{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["10"],"submitter":["Tavera J"],"pubmed_abstract":["A fourth species of the genus <i>Rhonciscus</i> (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae) is described from various specimens collected by small-scale fishers from the insular upper slope of western Puerto Rico. The new species was molecularly recovered as sister to the Eastern Pacific <i>R. branickii</i>, to which it bears many morphological similarities. It is distinguished from other <i>Rhonciscus</i> species by the number of scale rows between the dorsal fin and the lateral line (7), larger and thus fewer scales along the lateral line (48-50), large eyes (9.4-10.4 times in SL), longer caudal peduncle (15.2-20% of SL), larger sized penultimate (14.7-19.1% in SL) and last (7.4-9.5% in SL) dorsal fin spines which translates to a less deeply notched dorsal fin, and its opalescent silver with golden spec"],"journal":["PeerJ"],"pagination":["e13502"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC9167586"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["A new species of deep-sea grunt, <i>Rhonciscus pauco</i> (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae), from Puerto Rico."],"pmcid":["PMC9167586"],"pubmed_authors":["Scharer-Umpierre MT","Tavera J","Acero P A"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"A new species of deep-sea grunt, <i>Rhonciscus pauco</i> (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae), from Puerto Rico.","description":"A fourth species of the genus <i>Rhonciscus</i> (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae) is described from various specimens collected by small-scale fishers from the insular upper slope of western Puerto Rico. The new species was molecularly recovered as sister to the Eastern Pacific <i>R. branickii</i>, to which it bears many morphological similarities. It is distinguished from other <i>Rhonciscus</i> species by the number of scale rows between the dorsal fin and the lateral line (7), larger and thus fewer scales along the lateral line (48-50), large eyes (9.4-10.4 times in SL), longer caudal peduncle (15.2-20% of SL), larger sized penultimate (14.7-19.1% in SL) and last (7.4-9.5% in SL) dorsal fin spines which translates to a less deeply notched dorsal fin, and its opalescent silver with golden spec","dates":{"release":"2022-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2022","modification":"2026-05-07T03:14:08.969Z","creation":"2025-02-19T01:12:24.677Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC9167586","cross_references":{"pubmed":["35673390"],"doi":["10.7717/peerj.13502"]}}