Integrative taxonomy reveals unanticipated hidden diversity in the monotypic goosefish genus Lophiomus (Teleostei, Lophiidae), with description of three new species and resurrection of Chirolophius laticeps Ogilby, 1910
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Chen, Hsuan-Pu
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Department of Entomology, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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Lee, Mao-Ying
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Marine Fisheries Division, Fisheries Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, No. 199 Hou-Ih Road, Keelung 202008, Taiwan.
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Chen, Wei-Jen
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Institute of Oceanography, National Taiwan University, No. 1, Sec. 4, Roosevelt Road, Taipei 10617, Taiwan.
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European Journal of Taxonomy
2024
2024-07-15
943
239
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http://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2024.943.2599
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Table 5. Meristic counts of species of Lophiomus Gill, 1883 described in this study. Values are counted from both sides and expressed as ranges; values expressed in parentheses indicate counts from the right side. Abbreviations: HT = Holotype; N/A = unavailable; NT = neotype; ST = syntypes. | Lm. laticeps stat. rev. | Lm. nigriventris sp. nov. | Lm. immaculioralis sp. nov. | Lm. carusoi sp. nov. | Lm. setigerus (this study) | Lm. setigerus (Caruso 1983) | Lp. indicus |
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| Species | | | | | | | | | | | |
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| HT | adults n = 3 | HT | adults n = 7 | HT | HT | adults n = 4 | NT | adults n = 18 | n = 41 | ST n = 2 |
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| Dorsal-fin spines | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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| Dorsal-fin rays | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
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| Anal-fin rays | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
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| Pectoral-fin rays | 24 (24) | 24–25 (24–25) | 23 (24) | 23–24 (23–24) | 22 (21) | 23 (23) | 23–24 (23–24) | 22 (22) | 21–23 (21–23) | 21–25 | 22 (23) |
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| Pelvic-fin rays | 7 (7) | 7 (7) | 6 (6) | 6 (6) | 7 (7) | 7 (7) | 7 (7) | 7 (7) | 6–7 (6–7) | N/A | 7 (7) |
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| Vertebrae | 18 | 18–19 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 18–19 | 18–19 | 18 |
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| Outermost row of premaxillary teeth | N/A | 15–18 (17–22) | 22 (21) | 17–21 (17–24) | 33 (35) | 22 (20) | 15–27 (12–22) | 25 (27) | 18–33 (27–33) | 6–18 | N/A |
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| Interopercular spines | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
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| Branchiostegal rays | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | N/A | 5 |
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