Lestidium rofeni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Alepisauroidei

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 Section: Aulopa Ordo: Aulopiformes Subordo: Alepisauroidei

Familia: Paralepididae
Tribe: Lestidiini
Genus: Lestidium
Species: Lestidium rofeni

Name

• Lestidium rofeni H.-C. Ho, K. Graham & B. Russell, 2020

• Etymology: The species is named after Robert R. Rofen (previously R. R. Harry), former research director of George Vanderbilt Foundation, Stanford University, who contributed a lot of knowledge on paralepidid fishes.

• Diagnosis: A species in the Lestidium prolixum species complex with a complete lateral line and a simple luminescent duct originating below opercle.; L. rofeni can be further distinguished from two other congeners in the species complex in having 30‒33 anal-fin rays; prehaemal vertebrae 36–38 and total vertebrae 87–90; lateral-line ending at caudal fin base, with 123–139 scales; DFO clearly behind tip of adpressed pelvic fin; V–D 6.7–8.7% SL and 30.2–36.7% V–A; 5‒7 lateral-line scales and 5‒8 vertebrae between VFO and DFO; scattered melanophores away from upper margin of lateral line before VFO, entirely translucent on remaining section of lateral line; abdominal ridge with none or scattered melanophores.

References

• Ho, H-C., Graham, K. & Russell, B. 2020. Three new species of the barracudina genus Lestidium (Aulopiformes: Paralepididae) from the Indo-West Pacific. Zootaxa 4767(1): 71–88. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.1.3 pdf Reference page.