Bregmaceros anchovia

Taxonavigation: Gadiformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Euteleosteomorpha Subcohors: Neoteleostei Infracohors: Eurypterygia Sectio: Ctenosquamata Subsectio: Acanthomorphata Divisio/Superordo: Paracanthopterygii Series: Zeiogadaria Subseries: Gadariae Ordo: Gadiformes

Familia: Bregmacerotidae
Genus: Bregmaceros
Species: Bregmaceros anchovia

Name

Bregmaceros anchovia H.-C. Ho, Endo & Lee, 2020

Holotype: BSKU 74079. Paratypes: BSKU, CSIRO, KAUM-I, NMMB, NMV, NTM.

Type locality: Tosa Bay, off Haruno (Haruno fishing port), Kochi City, Kochi, Shikoku Island, Japan, about 33°28'N, 133°30'E.

Diagnosis. A species of Bregmaceros with a pointed snout extending beyond jaws, a stripe of black dots above anal-fin base, a vertical black band on caudal-fin base, and the following combination of characters: ventral surface of head and abdomen devoid of melanophores; ventral portion of abdominal vertebrae with a pointed parapophysis and a blunt ventral post-zygapophysis; peritoneum, pyloric caeca, and intestine pale; dorsal-fin rays 46–52 (usually 47‒50); anal-fin rays 47–55 (usually 48‒52); pectoral-fin rays 15–17 (usually 16); principal caudal-fin rays 12‒14 (usually 13 with middle 11 branched); caudal vertebrae 35‒39 (usually 36‒37); total vertebrae 50–54 (usually 51‒52).

Etymology: The specific name anchovia, as a noun in apposition, a genus of anchovies (family Engraulidae), refers to the outline of the fish which is very similar to anchovies.

Distribution. Known from Japan (off Kagoshima and Kochi), southwestern Taiwan (off Ke-tzu-liao and Donggang) and Indonesia (off Lombok and Postillon Islands), and Australia (North West Shelf). Bathymetric range 10‒120 m.

References

• Ho, H.-C., Endo, H., Lee, C.-L. & Chu, T.-W. 2020. Bregmaceros anchovia sp. nov., a new codlet species from the western Pacific Ocean (Gadiformes: Bregmacerotidae). Zootaxa 4801(3): 559–569. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4801.3.8