Parabembras multisquamata

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Parabembras multisquamata
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Lateral view of the three species of Parabembras; A P. curta, FAKU 41447, 143.5 mm SL B P. robinsoni, NSMT-P 129791, 165.1 mm SL C P. multisquamata, holotype, MNHN-IC-2008-1516, 167.3 mm SL. White line indicates anus.
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Scorpaeniformes
Family: Bembridae
Genus: Parabembras
Species:
P. multisquamata
Binomial name
Parabembras multisquamata
Y. Kai, Fricke, 2018

Parabembras multisquamata, is a species of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Bembridae, the deepwater flatheads. It is found in the tropical western Pacific Ocean.

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Taxonomy

Parabembras multisquamata was first formally described in 2018 by Yoshiaki Kai and Ronald Fricke with the type locality given as Big Bay on Espiritu Santo in Vanuatu. [1] Fricke first reported this species in Papua New Guinea in 2015 and this specimen is now one of the paratypes of this species. The genus Parabembras is sufficiently different from the other genera in that family to be classified as their own family, Parabembradidae, by some authorities. [2] The specific name multisquamata is a combination of multi, which means "many", and squamatus, meaning "scaled", a reference to the high number, i.e. 40-44, of pored scales in the lateral-line. [3]

Description

Parabembras multisquamata has a reddish-orange head and body and white ventrally. The first dorsal fin is dark red in color with the second dorsal fin red with black marking. Pectoral fin bright red. A symphyseal knob on the lower jaw is absent. Two preocular spines and two lachrymal spines are present. There are 9–11 supraocular spines and 10 spines in the first dorsal fin. Body cylindrical and posteriorly weakly compressed. Scales ctenoid. Mouth large and slightly oblique. [2] This species attains a maximum published standard length of 15.1 cm (5.9 in). [4]

Distribution and habitat

Parabembras multisquamata occurs in the tropical western Pacific Ocean where it has been recorded from the Philippines, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu. It is a bathydemersal species that is found at depths between 299 and 444 m (981 and 1,457 ft). [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Parabrembas". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 Yoshiaki Kai; Ronald Fricke (2018). "Taxonomic review of the deep water flathead genus Parabembras with description of the new species Parabembras multisquamata from the western Pacific Ocean". ZooKeys (740): 59–76. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.740.21729 . PMC   5904489 . PMID   29674889.
  3. ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara, eds. (7 December 2021). "Order Perciformes (Part 11): Suborder Platycephaloidei: Families Bembridae, Parabembridae, Hoplichthyidae, Platycephalidae and Plectrogeniidae". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 July 2022.
  4. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Parabembras multisquamata" in FishBase . February 2022 version.
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