Gobiesociformes; Gobiesocidae; Kopua; Kopua nuimata; White Island
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3808725; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA1F87F3FFDAFF865CE2F8C28716DA14

Kopua nuimata Hardy, 1984 [English name: Bigeye Clingfish] (Figs 1–4) Kopua nuimata Hardy, 1984: 246, figs 1–5 (original description; type locality: Rangatira Knoll, northwest of White Island, New Zealand); Paulin et al. 1989: 141 (in key; northern New Zealand); Hutchins 1991: 464, fig. 1b [sketches of head sensory canal pores; same as type locality: based on NMNZ P. 13110 (paratype)]; Shinohara and Katayama 2015: 436 (in key; northern New Zealand); Stewart 2015: 1551, fig. 218.8 (brief description; same as type locality: based on NMNZ P. 13110); Fujiwara et al. 2018: 449 (in key; northern New Zealand). Material examined. CSIRO H6007-17, 29.0 mm SL, Norfolk Ridge, south of Norfolk Island, New South Wales, Australia, 29°42′S, 168°01′E, 322 m, 14 May 2013. Diagnosis. A species of Kopua distinguished from other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: 10 or 11 dorsal-fin rays; 8–10 anal-fin rays; 23–25 pectoral-fin rays; 7 or 8 gill rakers on 2nd arch; 34–36 vertebrae; 2 pores in nasal, lacrimal, and preopercular canals; snout short, its length 7.5–10.4% SL; gill opening wide, its depth 7.5% SL, upper end of gill membrane level with 2nd to 4th pectoral-fin ray base in lateral view; anterior, poste- rior and least interorbital widths 7.9, 15.0, and 1.2% SL, respectively; disc large, its length 19.6–22.7% SL, disc region D with ca. 6 rows of papillae; caudal-peduncle depth 8.2–11.2% SL; anus slightly closer to posterior margin of disc than to anal-fin origin, disc and disc C to anus lengths 14.3 and 27.4% SL, respectively; dorsal and anal-fin origins located posteriorly on body, pre-dorsal- and anal-fin lengths 66.7–71.4 and 71.4–74.1% SL, respectively, disc and disc C to anal-fin origin 31.9 and 43.8% SL, respectively; post-dorsal-caudal length 14.4% SL; arch-shaped blotches on lateral aspect of body; and two reddish-orange stripes on cheek. Description of Australian specimen (CSIRO H6007- 17). Dorsal-fin rays 10; anal-fin rays 10; pectoral-fin rays 23; caudal-fin rays 6–5+5–6; gill rakers 7 ...