Stolephorus, Lacepede, 1803
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https://doi.org/ 10.6620/ZS.2021.60-65 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4C1B5F50-FFF0-DB4A-FF5B-FDC99718FA21 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Stolephorus |
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Key to species of Stolephorus View in CoL with a short maxilla (just reaching the anterior margin of preopercle), numerous gill rakers (1LGR>
31), and the depressed pelvic fin extending posteriorly beyond vertical through the dorsal-fin origin
1a. 1LGR more than 40 ....................................................................... ..... S. teguhi View in CoL (Luzon, Philippines and North Sulawesi, Indonesia)
1b. 1LGR less than 40 ...................................................................... 2
2a. Gill rakers on first gill arch 21–26 + 32–38 = 57–63; no dark line on dorsum; a few melanophores only, scattered on snout and mandible tips ............................. S. pacificus View in CoL ( Guam and Kosrae)
2b. Gill rakers on first gill arch 26–29 + 36–39 = 62–68; dark line on dorsum from occipital area to caudal-fin base; numerous melanophores on snout, both jaws, and upper part of gill opening ........................................................................................................ S. leopardus sp. nov. (Nias Island, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia)
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