Thrissina baelama (Fabricius, 1775)
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https://doi.org/ 10.26107/RBZ-2023-0022 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:41850EF5-BDE6-4A76-9F9D-0458B9791CB8 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EC87DD-B156-2A4B-A978-FA833AA0F853 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Thrissina baelama |
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Key to species previously identified as Thrissina baelama View in CoL by Whitehead et al. (1988)
Note: Thrissina baelama sensu Whitehead et al. (1988) was diagnosed by a short maxilla posteriorly not reaching the preopercle posterior margin, and total ventral scutes fewer than 18 and ending anteriorly below the pectoral fin ( Fig. 1 View Fig ).
1. 1TGR ≤ 36 ........................... T. samam ( Japan to New Guinea)
– 1TGR ≥ 38 (36–40 in T. baelama View in CoL ) ........................................2
2. Several distinct black blotches on anterior part of dorsal fin .. ........................................................ T. tuberculosa ( Mauritius)
– Distinct blotches on dorsal fin absent.....................................3
3. 1TGR 41 or more .................................................................... .... T. polynemoides (eastern coast of Africa and Madagascar)
– 1TGR 40 or less......................................................................4
4. Pre-dorsal-fin length greater than 50.6% of SL; snout longer than 4.9% of SL ........................ T. evermanni ( Fiji to Tonga)
– Pre-dorsal-fin length shorter than 50.4% of SL; snout shorter than 4.8% of SL .................................... T. baelama View in CoL (Red Sea)
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