Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016

Tang, Chi-Ngai & Matsunuma, Mizuki, 2022, Redescription of Chelidoperca barazeri, with a revised key and literature review to species of Chelidoperca in Taiwan (Perciformes: Serranidae), Zootaxa 5189 (1), pp. 204-221 : 219

Chelidoperca stella Matsunuma & Motomura, 2016 ; ( Fig. 7B )

Chelidoperca stella: Matsunuma et al. 2018 ; Koeda & Ho, 2019: 667

Remarks. Matsunuma et al. (2018) reported 2 specimens (NMMB-P22749) collected from off Kaoshiung, southwestern Taiwan, which represented the first record of Taiwan. In this study, we collected 11 additional specimens from this region. This species occasionally occurs as bycatch from the bottom-trawling fisheries from southwestern Taiwan.

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FIGURE 7. Remaining Chelidoperca spp. occur in Taiwanese water. Chelidoeperca formosa: A. NMMB-P34816, paratype, 57.0 mm SL, off Ke-tzu-liao, Kaoshiung. C. stella: B. NMMB-P35208, 79.6 mm SL, off Donggang, Pingtung. C. hirundinacea: C. NMMB-P35228, 113.8 mm SL, off Donggang, Pingtung; D. NMMSTP-002346 (to be registered), 145.0 mm SL, Daxi, Yilan. C. pleurospilus: E. NMMB-P35645, 68.0 mm SL, Daxi, Yilan; F. NMMB-P35353, 134.9 mm SL, Chienchen Fishing Port, Kaoshiung. C. santosi: G. NMMB-P35225, 60.0 mm SL, Chienchen Fishing Port, Kaoshiung; H. NMMB-P35226, 96.0 mm SL, off Kaoshiung.