First Record of the Rockfish Sebastes melanops from the Western North Pacific, with Comments on its Synonymy (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenoidei: Sebastidae)

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Jan 2013 English Publisher:Japanese Society of Systematic ZoologyJournal:Species Diversity, volume 18, pages 175-182 (issn: 1342-1670, eissn: 2189-7301,

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Authors: Kai, Yoshiaki; Muto, Nozomu; Noda, Tsutomu; Orr, James W.; Nakabo, Tetsuji;

doi: 10.12782/sd.18.2.175

First Record of the Rockfish Sebastes melanops from the Western North Pacific, with Comments on its Synonymy (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenoidei: Sebastidae)

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Sebastes melanops Girard, 1856, formerly known from the Aleutian Islands and the southeastern Bering Sea to Baja California, USA, is reported from the western Pacific on the basis of two specimens collected from Iwate Prefecture on the Pacific coast of northern Japan. One of the Japanese specimens is described here in detail and compared with specimens from the eastern North Pacific. Sequence data from the mitochondrial DNA control region of this species are also provided and compared with closely related congeners. Sebastes columbianus (Hubbs and Schultz, 1933) is herein regarded as a junior synonym of S. melanops on the basis of an examination of type specimens. Conversely, another supposed junior synonym, S. simulans (Gill, 1864) may not be conspecific with S. melanops.

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National Marine Fisheries Service
United States
Kyoto University
Japan
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
United States

Keywords

Scorpaeniformes, Sebastidae, Actinopterygii, Animalia, Biodiversity, Chordata, Taxonomy

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