Plectorhinchus makranensis (Teleostei, Haemulidae), a new species of sweetlips from the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.

ABSTRACT: Plectorhinchus makranensis sp. nov. is described on the basis of 16 specimens from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, in the Northwest Indian Ocean. The new species can be distinguished from congeners by a combination of dorsal fin rays XII, 18-20, pectoral-fin rays 16-17, tubed lateral-line scales 55-57, gill rakers count (10-12 on the upper limb and 16-17 on the lower limb), 17-18 scales between the lateral line and the first anal-fin spine, 30-31 circumpeduncular scale rows and color pattern. Plectorhinchus makranensis sp. nov. is distinguished from P. schotaf by having the posterior margin of the opercular membrane grey (vs. red in P. schotaf), fewer circumpeduncular scale rows, and a shorter base of the soft portion of the dorsal fin, 27.6-29.

SUBMITTER: Damadi E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7642193 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature