Revalidation and redescription of Serranus knysnaensis Gilchrist, 1904 (Perciformes: Serranidae) with a new distribution record
Author
Sithole, Yonela
0000-0003-4084-6695
Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science, Rhodes University, Makhanda, 6140. & National Research Foundation-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, 6140.
Author
Heemstra, Elaine
0000-0001-5871-6990
National Research Foundation-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, 6140. & e. heemstra @ saiab. nrf. ac. za; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0001 - 5871 - 6990
e.heemstra@saiab.nrf.ac.za
Author
Mwale, Monica
0000-0003-2180-8917
National Research Foundation-South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda, 6140. & South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), National Zoological Gardens, P. O. Box 754, Pretoria, South Africa 0001. m. mwale @ sanbi. org. za; https: // orcid. org / 000 - 0003 - 2180 - 8917
m.mwale@sanbi.org.za
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Zootaxa
2021
2021-10-20
5057
1
99
113
journal article
3899
10.11646/zootaxa.5057.1.6
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1175-5326
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TABLE 2. Frequency distribution of the number of circumpeduncular scales, the number of lower limb and total gill rakers (both including rudiments) for specimens of Serranus cabrilla (SC), S. knysnaensis (SK), and S. novemcinctus (SN).| Meristic trait | Species | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Circumpeduncular scales | SC (n=18) | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| SK (n=38) |
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| SN (n=16) |
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| Lower limb gill rakers | SC (n=18) | | | 1 | 8 | 9 | | | | | | | |
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| SK (n=42) | 2 | 18 | 17 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
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| SN (n=16) | | | | | | | | | 4 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
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| Total gill rakers | SC (n=18) | | | | | | | | | | 5 | 7 | 6 |
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| SK (n=42) | | | | | | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | | |
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| SN (n=16) |
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