Hypopterus Gill 1861

Main Authors: Iwatsuki, Yukio, Newman, Stephen J., Tanaka, Fumiya, Russell, Barry C.
Format: info publication-taxonomictreatment Journal
Terbitan: , 2018
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Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/5952536
Daftar Isi:
  • Genus Hypopterus Gill 1861 Diagnosis. Distinguished from other latid genera by the following combination of characters: scales on smooth horizontal limb of the preopercle; nostrils widely separated on each side of the head, anterior nostril a tube-shaped flap and posterior nostril oval and greatly enlarged; large observable scales on posterior part of maxilla (Fig. 3B); pored lateral line scales extending onto median membrane of caudal-fin rays; no tooth patches on supralamellar tooth patch on the outer face of the first four gill arches and no tooth patch on the basihyal; denticulations on ventral border of first and second infraorbital bones; no parapophysis on the first 5 abdominal vertebrae; epineurals on the first 7‒8 abdominal vertebrae; supraneural bones formula 0/0/0 + II/I + I/; dorsal-fin rays VII‒ I, 15; anal-fin rays III, 14; caudal fin with posterior border rounded; procurrent spur present; caudal spur absent; vertebrae 11 + 14 = 25. Occurrence. A single species known only from the coastal waters of northwestern Australia.
  • Published as part of Iwatsuki, Yukio, Newman, Stephen J., Tanaka, Fumiya & Russell, Barry C., 2018, Validity of Psammoperca datnioides Richardson 1848 and redescriptions of P. waigiensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828 and Hypopterus macropterus (Günther 1859) in the family Latidae (Perciformes) from the Indo-West Pacific, pp. 467-486 in Zootaxa 4402 (3) on page 476, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.3, http://zenodo.org/record/1209692