Scolopsislacrima, a new species of monocle bream (Teleostei, Perciformes, Nemipteridae) from New Caledonia.

ABSTRACT: The new monocle bream Scolopsislacrima sp. nov. is described from a single specimen (213.6 mm standard length) collected from Grande-Terre Island, New Caledonia. The new species closely resembles S.meridiana, both species having the upper part of the pectoral-fin base with reddish blotch when fresh, two bands across the top of the snout, a dorsal scaled area on the head reaching anteriorly to between the anterior margin of the eye and anterior nostril, a similar number of lateral-line scales, and absence of a small antrorse spine below the eye. However, S.lacrima sp. nov. is distinguished from S.meridiana by having diagonal lines on the body absent (vs. 18-20 diagonal lines in the latter), a dark longitudinal band below the lateral line (vs. longit

SUBMITTER: Nakamura J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6629716 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature