Pristigenys

Iwatsuki, Yukio, Matsuda, Tsuyoshi, Starnes, Wayne C., Nakabo, Tetsuji & Yoshino, Tetsuo, 2012, A valid priacanthid species, Pristigenys refulgens (Valenciennes 1862), and a redescription of P. niphonia (Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1829) in the Indo-West Pacific (Perciformes: Priacanthidae), Zootaxa 3206, pp. 41-57 : 43

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.208474

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5616829

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Pristigenys
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Key to the species of Pristigenys View in CoL View at ENA from the Indo-West Pacific

1a. Soft dorsal-fin rays 12; anal soft rays 11; many red narrow bars on body with many red spots between bars in adult fresh specimens, mid-lateral scales ( Figure 1) with posterior spinules coarse and few in number (less than 25 at all sizes, Starnes, 1988, figure 1b).................................................................................... P. m e y e r i

1b. Soft dorsal-fin rays 11; anal soft rays 10; five white or light indistinct bars on body; mid-lateral scales with posterior spinules finer, more numerous (25–55 in specimens over 150 mm SL, Figures 7 View FIGURE 7 , 8 View FIGURE 8 )....................................... 2a

2a. Soft portions of vertical fins with black margins (usually persisting in preserved specimens); five white or pale vertical bands on body narrower and distinct, about 1/4–2/5 width of pupil; dorsal and ventral portions of third vertical band only slightly wider than mid-lateral portion and nearly vertical ( Figures 2 View FIGURE 2 A, 3A, 6A); total gill rakers on first arch 23–26, mode 24 (6–9 on upper limb, 16–18 on lower); posterior spinules on mid-lateral scales lower in number, usually 20-40 (mean of S1–S4, see Figure 1) in specimens over 150 mm SL ( Figure 7 View FIGURE 7 A) though decreasing in very large individuals (> 250 mm SL); caudal fin more rounded ( Figures 1 A, 6A)............................................................. P. refulgens ( Figure 2 View FIGURE 2 A)

2b. Soft portions of vertical fins lacking black margins; five white or pale vertical bands (often indistinct) on body somewhat wider, around 1/2–3/5 width of pupil diameter ( Figures 2 View FIGURE 2 B, 3B–D, 6B) with dorsal and ventral portions expanded obliquely posterodorsally (often strongly curved posteriorly in young less than 100 mm SL ( Figures 2 View FIGURE 2 B, 3B–D); total gill rakers on first arch 27–31, mode 27 (7–10 on upper limb, 19–22 on lower); posterior spinules on mid-lateral scales finer and more numerous, usually 35–60 in specimens over 150 mm SL ( Figure 7 View FIGURE 7 B) increasing with growth; caudal fin somewhat double emarginate in adults............................................................................. P. niphonia View in CoL ( Figure 2 View FIGURE 2 B)

Starnes, W. C. (1988) Revision, phylogeny and biogeographic comments on the circumtropical marine percoid fish family Priacanthidae. Bulletin of Marine Science, 43, 117 - 203.

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FIGURE 2. Color photographs of Pristigensy refulgens (A) and P. niphonia (B). A, MUFS 17997, 213 mm SL (X), off Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Is., Japan; B, MUFS 36263, neotype, 168 mm SL, southwestern region of Nagasaki Bay (31 ° 55 ' N, 128 ° 11 ' E), Kyushu Island, Japan, coll. K. Hidaka.

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FIGURE 7. Spinules of lateral body scales. A, Pristigenys refulgens, URM-P 34754, 197 mm SL, off Okinawa Island, Ryukyu Islands, Japan; B, P. niphonia, URM-P 33698, 192 mm SL, East China Sea.

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FIGURE 8. Relationship between the number of spinules on the body scales (Fig. 1) and standard length in Pristigenys refulgens (triangles) and P. niphonia (squares).