Chelidoperca flavimacula Psomadakis & Gon & Htut 2021, sp. nov.

• Main Authors: Psomadakis, Peter N., Gon, Ofer, Htut, Thaung
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2021
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Chordata; Actinopterygii; Perciformes; Serranidae; Chelidoperca; Chelidoperca flavimacula; Fridtjof Nansen
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4549215; http://treatment.plazi.org/id/F0537A31FFF34A3BFF3B89997B31FC40

Chelidoperca flavimacula sp. nov. (New English name: Yellow-spotted perchlet) Figures 4, 5, 6–8, Table 1 Chelidoperca sp. B: Psomadakis et al . 2019: 386, Pl. XXVI, fig. 200 (Myanmar coast). Holotype. SAIAB 209601, 69.5 mm SL (Fig. 4A), off Ayeyarwady coast, Myanmar, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean, 14°30.76’N; 95°47.22’E, R / V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , station 73, bottom trawl, 126–131 m depth, P.N. Psomadakis, 6 September 2018. Paratypes. (7 specimens). SAIAB 208475, 3: 49.8–59.4 mm SL, off Ayeyarwady coast, Myanmar, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean, 15°20.29’N; 94°5.82’E, R / V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen , station 47, bottom trawl, 84 m depth, 2 September 2018. USNM 451518, 52.5 mm SL and KAUM-I. 149194, 57.4 mm SL, both collected with SAIAB 208475. SAIAB 209602, 3: 49.8–70.8 mm SL, collected with holotype. Diagnosis. A species of Chelidoperca distinguished from congeners by the following combination of characters: scale rows between lateral line and middle of first dorsal-fin base 3 (2 full-sized plus 1 half-sized); pored lateral-line scales 42–45 (modally 42); pectoral-fin rays 15–16 (modally 15); predorsal scale rows 6; scale rows below lateral line 9–10; circumpeduncular scales 16–17; scale rows absent from ventral side of dentary; scale rows on interorbital area extending to mid-orbit level; maxilla expanded posteriorly, covered ventrally by low skin fold; outermost row teeth of upper jaw distinctly enlarged; gill rakers 6–7 + 10–12; developed gill rakers 1–2 + 6–8; serrations on preopercle 31–45; serrations on postemporal 2–5; body depth 4.1–4.3 in SL; head length 2.6–2.7 in SL; three, poorly-defined longitudinal rows of small whitish spots on body; dorsal fin transparent with about four longitudinal rows of bright yellow spots mostly covering soft portion of fin; anal fin transparent white with yellow or reddish distal margin and three or four rows of bright yellow spots over its proximal half; posteriormost dorsal and anal-fin rays with short alternating yellow and dark grey bands. Description. Proportional measurements are ...