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| Title: | A new species of deepwater flathead, Bembras adenensis (Scorpaeniformes: Bembridae) from the western Indian Ocean |
| Authors: | Knapp, L.W.
Imamura, H. |
| ASFA Terms: | Fish species |
| Issue Date: | 1997 |
| Publisher: | The Ichthyological Society of Japan |
| Citation: | Ichthyological Research, 44 (1), p. 9-14 |
| Abstract: | A new bembrid, Bembras adenensis, is described on the basis of specimens collected from the Gulf of Aden, western Indian Ocean. This species is easilydistinguished from B. japonica, the only known congener of the genus, by thefollowing combination of characters: larger orbital diameter, longer head length,pectoral-fin with a small black blotch near tip of upper rays, 3 gill rakers on upper gillarch, 19 pectoral-fin rays, and 15 anal-fin rays (vs. smaller orbital diameter, shorter head length, pectoral-fin with several small spots forming irregular bands, 2 gill rakerson upper gill arch, usually 17 pectoral-fin rays, and 14 anal-fin rays in B. japonica). |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1834/955 |
| ISSN: | 1341-8998 |
| Appears in Collections: | Miscellaneous
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