Chelidoperca barazeri Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019

Tang, Chi-Ngai & Matsunuma, Mizuki, 2022, Redescription of Chelidoperca barazeri, with a revised key and literature review to species of Chelidoperca in Taiwan (Perciformes: Serranidae), Zootaxa 5189 (1), pp. 204-221 : 218

Chelidoperca barazeri Lee, Lee, Matsunuma & Chen, 2019 ( Figs. 1 , 2 , 3 )

Chelidoperca tosaensis not of Matsunuma, Yamakawa & Williams, 2018: Koeda & Ho, 2019: 668 (misidentification)

Remarks. The specimens of C. tosaensis reported by Koeda & Ho (2019) were re-identified as C. barazeri by the authors. The record of C. tosaensis should be removed from the ichthyofauna of Taiwan at present. However, judging from the current distribution of C. tosaensis , from southern Japan, to Philippines and Papua New Guinea ( Matsunuma et al., 2018; Lee et al., 2019), it is possible that C. tosaensis occurred in Taiwan as well.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Fresh specimens of Chelidoperca barazeri. A. NMMB-P35233, 67.7 mm SL, male. B. NMMB-P35235, 64.4 mm SL, female. C. NMMB-P35231, 53.9 mm SL, female. D. the paratype, NTUM15636, 32.0 mm SL (photo by W.-J. Chen’s Lab), subadult.

FIGURE 2. Preserved condition of Chelidoperca barazeri. A. NMMB-P35233, 67.7 mm SL. B. NMMB-P35231, 53.9 mm SL. C. the holotype, NTUM15639, 32.2 mm SL (photo by M.-Y. Lee).

FIGURE 3. Chelidoperca barazeri, NMMB-P35233, 67.7 mm SL. A. Radiograph photo. B. The dorsal view of head, yellow line indicates the termination of scale pocket between the interorbital region. C. The ventral view of head, sensory pores (red circles) and the termination of angular scales (blue line) are indicated. D. Enlarged canines of the upper and lower jaw; E. Enlarged antrorse canines on the lower jaw (pointed by arrow).