Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012

• Main Authors: Akhilesh, K. V., Kishore, T. G., Muktha, M., Lisher, M. W., Ambarish, Gop P., Anulekshmi, C.
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2020
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Perciformes; Serranidae; Pseudanthias; Pseudanthias pillai; Fridtjof Nansen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4323642; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F60CE576FFCFFF99FF45FD0B435FFF67

Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 English Name: Pillai’s anthias Figures 2–11, Table 1 Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh 2012: 152, figs. 39 & 40 (type locality: off Chavakkadu, Kerala, India); Psomadakis et al. 2019: 397, pl. XXVIII, fig. 215 (Myanmar coast). Pseudanthias sp. Murugan & Namboothri 2012: 107, fig. 2. (Gulf of Mannar, India) Pseudanthias vizagensis Krishna, Rao & Venu 2017: 215, fig. 1 & 2. (type locality: Visakhapatnam, India) Holotype. SAIAB 86517, male, 119 mm SL, off Chavakkadu, Kerala, India depth 150–200 m, Trawl. Paratype . SAIAB 97562, female, 100 mm SL, trawled off Kochi, Kerala, India. Examined material : Pseudanthias pillai . Arabian Sea: CMFRI- GB 31.1.139.44.36.1, 84 mm SL; BNHS MF 91, 94.5 mm SL; CMFRI- GB 31.1.139.44.36.2, 103.6 mm SL; BNHS MF 92, 102.6 mm SL; BNHS MF 93, 93.5 mm SL; all trawled at 120-130 m depth off Kollam, India, south-eastern Arabian Sea, collected at Neendakara harbour, 09 May 2018. Bay of Bengal: CMFRI- GB 31.1.139.44.36.3, 113.2 mm SL; CMFRI- GB 31.1.139.44.36.4, 118.8 mm SL; CMFRI - GB 31.1.139.44.36.5, 112.7 mm SL; BNHS MF 90, 99.6 mm SL; all trawled at 100 m depth off Chennai, India, Bay of Bengal, collected at Chennai fisheries harbour, 30 December 2019. Andaman Sea: SAIAB 208471, 94.8 mm SL, off Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar, Andaman Sea, R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , stn.51, trawl, 125 m depth, 03 September 2018. Pseudanthias vizagensis : (only syntypes designated) 89–91 mm TL, 44 specimens, no registration numbers (not deposited in MLR, Andhra University, Andhra Pradesh, India as stated by authors), trawled off Visakhapatnam, depth 180 m, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean, February 2013 (details from Krishna et al. 2017). Diagnosis. The following combination of characters distinguishes Pseudanthias pillai from congeners: dorsalfin rays continuous X, 16–17; third dorsal-fin spine longest; lateral-line scales 36–38; no auxiliary scales on body; no papillae on rear edge of orbit; basal part of dorsal and anal-fins with low ...