Mephisto Tyler 1966
| Main Authors: | Bemis, Katherine E., Tyler, James C., Psomadakis, Peter N., Ferris, Lauren Newell, Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju |
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| Format: | info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal |
| Terbitan: |
, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4328284 |
Daftar Isi:
- Key to species of Mephisto 1. Red to pink with lighter, almost white, areas and with darker red blotches below spinous dorsal fin, below posterior part of soft dorsal fin, and above pectoral fin from behind eye; ventral part of head, beginning under eye, light in coloration. Spinous dorsal fin mostly dark red; soft dorsal and anal fins white proximal to body and darker at distal tips (see Fig. 1 A–D). In alcohol, blotchy pattern remains and darkest red areas in life are brown (see Fig. 4A). Pelvic width 10.6–12.1% SL, pelvic width into pelvic length 2.6–3.2 times; 16–19 gill rakers; 17–20 pseudobranch lamellae.................... Mephisto fraserbrunneri 2. Red with lighter, almost white, areas and with darker red blotches and prominent ventral, white, rounded (more-or-less circular to oblong) markings of up to as large as pupil diameter, to about half-way up body (see Fig. 1E, F). Pelvic width 7.8% SL, pelvic width into pelvic length 4.0 times; 15 gill rakers; 16 pseudobranch lamellae (measurements and counts based on holotype only)............................................................................ Mephisto albomaculosus
- Published as part of Bemis, Katherine E., Tyler, James C., Psomadakis, Peter N., Ferris, Lauren Newell & Kumar, Appukuttannair Biju, 2020, Review of the Indian Ocean spikefish genus Mephisto (Tetraodontiformes Triacanthodidae), pp. 82-98 in Zootaxa 4802 (1) on page 96, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4802.1.5, http://zenodo.org/record/3991949