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Liopropoma randalli, a new serranid (Teleostei: Perciformes) fish from the Indian Ocean

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Title Liopropoma randalli, a new serranid (Teleostei: Perciformes) fish from the Indian
Ocean
 
Creator Akhilesh, K V
Bineesh, K K
White, W T
 
Subject Pelagic Fishes
 
Description A new serranid fish, Liopropoma randalli n. sp. is described from four specimens collected from the Indian Ocean off
southwestern India and eastern Indonesia. It differs from all other species in the genus in its striking color pattern, a broad
black band from behind the eye to the caudal peduncle, semicircular dark-brown to black spots that cover the pink to reddish
body, and a combination of the following characters: 46 to 49 lateral line scales; 1–2 (4 as rudiments) + 12–13 (4–5
as rudiments) gill rakers on the first arch (total 17–19); longest dorsal soft ray 2.1–2.3 in head length; 1st anal-fin spine
10.4–12.2 in head length; 2nd anal-fin spine 4.4–4.9 in head length; pelvic fin relatively short, 5.1–5.7 in SL; and body
depth 3.2–3.6 in SL.
 
Publisher Magnolia Press
 
Date 2012
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format application/pdf
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/9039/1/Liopropoma_randalli_Indian_Ocean.pdf
Akhilesh, K V and Bineesh, K K and White, W T (2012) Liopropoma randalli, a new serranid (Teleostei: Perciformes) fish from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa, 3439. pp. 43-50.