Adelotremus, Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Rose, Jean Michel, 2012

Smith-Vaniz, William F. & Rose, Jean Michel, 2012, Adelotremus leptus, a new genus and species of sabertooth blenny from the Red Sea (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini), Zootaxa 3249, pp. 39-46 : 40

Adelotremus new genus

Type species: Adelotremus leptus , new species

Diagnosis. A monotypic genus of Nemophini with dorsal-fin spine pterygiophores that broadly contact robust vertebral neural spines ( Figs. 2–3 A); absence of bi-pored lateral-line tubes; simple cirrus associated only with anterior 1 or 2 dentary sensory canal pores; 32 total vertebrae; and only 3 infraorbital bones.

Description. As given below for the only known species.

Etymology. Adelotremus is a combination of the Greek adelos (concealed) and trema (hole), and alludes to the discovery of this fish hiding in a calcareous polychaete tube; gender masculine.

Figures

FIGURE 2. Partial radiograph of Adelotremus leptus, holotype. Digital radiograph by Sandra J. Raredon.

FIGURE 3. Precaudal vertebrae 7 – 11 (epineurals and pleural ribs not shown) and associated pterygiophores, traced from digital radiographs, in two nemophin species: (A) Adelotremus leptus, holotype and (B) Petroscirtes thepassi, USNM 205296, male, 51.3 mm SL.