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A new species of the perciform fish genus Symphysanodon (Symphysanodontidae) from the Arabian Sea off the southwestern coast of India

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Title A new species of the perciform fish genus Symphysanodon
(Symphysanodontidae) from the Arabian Sea off the southwestern coast of India
 
Creator Anderson, William D
Bineesh, K K
 
Subject Pelagic Fishes
 
Description Symphysanodon xanthopterygion, new species, reported herein from 15 specimens collected near Quilon, India, off the
Kerala Coast in the southeastern Arabian Sea, becomes the twelfth described species in the genus. The following characters
in combination distinguish S. xanthopterygion from its congeners: parapophyses present on first caudal vertebra, total
number of gillrakers on first arch 38 to 42, tubed lateral-line scales 54 to 59, sum of lateral-line scales plus total number
of gillrakers in individual specimens 94 to 101, head length 33 to 37% SL, head depth 18 to 21% SL, snout length 5 to 6%
SL, body depth 24 to 27% SL, lower caudal-fin lobe bright yellow.
 
Publisher Magnolia Press
 
Date 2011
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/8812/1/New_species_Anderson_Bineesh_zootaxa_2011.pdf
Anderson, William D and Bineesh, K K (2011) A new species of the perciform fish genus Symphysanodon (Symphysanodontidae) from the Arabian Sea off the southwestern coast of India. Zootaxa, 2966. pp. 31-36.