taxonID	type	description	language	source
5655862EFFE4E414FC73FC77FEB5FACE.taxon	description	(Fig. 1) The following specimen was examined: KAUM-I. 190004, 66.5 mm SL, off Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia [obtained at Lembaga During a marine fish fauna survey at Kuantan, Pahang State, Malaysia (east coast of Peninsular Malaysia), conducted in September 2023, a single specimen of Onigocia grandisquama (Regan, 1938) (Perciformes: Platycephalidae) and two of Soleichthys siammakuti Wongratana, 1975 (Pleuronectiformes: Soleidae) were obtained at a Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) fish landing port in Kuantan. Subsequently, two additional specimens of S. siammakuti from the Philippines and Sabah State (Malaysia) were found in the fish collections of the Kagoshima University Museum and Borneo Marine Research Institute, respectively. The specimens represent first records of each species from those regions.	en	Matsunuma, Mizuki, Seah, Ying Giat, Kadir, Siti Tafzilmeriam Sheikh Abdul, Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. Mabel, Motomura, Hiroyuki (2024): Reef-associated Bony Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: 2024 (VERSION 1) DATABASE. Cybium 48 (2): 169-172, DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2024-010, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13863108
5655862EFFE5E416FC46FD07FC17FB9D.taxon	description	(Fig. 3) The following specimens were examined: IPMB-I 01.00224, 81.7 mm SL, off Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia (obtained at Kota Kinabalu Central Fish Market), B. M. Manjaji-Matsumoto & H. Nishiyama, 2 Aug. 2012; KAUM-I. 42116, 69.7 mm SL, Bindoy, Negros, Philippines, 9 ° 45 ’ N, 123 ° 08 ’ E, 15 - 20 Sep. 1981; KAUMI. 189729, 93.3 mm SL, KAUM-I. 189730, 84.1 mm SL, off Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia (obtained at LKIM Fish Landing Port Kuantan), 3 ° 45 ’ N, 103 ° 30 ’ E, KAUM & UMT fish team, bottom trawl, 22 Sep. 2023. Counts and measurements (as % of SL) of the specimens were as follows: 73 - 80 dorsal-fin rays; 62 - 68 anal-fin rays; 8 and 7 pectoral-fin rays on ocular and blind sides, respectively; 5 pelvic-fin rays on both ocular and blind sides; 18 or 19 caudal-fin rays; 88 - 100 pored lateral-line scales; body depth 34.8 - 35.9; head length 16.8 - 18.9; suprapectoral width 16.8 - 18.7; subpectoral width 10.9 - 13.7; head width 20.3 - 25.5; head width at eye 16.8 - 21.0; caudal-fin length 14.8 - 16.0; caudal-peduncle width 7.4 - 8.5; pectoral-fin length 8.9 - 12.2; lower eye diameter 2.9 - 3.5; upper eye diameter 3.6 - 3.6; snout length 3.9 - 4.4; naris length 3.9 - 6.2; lower-jaw length 4.8 - 5.6; blind-side naris to snout 5.3 - 6.5; pectoral fin to lateral line 4.9 - 5.2; postorbital length 8.9 - 10.7. The present specimens (Fig. 3) were identified as S. siammakuti, having the following combination of characters: 73 - 80 dorsal-fin rays; 62 - 68 anal-fin rays; 88 - 100 pored lateral-line scales; body with crossbands, darker bands much broader than lighter bands; dorsal, anal and caudal fins with large bright yellow spots when fresh (semitranslucent spots in preserved specimens); and 2 small white spots on lateral line (obscured in preserved specimens). Following the description of S. siammakuti by Wongratana (1975), two further species of Soleichthys have been recognized as valid, and four newly described. Soleichthys siammakuti can be readily distinguished from these and all other congeners by its unique color pattern, including crossbands on the body and yellow spots on the median fins (see Muchhala and Munroe, 2004; Munroe and Menke, 2004; Randall and Munroe, 2008). Most of the count and measurement values of the present specimens differed from the original description of S. siammakuti [e. g., dorsal-fin rays 73 - 80 in the former vs. 80 in the latter; pored lateral-line scales 88 - 100 vs. 95 or 108, see Wongratana (1975: table 1)]. These differences are regarded as intraspecific variations, since the original description was based solely on two specimens. The smallest examined specimen (KAUM-I. 42116, 69.7 mm SL; Fig. 3 D) possessed elevated eyes with a broadly naked interorbital region, the latter being scaled in the other specimens (81.7 - 93.3 mm SL, interorbital region with 2 - 9 scale rows at level of mid-orbit). Wongratana (1975) had noted that the two type specimens (78.5 - 82.4 mm SL) also possessed scales on the interorbital region. The smallest specimen also differed from larger specimens by having a broad light band basally on the caudal fin, and several light spots on the dorsal and anal fins roughly adjacent to light bands on the body. Underwater photographs of S. siammakuti registered in the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) (see iNaturalist contributors & iNaturalist, 2023 a, c), which appear to have been of small juveniles, indicated relatively large elevated eyes, with no scales on the narrow interorbital space. The GBIF-photographed individu- als also had a similar color pattern to KAUM-I. 42116, differing from adult specimens in having broader brown bands (iNaturalist contributors & iNaturalist, 2023 c) or a brown body with whitish vermiculations (iNaturalist contributors & iNaturalist, 2023 a). Allen and Erdmann (2012) reported underwater photographs of a “ Soleichthys species, ” which had a similar colour pattern to S. siammakuti, but varied considerably according to locality and growth stage. To clarify the identification of those photographed individu- als, more information based on voucher specimens is required. At this stage, however, we tentatively identified the GBIF photographs as S. siammakuti, regarding the differences in interorbital squamation and coloration as growth-related intraspecific variations.	en	Matsunuma, Mizuki, Seah, Ying Giat, Kadir, Siti Tafzilmeriam Sheikh Abdul, Manjaji-Matsumoto, B. Mabel, Motomura, Hiroyuki (2024): Reef-associated Bony Fishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: 2024 (VERSION 1) DATABASE. Cybium 48 (2): 169-172, DOI: 10.26028/cybium/2024-010, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13863108
