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Pseudanthias vizagensis, a junior synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 (Perciformes: Serranidae)

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Relation http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14739/
https://www.biotaxa.org/Zootaxa/article/view/zootaxa.4890.1.9/64272
https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4890.1.9
 
Title Pseudanthias vizagensis, a junior synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra &
Akhilesh, 2012 (Perciformes: Serranidae)
 
Creator Akhilesh, K V
Kishore, T G
Muktha, M
Lisher, M W
Ambarish, Gop P
Chellappan, Anulekshmi
 
Subject Demersal Fishes
Fish Taxonomy
 
Description Pseudanthias vizagensis Krishna, Rao and Venu, 2017 was described from 44 specimens, collected from Visakhapatnam
(Andhra Pradesh), on the Bay of Bengal coast of India, but without clear designation of a holotype. The characters
used for differentiating the species from its nearest congener Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012, a species
currently known only from the northern Indian Ocean, were limited, poor and substantially overlapping. Examination
of additional material of P. pillai from the Arabian Sea, Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, and comparison with the original
description and images of P. vizagensis revealed that the latter is a junior synonym of P. pillai. Diagnostic characters are
reviewed, additional morphological details and fresh colouration, including sexual dimorphic characters not covered in
previous works are provided.
 
Publisher Magnolia Press
 
Date 2020
 
Type Article
PeerReviewed
 
Format text
 
Language en
 
Identifier http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/14739/1/Zootaxa_2020_Akhilesh%20K%20V.pdf
Akhilesh, K V and Kishore, T G and Muktha, M and Lisher, M W and Ambarish, Gop P and Chellappan, Anulekshmi (2020) Pseudanthias vizagensis, a junior synonym of Pseudanthias pillai Heemstra & Akhilesh, 2012 (Perciformes: Serranidae). Zootaxa, 4890 (1). pp. 135-147.