False Bandit Dottyback

description

Description (based on three specimens, 28.2 – 59.6 mm SL; holotype values are provided elsewhere by Gill 2004). Dorsal-fin rays III, 24, last 7 – 19 segmented rays branched; anal-fin rays III, 14 – 15, last 4 – 15 segmented rays branched; pectoral-fin rays 17 – 18; upper procurrent caudal-fin rays 6 – 7; lower procurrent caudal-fin rays 6; total caudal-fin rays 29 – 30; scales in lateral series 33 – 36; anterior lateral-line scales 28 – 30; anterior lateral line terminating beneath segmented dorsal-fin ray 18 – 20; posterior lateral-line scales 5 – 12 + 1; scales between lateral lines 3; horizontal scale rows above anal-fin origin 11 – 13 + 1 + 2 – 3 = 14 – 17; circumpeduncular scales 16; predorsal scales 15 – 17; scales behind eye 2 – 3; scales to preopercular angle 5; gill rakers 4 – 7 + 12 – 13 = 16 – 19; pseudobranch filaments 9 – 12; circumorbital pores 22 – 27; preopercular pores 11 – 16; dentary pores 4; posterior interorbital pores 1. Lower lip incomplete; scales absent from dorsal and anal fin bases; predorsal scales extending anteriorly to point ranging from mid AIO pores to midway between anterior AIO and posterior nasal pores; opercle with 3 – 5 relatively large serrati

Two new species of striped Pseudochromis from the Philippine Islands and Indonesia, with a redescription of P. c o l e i (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)

diagnosis

Diagnosis. A species of Pseudochromis with the following combination of characters: palatine tooth patches inserted medially behind vomerine tooth patch; circumpeduncular scales 16; and upper part of body with dark longitudinal stripe extending from middle of upper lip through eye above anterior lateral line to mid-upper caudal-fin rays.

Two new species of striped Pseudochromis from the Philippine Islands and Indonesia, with a redescription of P. c o l e i (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)

discussion

Remarks. Gill (2004) provided a description and photograph of the holotype of P. c o l e i. Herre (1933) named the species for Dr Howard I. Cole, chemist of the leper colony at Culion at the time Herre made collections in the area.

Two new species of striped Pseudochromis from the Philippine Islands and Indonesia, with a redescription of P. c o l e i (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)

materials_examined

Material examined. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS: Calamianes Group, Culion Island, Culion, CAS-SU 30974, 1, 59.6 mm SL (holotype); Palawan, Imorique Channel, 11 ° 10 ’ N 119 ° 33 ’ E, WAM P. 33000 - 001, 2, 28.2 – 41.0 mm SL.

Two new species of striped Pseudochromis from the Philippine Islands and Indonesia, with a redescription of P. c o l e i (Perciformes: Pseudochromidae)