A new species of Polyipnus (Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the Western South Pacific

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 10 May 2017Publisher:Magnolia PressJournal:Zootaxa, volume 4,263 (issn: 1175-5326, eissn: 1175-5334,

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Authors: Vourey, Elodie; Dupoux, Cyndie; Harold, Antony Scott;

doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4263.3.8

pmid: 28609861

A new species of Polyipnus (Stomiiformes: Sternoptychidae) from the Western South Pacific

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A new species of marine hatchetfish, Polyipnus laruei sp. nov., is described based on one specimen collected off New Caledonia, in the Western South Pacific. This species is distinguished from the thirty-three known species of Polyipnus by the unique presence of only one OVB photophore. The new species is placed in the P. spinosus species group, characterized by the presence of minute spines on the ventral PV photophore scales and an external multispinate posttemporal process.

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College of Charleston
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National Museum of Natural History
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Keywords

Pacific Ocean, Actinopterygii, Sternoptychidae, Fishes, Biodiversity, Stomiiformes, New Caledonia, Animalia, Animals, Chordata, Taxonomy

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