Japanese Black Seaperch
Sebastes ventricosus Temminck & Schlegel, 1843
Also calledCantarilho-vinagre (por) · Kuromebaru (jpn) · okouník nafouklý (ces) · クロメバル (jpn) · 日本平鮋 (zho) · 검정볼락 (kor)
First described in: Temminck, C. J.; Schlegel H. (1843). Pisces. <em>In: Siebold, P. F. de (ed.): Fauna Japonica, sive descriptio animalium, quae in itinere per Japoniam ... suscepto annis 1823-1830 collegit, notis, observationibus et adumbrationibus illustravit Ph. Fr. de Siebold. Lugduni Batavorum [Leiden] (A. Arnz et soc.).</em> Parts 2-4: 21-72.
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description
Otolith: CHLOL 30253, 7.6 mm otolith length. Other material: sagittal otoliths of Sebastes ventricosus: CHLOL 29758, 178.0 mm SL, 7.7 mm otolith length and CHLOL 29761, 164.0 mm SL, 8.6 mm otolith length, Osaka, Japan, 9 May 2024, collected by C. - H. Lin. Description. Meristic and morphometric data are provided in Tables 1 and 2. Paired fins and lateral-line scales are presented as left / right whenever available. Dorsal-fin rays XIII, 14; pectoral-fin rays 16 / 16, with lower 7 / 7 rays unbranched; pelvic-fin rays I, 5; anal-fin rays III, 7; principal caudal-fin rays 8 + 7; procurrent caudal-fin rays 10 on both upper and lower lobes. Gill rakers on outer face of first gill arch 11 + 1 + 25 = 37; pseudobranchial filaments 37. Lateral-line scales 43 / 45, not including 2 / 2 scales on caudal-fin base. Vertebrae 11 + 15 = 26. Branchiostegal rays 7. Body oblong, body depths 1 and 2 3.1 and 2.9 in SL, respectively. Head moderately large, its length 2.9 in SL, its height slightly smaller than its length; nape rounded; eyes large, 3.0 in HL; space between eyes slightly convex, interorbital width 3.8 in HL; snout length 4.8 in HL. Mouth moderately oblique, upper-jaw length 2.4 in HL; pos
A southward range extension of the rockfish, Sebastes ventricosus (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae) to Matsu Islands, Taiwan
distribution
Distribution (Fig. 6) Previously known from the southern Korean Peninsula and Japan at a latitude above 32 ° N (Kai & Nakabo 2008; Nakabo & Kai 2013; Sonoyama et al. 2020). Our specimen represents the southernmost (ca. 26 ° N) record of this species and the first record from Taiwan’s EEZ.
A southward range extension of the rockfish, Sebastes ventricosus (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae) to Matsu Islands, Taiwan
materials_examined
Specimen examined. NMMB-P 41104, 158.8 mm SL, off Beigan, Matsu Islands (ca. 26 ° 13 ' 6.51 " N, 120 ° 0 ' 39.81 " E), Taiwan, 12 January 2024, hook and line, collected by K. - C. Lin and J. - F. Hsiao.
A southward range extension of the rockfish, Sebastes ventricosus (Scorpaeniformes: Scorpaenidae: Sebastinae) to Matsu Islands, Taiwan
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2335386.