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Pavoclinus caeruleopunctatus, a new species of clinid fish (Perciformes: Clinidae) from South Africa

  • Authors: Zsilavecz, Guido , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 2001-08
  • Subjects: Clinidae -- South Atlantic Ocean -- Classification , Clinidae -- South Africa -- Classification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71066 , vital:29774 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 66 , A new species of clinid fish, Pavoclinns caeruleopunctatus, is described from specimens collected and observed in 6 - 25 m, around the Cape Peninsula, on the southwest coast of South Africa. Pavoclinus caeruleopunctatus is distinguished from similar species by the first 3 dorsal-fin spines forming a moderate crest, a notch between the 3rd and 4th dorsal-fin spines, 1 - 3 soft dorsal rays, an anteriorly rounded head profile, and colour pattern; most characteristic in live specimens are the vivid blue spots in front and behind the eye, and also usually on the flanks.
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  • Date Issued: 2001-08

The taxonomic status of the cardinalfish species Apogon niger, A. nigripinnis, A. pharaonis, A. sialis, and related species (Perciformes: Apogonidae)

  • Authors: Gon, O (Ofer), 1949- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 2000-11
  • Subjects: Apogon , Cardinalfishes -- Indo-Pacific Region -- Classification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71048 , vital:29773 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 65 , Apogon niger Doderlein, 1883 of the western Pacific and Apogon nigripinnis Cuvier, 1828 (Apogon thurstoni Day, Amia nigripes Ogilby, and Amia atripes Ogilby are synonyms) of the eastern Indian Ocean and Australia are regarded as valid species distinct from Apogon pharaonis Bellotti, 1874 of the western Indian Ocean (Apogon suezii Sauvage, Amia ocellata Von Bonde, and Apogon duops Barnard are synonyms). Apogon nigripinnis differs from A. niger in having a large ocellus between the lateral line and the pectoral fin. A lectotype for A. niger is designated. A. pharaonis differs from both these species in having shorter pelvic fins, 16-21 instead of 15-18 gill-rakers, and 3 dark bars on the body. Apogon sialis (Jordan & Thompson, 1914), type locality Japan, is the senior synonym of Amia cathetogramma Tanaka, 1917, also described from Japan. Apogon pseudotaeniatus Gon, 1986 from the Red Sea, previously misidentifiedas A.bifasciatus Rüppell, is very similar in colour pattern to A. sialis; it differs in having a larger caudal spot, a dark instead of pale intestine, and in several morphometric characters.
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  • Date Issued: 2000-11

Onigocia bimaculata, a new species of flathead fish (Scorpaeniformes: Platycephalidae) from the Indo-Pacific

  • Authors: Knapp, Leslie W , Imamura, Hisashi , Sakashita, Mitsuhiro , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 2000-10
  • Subjects: Platycephalidae -- Indo-Pacific Region -- Classification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71044 , vital:29772 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 64 , A new platycephalid, Onigocia bimaculata, is described from 67 specimens collected from across the Indo-Pacific. This wide-ranging species has been taken in shorefish collections from southern Japan to American Samoa, Australia, Mauritius, Comoro Islands and Gulf of Aqaba. It is distinguished from known congeners by the following combination of characters: presence of a broad interopercular flap; lateral-line scales 32- 39 (mean 35.7), anterior 2-4 scales bearing a spine; anal-fin rays usually 11; total gill rakers on first arch 6-9; interobital width 0.5-1.9 % SL; no ocular flaps; iris lappet bilobed; two small blackish spots near margin of first dorsal fin; and pelvic fin with a large black spot on upper surface near base and usually one or two small black spots or bands distally.
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  • Date Issued: 2000-10

A review of the Red Sea cardinalfishes of the Apogon bandanensis complex: with a description of a new species

  • Authors: Fraser, Thomas H , Randall, John E, 1924- , Lachner, Ernest A , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1999-11
  • Subjects: Apogon bandanensis , Apogon -- Red Sea -- Classification , Apogon -- Red Sea -- Identification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71033 , vital:29771 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 63 , Three species of the Apogon bandanensis group are found in the Red Sea, the widespread Apogon guamensis, the endemic Apogon annularis, and a new endemic species Apogon zebrinus. Colour patterns, number of gill-rakers, body depth, second anal spine length, pectoral-fin length, and caudal peduncle depth are important aids for identification of the Red Sea species. Two synonyms of Apogon guamensis were based on juvenile material: Apogon ocellatus from Madagascar and Apogon spongicolus from the Red Sea. Rüppell’s, Günther’s and Klausewitz’s concepts of Apogon annularis are reviewed. Apogon erdmani is a synonym of Apogon annularis. Apogon savayensis and another wide spread new species were not found in any Red Sea collections we examined.
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  • Date Issued: 1999-11

A new luminous cardinalfish of the genus Apogon (Perciformes:Apogonidae) from the western Pacific Ocean

  • Authors: Gon, O (Ofer), 1949- , Allen, Gerald R , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1998-11
  • Subjects: Apogon -- Pacific Ocean -- Classification , Apogon -- Pacific Ocean -- Identification , Bioluminescence -- Pacific Ocean
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71022 , vital:29770 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 62 , A new species of cardinalfish, Apogon photogaster is described based on 11 specimens from Madang Lagoon in Papua New Guinea and Galoc Island in the Philippines. This new species has 15 pectoral rays, 2 predorsal scales, 15-18 gill-rakers (8-9 developed), and 7 gill-rakers on the ceratobranchial o f the first gill-arch. It has a unique bioluminescent system, including a light organ branching forward from the second loop of the intestine and a diffuser organ along the ventrolateral part of the body.
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  • Date Issued: 1998-11

A late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) galaxiid fish from South Africa

  • Authors: Anderson, M Eric , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1998-05
  • Subjects: Fishes -- Indian Ocean , Flatfishes -- Indian Ocean
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/71000 , vital:29769 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 60 , A new teleost fish, Stompooria rogersmithi, is described from deposits of a Late Cretaceous crater lake in the Karoo, South Africa. The fossils represent the earliest known species of the recently redefined family Galaxiidae. Distinguishing features include the apposition of the dorsal and anal fins, 41- 42 vertebrae, all neural arches anterior to the dorsal fin origin fused to the centra, presence of epineurals, the opercle reduced above the level of the hyomandibular articulation, the posttemporal and supracleithrum without a connection to the seismosensory head canals, 18 principal caudal fin rays, two epurals, five hypurals, no dorsal outgrowth on the uroneural, the neural spines of the second and third preural centra similar in size, and absence of a stegural, a third uroneural, a mesocoracoid, a supramaxilla, and teeth on the maxilla and palatine bones.
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  • Date Issued: 1998-05

Studies on the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the southern hemisphere, VIII: A new species of the genus Dieidolycus from Tierra del Fueg

  • Authors: Anderson, M Eric , Pequeño R, Germán , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1998-05
  • Subjects: Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988 -- Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile) -- Identification , Zoarcidae -- Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile)
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70415 , vital:29653 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 61 , A new lower-slope eelpout of the genus Dieidolycus Anderson, 1988 (Family Zoarcidae, Subfamily Lycodinae), is described from a single juvenile female trawled in 2008-2165 m off Tierra del Fuego, Chile. It differs from congeners D. leptodermatus Anderson, 1988 and D. adocetus Anderson, 1994 by its head pore pattern, 10 caudal-fin rays, 18 pectoral-fin rays and longer gill slit.
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  • Date Issued: 1998-05

A new species of the flatfish genus Chascanopsetta (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae), from the coasts of Kenya and Somalia with comments on C.lugubris

  • Authors: Hensley, Dannie A , Smale, Malcolm J , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1997-12
  • Subjects: Fishes -- Indian Ocean , Flatfishes -- Indian Ocean
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70987 , vital:29768 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 59 , Six species of the genus Chascanopsetta are currently recognized. Recent work on otolith morphology from specimens identified as C. lugubris raised the possibility that three forms of C. lugubris are found in the western Indian Ocean. Re-examination of the voucher specimens showed that one of these forms is a new species, C. kenyaensis, from Kenya and Somalia. The other two forms may show differences in otolith morphology due to ontogeny. The new species most closely resembles C. prorigera from the Hawaiian Archipelago, Emperor Seamounts, and the western North Atlantic. These two species differ in lateral-line scale counts, body depth, upper-jaw length, and coloration. Many comparative specimens of C. lugubris were examined. It was found that this species’ distribution rounds the Cape of Good Hope from the southwestern Indian Ocean into the southeastern Atlantic. Specimens from this southern African region show higher dorsal- and anal-fin ray counts than those from more northern areas in the Atlantic, western Pacific, and Indian oceans. There is some indication that what some authors refer to as the Indo-West Pacific subspecies C. lugubris lugubris rounds the Cape of Good Hope and also occurs in parts of the eastern Atlantic. A more thorough comparison of C. lugubris from different regions is needed.
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  • Date Issued: 1997-12

A new species of Bothus (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae) from Mozambique

  • Authors: Hensley, Dannie A , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1997-02
  • Subjects: Fishes -- Mozambique
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70976 , vital:29767 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 58 , Bothus swio is described based on one adult male specimen collected off the coast of Mozambique. Males of this species appear to differ from all known congeners because of their narrow interobital region. Other characters useful for its identification are lack of ocular appendages, relative positions of the anterior margins of the eyes, number of lateral-line scales, length and colour pattern of the ocular-side pectoral fin, lack of orbital spines, dorsal- and anal-fin ray counts, and lack of colour pattern on the blind side. Bothus swio most closely resembles B. pantherinus and B. tricirrhitus.
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  • Date Issued: 1997-02

A review of the Southern African gobiid fish genus Caffrogobius Smitt, 1900

  • Authors: Goren, Menachem , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1996-09
  • Subjects: Fishes -- South Africa , Gobiidae
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70972 , vital:29766 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 57 , The genus Caffrogobius Smitt, 1900 is composed of seven species. The members of the genus are moderate size gobies, reaching a length of 10-14 cm (SL). The species of the genus are characterized by a combination of the following characters: Cheek papillae pattern transverse; dorsal segmented rays: 9-14; anal segmented rays: 8-12; caudal segmented rays: 16-18; pectoral rays: 16-23. Scales along the body: 30-64; transverse rows of scales: 9-23; vertebrae: 27 (11+16 or 10+17); formula of fin pterygiophores: 3-22110. Six species of Caffrogobius are found around the southern part of the African continent (Mozambique to Namibia): agulhensis (Barnard, 1927), coffer (Gunther, 1874), gilchristi (Boulenger, 1900), nalalensis (Gunther, 1874), nudiceps (Valenciennes, 1837), and saldanha (Barnard, 1927). Some of them are very similar to each other. In most species extreme variability in the colour patterns and in meristic counts was found. C. gilchristi is considered here as a valid species and a senior synonym of C. multifasciatus (Smith, 1959). A seventh species dubius (Smith, 1959) from the Seychelles is listed and briefly described.
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  • Date Issued: 1996-09

Scientific and common names of southern African freshwater fishes

  • Authors: Skelton, Paul H (Paul Harvey) , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1993-11
  • Subjects: Freshwater fishes -- Africa, Southern -- Nomenclature , Freshwater fishes -- Africa, Southern -- Nomenclature (Popular) , Fishes -- Africa, Southern -- Nomenclature , Fishes -- Africa, Southern -- Nomenclature (Popular)
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70946 , vital:29765 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 56 , A list of the scientific and recommended English and Afrikaans common names of fishes found in freshwater habitats of southern Africa is presented. Notes explaining the additions and changes made to the list of Jackson (1975) are provided. The list includes 259 species of which 201 (78%) are indigenous primary and secondary freshwater fishes, 34 (13%) are of marine origin and 4 (2%) are diadromous. Twenty alien species (8%) are also included. The number of species has increased by 47 (22%). Of these 47 species, 32 are strictly freshwater fishes and 15 are marine species. Two new alien species are added to the list.
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  • Date Issued: 1993-11

Ucla xenogrammus, a new genus and species of Indo-Pacific fishes (Perciformes: Tripterygiidae)

  • Authors: Holleman, W. (Wouter), 1943- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1993-04
  • Subjects: Ucla xenogrammus -- Indo-Pacific Region -- Identification , Tripterygiidae -- Indo-Pacific Region
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70937 , vital:29763 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 55 , Ucla xenogrammus, a monotypic genus of tripterygiid fishes, which is widespread in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean, is formally described, the unpublished names given by Richard Rosenblatt in 1959 being retained. Ucla xenogrammus is distinguished from all other tripterygiid fishes by its protruding lower jaw, depressible acicular teeth and grooved scales in the posterior portion of the lateral line.
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  • Date Issued: 1993-04

Acanthurus tristis, a valid Indian Ocean surgeonfish (Perciformes: Acanthuridae)

  • Authors: Randall, John E, 1924- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1993-01
  • Subjects: Surgeonfishes , Fishes -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70933 , vital:29762 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 54 , After examination of Col. Tickell’s unpublished manuscript and colour paintings of Burmese fishes, Day (1888) listed the surgeonfish Acanthurus tristis Tickell as a synonym of A. tennentii Gunther (1861); he gave the dorsal-fin spine count of 8 and provided a colour description, including mention of a white margin on the caudal fin. Of the species of Acanthurus, only A. pyroferus Kittlitz from the Pacific has 8 dorsal spines. Randall (1956a) treated tristis as a synonym of this pecies; the differences in colouration between tristis and pyroferus were regarded as within the range of variability of the latter. Both forms were observed together in Bali in 1982-1991. A. tristis is therefore regarded as a valid species and is redescribed. In the interest of stability of nomenclature, a neotype for A. tristis is designated.
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  • Date Issued: 1993-01

Studies on the Zoarcidae (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the southern hemisphere, VI: Review of the genus Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913, with description of a new species from Chile

  • Authors: Anderson, M Eric , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1992-04
  • Subjects: Perciformes , Osteichthyes , Zoarcidae
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70403 , vital:29652 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 53 , The eelpout genus Ophthalmolycus Regan, 1913 is reviewed and includes a new species, O. chilensis, the sixth for the genus. Ophthalmolycus conorhynchus (Garman, 1899) is redescribed from the damaged syntypes and a more recently collected specimen. A key to all species of the genus is included. Expanded diagnoses are provided for the four other species of Ophthalmolycus, recently described elsewhere.
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  • Date Issued: 1992-04

A new Coryogalops species (Pisces: Gobiidae) from South Africa

  • Authors: Goren, Menachem , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1991-09
  • Subjects: Gobiidae , Fishes -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70922 , vital:29761 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 52 , A new species of gobiid fish, Coryogalops bretti, is described from a single specimen from the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. The new species is characterized by a continuous oculo-scapular canal with 5 pores above operculum, dorsal fin segmented rays 12; anal fin segmented rays 9; pectoral fin rays 19 (4 upper rays partly free); pectoral fin base scaleless. Body of the holotype black; no dots or bars on fins; black blotch on upper part of pectoral base. The genus Monishia Smith, 1959, is considered a junior synonym of Coryogalops Smith, 1958.
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  • Date Issued: 1991-09

Cancelloxus longior, a new species of xenopoclinin fish (Perciformes: Clinidae) from South Africa

  • Authors: Prochazka, K , Griffiths, Charles L (Charles Llewellyn) , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1991-05
  • Subjects: Clinidae , Fishes -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70941 , vital:29764 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 51 , A new species of sand-inhabiting clinid, Cancelloxus longior, sp. n. is described from eight specimens collected between 0 and 10 metres depth from the Cape Peninsula and west coast. This species is distinguished from other members of the genus by the large number of anal fin rays and caudal vertebrae and the posterior positioning of the dorsal fin origin.
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  • Date Issued: 1991-05

Studies on the Zoarcidae, (Teleostei: Perciformes) of the Southern hemisphere. III. The Southwestern Pacific

  • Authors: Anderson, M Eric , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1990-07
  • Subjects: Zoarcidae , Fishes -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70348 , vital:29647 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 50 , The eelpout fauna of the southwestern Pacific presently includes 6 species, one of which, Pachycara garricki, is described as new. Full species accounts and illustrations are also provided for Melanostigma inexpectatum, Ophthalmolycus campbellensis, and Lycenchelys maoriorum, known previously only from the meager type series. Two species, Melanostigma gelatinosum, and M. vitiazi were redescribed in the first part of this series, but expanded diagnoses are provided here. Lycenchelys maoriomm and O. campbellensis are expected to be endemic to the New Zealand Plateau and perhaps Lord Howe Rise.
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  • Date Issued: 1990-07

Epinephelus suborbitalis, a new species of grouper (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Kyushu-Palau ridge, western Pacific

  • Authors: Amaoka, Kunio , Randall, John E, 1924- , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1990-04
  • Subjects: Epinephelus suborbitalis , Serranidae -- Classification
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70335 , vital:29646 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 49 , The grouper Epineplielus suborbitalis is described from a single specimen 950 mm in standard length collected in deep water on the Kyushu-Palau Ridge in the Western Pacific Ocean. It is characterized as follows: dorsal fin rays XI,14; anal fin rays III,8; pectoral fin rays 19; lateral-line scales about 63; ctenoid scales; no auxiliary scales; naked maxilla; 3 rows of teeth on midside of lower jaw; enlarged posterior nostril; deeply incised spinous dorsal membranes, slightly rounded caudal fin, and uniform colour.
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  • Date Issued: 1990-04

Descriptions of two new species of West African amphiliid catfishes (Siluroidei: Amphiliidae)

  • Authors: Skelton, Paul H (Paul Harvey) , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1989-08
  • Subjects: Catfishes , Siluridae , Fishes -- South Africa
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70324 , vital:29645 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 48 , Two new amphiliid catfish species from west Africa are described. A new Paramphilius from the Little Scarcies River basin in Guinea, is the third species of the genus from that area. It has a relatively deeper body and longer fins than other upper Guinean Paramphilius species. The new species of Doumea from the Cross River in Nigeria and Cameroons is characterised by a long predorsal length and a relatively short stout caudal peduncle.
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  • Date Issued: 1989-08

A new species of anthiine fish of the genus Rabaulichthys (Perciformes: Serranidaie) from the Maldive Islands

  • Authors: Randall, John E, 1924- , Pyle, Robert Michael , J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
  • Date: 1989-07
  • Subjects: Serranidae -- Maldives
  • Language: English
  • Type: text , book
  • Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70313 , vital:29644 , Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
  • Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 47 , Rabaulichthys stigmaticus is described as a new species of serranid fish of the subfamily Anthiinae from four male specimens collected in 35 m on a rubble bottom off Ari Aroll in the Republic of Maldives, it is distinct from the only other known species of the genus, R. altipinnis Allen from New Britain, in having a longer snout (6.7-7.1%SL, versus 5.5-6.4%SL), a higher dorsal fin in the adult male (30-39% SL), a large quadrangular dark spot on the side of the body above the anal fin, and an elongate black blotch in the soft portion of the dorsal fin. Specimens of a possible third species taken in a dredge at Condor Reef, Caroline Islands are discussed.
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  • Date Issued: 1989-07
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