A new species of snailfish of the genus Paraliparis (Liparidae) from the western North Pacific, with a redescription of the poorly known species Paraliparis mandibularis.

ABSTRACT: A new snailfish, Paraliparis flammeus, is described on the basis of 18 specimens collected off the Pacific coast of Tohoku District, northern Japan at depths of 422-890 m. The new species is distinguished from 28 species of Paraliparis described from the North Pacific by the following combination of characters: mouth oblique; uppermost pectoral-fin base below horizontal through posterior margin of maxillary; 60-63 vertebrae, 54-58 dorsal-fin rays, 50 or 51 anal-fin rays, six principal caudal-fin rays, and 17-20 pectoral-fin rays. A maximum likelihood tree based on 106 COI gene sequences (492 bp) of Paraliparis recovered a monophyletic group comprising P. flammeus, Paraliparis cephalus, and Paraliparis dipterus. Paraliparis cephalus is simila

SUBMITTER: Kai Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7511452 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature