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Plectranthias melanesius
Plectranthias melanesius Randall, 1980
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: Western Pacific: New Caledonia, Tasman Sea, and Queensland (Australia) in depths of 260 to 360 meters.
Additions and emendations to the annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
materials_examined
Holotype: BPBM 22484, 74.3 mm SL. Type locality: south of Isle of Pines, New Caledonia. Illustration: Gill, Pogonoski, Moore, & Johnson, 2021: fig. 37. Counts: D: X, 15 or 16. A: III, 7. P: 15. C: 17 (9 + 8). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 3. GR: 21 to 23 (6 or 7 + 15 or 16). LL: 32 to 34. CP: 14 to 16.
Additions and emendations to the annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)
description
Comparisons. Plectranthias melanesius closely resembles P. azumanus, P. kelloggi and P. maculicauda. Comparisons between the four species are summarised in Table 21 (but see Remarks below).
Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species
description
Description of Australian specimens. Dorsal rays X, 15 – 16, all segmented rays branched; anal rays III, 7, all segmented rays branched; pectoral rays 15, uppermost and lowermost rays unbranched; pelvic fin I, 5, all segmented rays branched; upper procurrent caudal-fin rays 7 – 8; lower procurrent caudal-fin rays 7 – 8; principal caudal-fin rays 9 + 8; branched caudal fin rays 8 + 7; total caudal-fin rays 31 – 33; lateral line complete with 32 – 34 scales; scales above lateral line to origin of dorsal fin 3 – 4; scales above lateral line to base of fifth dorsal spine 2 – 3; scales below lateral line to origin of anal fin 12 – 14; diagonal rows of scales on cheek 7 – 9; predorsal scales 27 – 37, extending to area ranging from just short of posterior nostrils (38.7 mm SL specimen) to just short of upper lip (97.0 mm SL specimen); circumpeduncular scales 14 – 16; gill rakers 6 – 7 + 15 – 16 = 21 – 23, the upper 3 – 5 and lower 1 – 2 rudiments; pseudobranchial filaments 12 – 17; branchiostegal rays 7. Vertebrae 10 + 16; supraneurals 3; predorsal formula 0 / 0 + 0 / 2 / 1 + 1; dorsal pterygiophores in interneural spaces 9 – 13 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 + 1 / 1 or 1 / 1 / 1 / 1 + 1 / 1 + 1; 0 triseg
Review of Australian species of Plectranthias Bleeker and Selenanthias Tanaka (Teleostei: Serranidae: Anthiadinae), with descriptions of four new species
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 10722378.