Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger)

Gill, Anthony C. & Psomadakis, Peter N., 2018, Pseudanthias emma new species, with notes on a collection of anthiadine serranid fishes from off Myanmar (eastern Indian Ocean), Zootaxa 4455 (3), pp. 525-536 : 530

Pseudanthias gibbosus (Klunzinger)

Figure 2 ; Table 3

Anthias (Pseudanthias) gibbosus Klunzinger, 1884: 9 (type locality: Al-Qusair , Red Sea Governorate, Egypt, Red Sea).

A single individual (80.9 mm SL) of this species was collected and photographed during the 2015 survey and preserved ( Figure 2 ). It agrees well with published photos and descriptions of the species (e.g., dorsal rays X,16; pectoral rays 18; lateral-line scales 41–42; circumpeduncular scales 25; gill rakers 11 + 26; no papillae on posterior rim of orbit; interopercle and subopercle with indistinct serrations; third dorsal spine longest, 19.4 % SL; no auxiliary scales on body; caudal fin lunate, caudal concavity 20.4 % SL; greatest body depth 38.9 % SL). Morphometric details for the specimen are provided in Table 3. We follow Heemstra & Akhilesh (2012) in considering Anthias gibbosus Klunzinger to be a senior synonym of Franzia fasciatus Kamohara (1955) .

Material examined: SAIAB 203720, 80.9 mm SL (same collection data as SAIAB 203722).

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FIGURE 2. Pseudanthias gibbosus, SAIAB 203720, 80.9 mm SL, female, off Tanintharyi coast, Myanmar, Andaman Sea, Indian Ocean, Myanmar. Photo by Oddgeir Alvheim.