Nemipterus nematophorus ( Bleeker 1854 )

Russell, Barry C. & Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2017, A new species of Nemipterus (Perciformes: Nemipteridae) and first record of N. nematophorus (Bleeker) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4231 (2), pp. 281-288 : 286-287

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scientific name	Nemipterus nematophorus ( Bleeker 1854 )
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Nemipterus nematophorus ( Bleeker 1854) View in CoL

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Dentex filamentosus Valenciennes in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1830: 254 View in CoL , pl. 155. ‘Suriname’ (locality in error, probably Indonesia) (name subjectively invalid; secondarily preoccupied by Cantharus filamentosus Rüppell 1828 , first in Synagris View in CoL and then in Nemipterus View in CoL ).

Dentex nematophorus Bleeker 1854: 500 (Padang, Sumatra, Indonesia).

Synagris macronemus Günther 1859: 380 (Trincomalee, Sri Lanka; replacement name for Dentex filamentosus Valenciennes 1830 View in CoL ).

Material examined. NMMB-P 23609, 188.3 mm SL, purchased from Hengchun market, collected by hook and line at southern tip of Taiwan, ca. 100 m, 5 July 2016.

Diagnosis. Dorsal fin with anterior pair of spinous rays close together, almost fused and produced into a long, trailing filament; pectoral and pelvic fins long, reaching to between level of anus and origin of anal fin; caudal fin forked, upper lobe produced into a trailing filament. Colour: upper part of head and body pinkish, silvery-white below; broad golden-yellow stripe beneath lateral-line, with distinct gold patch anteriorly beneath origin of lateralline; three narrow golden-yellow stripes laterally along ventral half of the body (third indistinct); yellow stripe on either side of ventral midline; dorsal fin translucent pinkish, anterior dorsal filament and margin of fin yellow; anal fin translucent, faint yellow or orange stripe along fin extending from near base of first spine to middle of last ray, basal part of fin pale bluish-white; caudal fin pink, upper tip and caudal filament yellow (pale in some specimens); pectoral fins pale pink; pelvic fins pink, axillary scale lemon-yellow.

Distribution. Widespread in the Indo-West Pacific, including the Bay of Bengal, Andaman Sea, Strait of Malacca, Philippines, South China Sea, Gulf of Thailand and Indonesia. Not previously recorded from Taiwan ( Russell 1993).

References

Bleeker, P. (1854) Nieuwe ti correct figure entallen diagnostische beschrijvingen van nieuwe of weinig bekende vischsoorten van Sumatra. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indi, 5 (3), 495 - 534. [Date of publication from Kottelat 2011: 53 as between 12 and 16 Feb. 1854.]

Cuvier, G. & Valenciennes, A. (1830) Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Sixieme. Livre sixieme. Partie I. Des Sparoides; Partie II. Des Menides, 6, i - xxiv + 6 pp. + 1 - 559, Pls. 141 - 169.

Gunther, A. (1859) Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the acanthopterygian fishes in the collection of the British Museum. Gasterosteidae, Berycidae, Percidae, Aphredoderidae, Pristipomatidae, Mullidae, Sparidae, 1, i - xxxi + 1 - 524.

Ruppell, W. P. E. S. (1828) Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika. Fische des Rothen Meers. Frankfurt am Main (Heinrich Ludwig Bronner). Part 1, 1 - 26, Pls. 1 - 6.

Russell, B. C. (1993) A review of the threadfin breams of the genus Nemipterus (Nemipteridae) from Japan and Taiwan, with description of a new species. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 39, 295 - 310.