Flame Perchlet

distribution

Distribution: South Pacific: French Polynesia, Marquesas Islands.

Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)

materials_examined

Holotype: USNM 409013, 21 mm SL. Type locality: French Polynesia: Marquesas, Nuku Hiva, Uea, west coast on rock wall dropping to rubble and sand slope, depth 20 to 40 meters. Illustration: Williams, et al., 2013: 171 & 172, figs. 2 & 4. D: X, 14 or 15. A: III, 7. P: 14. C: 15 (8 + 7). V: 26 (10 + 16). S: 2. GR: 19 (6 + 13). LL: incomplete, 16 or 17 tubed scales and 9 or 10 pitted scales. CP: 14 to 16.

Annotated checklist of anthiadine fishes (Percoidei: Serranidae)

description

Description. Dorsal rays X, 14 (14 – 15); dorsal spines 1 – 6 with fleshy white tabs extending beyond tips of spines, longest tab on spine 4; anal rays III, 7, second spine longest and stoutest; pectoral rays 14, all unbranched, middle rays longest and reaching to about base of third anal spine; pelvic fin I, 5; caudal fin with 4 dorsal and 4 ventral procurrent rays, 2 dorsal and 2 ventral unbranched rays, 7 + 6 branched rays; LL incomplete with 17 (16) tubed scales, pitted scales 10 (9); vertical scale rows 28; scales above LL to origin of dorsal fin 2; scales above LL to base of middle dorsal spine 1; scales below LL to origin of anal fin 10; diagonal rows of scales on cheek 4; scales on top of head extending anteriorly to vertical from posterior margin of orbit where single row of mid-dorsal scales continues anteriorly almost to mid-point between eyes and a single row of small scales continues laterally along posterior border of each eye to top of eyes, forming small pair of rounded scaleless areas on top of head between orbits; circumpeduncular scales 14 (16); no scales on chin, maxilla or snout; gill rakers 6 + 13 (holotype with 1 + 8 developed rakers; paratypes with 1 + 6 to

Two new fish species of the subfamily Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Marquesas

diagnosis

Diagnosis. Dorsal rays X, 14 – 15; dorsal spines 1 – 6 with fleshy white tabs at tips of spines, longest tab on spine 4; pectoral rays 14, all unbranched; LL incomplete with 16 – 17 tubed scales; oblique rows of scales on cheek 4; scales on top of head extending anteriorly to vertical from posterior margin of orbit; no scales on maxilla; preopercle with 8 – 10 small spines along posterior margin and 2 antrorse spines on ventral margin; interopercle with 2 – 3 spines; subopercle with 1 spine; fourth dorsal spine longest; broad, fiery red-orange streak across lower cheek; head and body with irregularly spaced maroon-ringed yellow blotches on a white background; eye-sized, brilliant white saddle on top of caudal peduncle posterior to base of dorsal fin.

Two new fish species of the subfamily Anthiinae (Perciformes, Serranidae) from the Marquesas