Redescription of the percoid fish Symphysanodon andersoni Kotthaus (Symphysanodontidae) from the northwestern Indian Ocean, based on the holotype and the second known specimen
Author
Anderson, William D.
Author
Chesalin, Mikhail V.
Author
Jawad, Laith A.
Author
Al Shajibi, Said R.
text
Zootaxa
2015
4021
3
475
481
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4021.3.7
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Symphysanodon
sp.
Three small specimens (USNM 326398, 40-
47 mm
SL) of
Symphysanodon
,
collected by prawn trawl in 78 meters off
Somalia
in the Gulf of Aden, may be representatives of
S. andersoni
.
Unfortunately, they are not in good enough condition to be identified to species (
Anderson & Springer 2005
). Also, there are 13 small specimens of
Symphysanodon
(MCZ 156850-156857, 8-
20 mm
in length) in the Museum of Comparative Zoology (Harvard University) collected off
Somalia
and
Oman
in 1995 that are identifiable only to genus. They, too, may be
S. andersoni
.