A new genus and species of the family Symphysanodontidae, Cymatognathus aureolateralis (Actinopterygii: Perciformes) from Indonesia
Author
Kimura, Seishi
Author
Johnson, G. David
Author
Peristiwady, Teguh
Author
Matsuura, Keiichi
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Zootaxa
2017
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Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
New English name: Wavy Jaw Slopefish (
Figure 1A
;
Table 1
)
Holotype
:
MZB
19251 (formerly
LBRC-F
2837
), male,
181 mm
SL, fish market at
Tanjung Kodok
,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
, hook and line, no depth data,
2 May 2012
, collected by
T. Peristiwady.
TABLE 1.
Counts and measurements of
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
,
gen. et sp. nov.
Holotype |
Paratypes |
MZB 19251 |
FRLM 54552 |
LBRCF-3374 |
Standard length (mm) |
181 |
178 |
184 |
Counts |
Dorsal-fin rays |
IX, 10 |
IX, 10 |
IX, 10 |
Anal-fin rays |
III, 7 |
III, 7 |
III, 7 |
Principal caudal-fin rays |
9+8 |
9+8 |
9+8 |
Dorsal procurrent caudal-fin rays |
12 |
12 |
12 |
Ventral procurrent caudal-fin rays |
11 |
11 |
11 |
Pectoral-fin rays |
16 (16) |
16 (16) |
17 (15) |
Pelvic-fin rays |
I, 5 |
I, 5 |
I, 5 |
Gill rakers |
12+23 (11+24) |
12+24 (12+24) |
13+23 (12+24) |
Branchiostegal rays |
7 |
7 |
7 |
Scales in lateral line |
43 (44) |
44 (44) |
44 (44) |
Scales above lateral line |
7 (7) |
7 (7) |
7 (5) |
Scales below lateral line |
16 (16) |
15 (15) |
15 (16) |
Measurements |
As % of standard length |
Head length |
36.0 |
36.4 |
35.1 |
Body depth |
39.5 |
41.2 |
39.6 |
Caudal-peduncle depth |
12.8 |
12.7 |
12.9 |
Dorsal-fin base length |
48.1 |
49.5 |
48.2 |
Length of first dorsal-fin spine |
7.0 |
7.1 |
7.0 |
Length of second dorsal-fin spine |
10.8 |
11.7 |
11.4 |
Length of third dorsal-fin spine |
16.7 |
16.8 |
15.6 |
Length of fourth dorsal-fin spine |
18.1 |
16.9 |
16.9 |
Length of ninth dorsal-fin spine |
14.1 |
17.4 |
14.9 |
Length of longest dorsal-fin soft ray |
18.5 |
18.5 |
19.7 |
Anal-fin base length |
19.9 |
20.7 |
19.9 |
Length of first anal-fin spine |
8.3 |
6.9 |
8.5 |
Length of second anal-fin spine |
13.1 |
12.9 |
13.0 |
Length of third anal-fin spine |
14.1 |
14.4 |
14.3 |
Pectoral-fin length |
36.1 |
34.2 |
35.7 |
As % of head length |
Snout length |
12.6 |
14.9 |
14.8 |
Orbit diameter |
17.3 |
17.0 |
16.6 |
Interorbital width |
17.9 |
17.7 |
18.4 |
Upper-jaw length |
30.2 |
29.3 |
30.8 |
Figures in parentheses indicate counts on right side.
FIGURE 2.
Tooth patches on jaws. A.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
, paratype, FRLM 54552, 178 mm SL, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. B.
Symphysanodon katayamai
, FRLM 11738, 155 mm SL, Shima, Mie, Japan. 1. Frontal view of both jaws. 2. Dorsal view of lower jaw. 3. Lateral view of both jaws. ETP = elevated tooth patch, LOT = outer tooth patch on lower jaw, UOT = outer tooth patch on upper jaw.
Paratypes
:
FRLM
54552
(formerly
LBRC-F
2918
), male,
178 mm
SL,
Girian Fish Market
,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
, hook and line, no depth data,
13 July 2012
;
collected by
T. Peristiwady
(partly dissected to observe the cranium and suspensorium);
LBRC-F
3374
, male,
184 mm
SL,
Girian
fish market,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
, hook and line, no depth data,
17 June 2013
, collected by T. Peristiwady.
Diagnosis.
See generic diagnosis.
Description.
Characters given in the familial and generic diagnoses and generic description are not repeated except for counts. Counts and measurements are shown in
Table 1
. Body deepest at base of fifth dorsal-fin spine; body width slightly less than half of body depth; mouth oblique, forming an angle of about 50° to horizontal axis of body; palato-premaxillary ligament between anteriormost part and head of premaxilla thick and short, passes over head of maxilla (
Figure 4
A); snout rounded and bulging at tip but concave dorsally just behind tip of snout; interorbital area broad, convex; scaly area on head anteriorly extending beyond level of anterior nostrils, reaching just behind tip of snout dorsally; narrow naked area on snout just below nostrils; tip of snout and throat with villiform papillae; second and third infraorbitals each with small, blunt retrorse spine posteroventrally; gill rakers long, longest ca. 1.2 times length of longest gill filament; cephalic sensory system developed: two pores on snout, four on infraorbitals,
19 in
temporal region and five on lower jaw; dorsal-fin origin located just above tip of upper opercular spine; membranes between dorsal- and anal-fin spines deeply incised; first dorsal-fin spine short, the second more than half of the third, the fourth longest, the fourth to ninth (last) spines progressively shorter; length of last spine almost twice that of the first (including
holotype
) or more, about equal to that of the first soft ray; eighth dorsal-fin soft ray longest, first to eighth soft rays gradually increasing posteriorly in length; all dorsal-fin soft rays branched; length of first anal-fin spine about half or two-thirds (including
holotype
) that of the second, third spine longest, slightly longer than the second; all anal-fin soft rays branched; second (
holotype
), third or fourth soft ray longest; pectoral fin long, about equal to length of head but shorter than body depth, reaching to a vertical through base of first (including
holotype
) or second anal-fin soft ray, tip pointed, all but uppermost and lowermost rays branched, fourth ray longest, fifth to lowermost rays progressively shorter; all pelvic-fin soft rays branched, length of spine shorter than first soft ray; first soft ray longest, tip forming a filament, first to fifth soft rays progressively shorter; dorsal- and anal-fin bases covered by small scales forming scaly sheath; small scales on caudal fin extending almost to its posterior margin; small scales on proximal one-fifth of pectoral fin and one-third of pelvic fin; pelvic-fin axil with two lanceolate scales.
FIGURE 3.
Medial view of lower jaw, showing “elevated” tooth patch (ETP) on dentary (D). A.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
, paratype, FRLM 54552, 178 mm SL, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. B.
Symphysanodon katayamai
, FRLM 11738, 155 mm SL, Shima, Mie, Japan.
FIGURE 4.
Palato-premaxillary ligament (arrows), lateral view of right side. A.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
, paratype, FRLM 54552, 178 mm SL, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. B.
Symphysanodon andersoni
, USNM 435866, 200 mm SL, Salalah, Dhofar, Oman. C.
S. katayamai
, FRLM 11738, 155 mm SL, Shima, Mie, Japan.
FIGURE 5.
Dorsal view of upper jaw. A.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
, paratype, FRLM 54552, 178 mm SL, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. B.
Symphysanodon katayamai
, FRLM 11738, 155 mm SL, Shima, Mie, Japan. Arrow indicates notch at anterior tip of upper jaw.
FIGURE 6.
Lateral view of snout, showing nostrils. A.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
, paratype, FRLM 54552, 178 mm SL, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. B.
Symphysanodon katayamai
, FRLM 11738, 155 mm SL, Shima, Mie, Japan. AN = anterior nostril, PN = posterior nostril.
Color when fresh
(
Figure 1A
). Head and body deep pink dorsally grading to paler ventrally; a large bright yellow blotch mid-laterally on body; several yellow blotches on snout, occiput, surroundings of orbit, and cheek; dorsal-fin spines and soft rays mostly pale pink; soft portion of dorsal fin yellowish distally; anal- and pelvic-fin rays pinkish, dorsal-, anal-, and pelvic-fin membranes whitish; pectoral and caudal fins pinkish orange, posterior margin of caudal fin whitish.
Color of preserved specimens.
Head, body and fins pale brownish uniformly.
Distribution.
Currently known only from Bitung,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
. No data on accurate depth is available, but according to a fisherman, the
type
specimens were collected as bycatch of hand-lining targeting
Priacanthus
Etelis
, and
Pristipomoides
. These fishes are found at depths between 15 and
400 m
(
Anderson & Allen, 2001
;
Starnes, 1999
). Recently the third author obtained a video clip that clearly shows
C. aureolateralis
sp. nov.
in situ
(a still image acquired from the video is shown in
Figure 9
). The video was taken off Lembeh Island, near Bitung,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
, at a depth of
199 m
on
12 November 2015
, by an ROV as part of an ongoing survey of the Indonesian coelacanth.
Etymology.
The specific name “
aureolateralis
” is derived from Latin
aurum
(gold) and
lateralis
(side) in reference to the bright yellow marking laterally on body.
FIGURE 7.
Tooth patches of vomer (V), palatines (P), endopterygoids (ENP) and ectopterygoids (ECP), ventral view. A.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
, paratype, FRLM 54552, 178 mm SL, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. B.
Symphysanodon katayamai
, FRLM 11738, 155 mm SL, Shima, Mie, Japan.
FIGURE 8.
Right-side suspensorium. A.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
, paratype, FRLM 54552, 178 mm SL, Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (medial view). B.
Symphysanodon andersoni
, USNM 435866, 200 mm SL, Salalah, Dhofar, Oman (lateral view, mirror image). C.
S. katayamai
, FRLM 11738, 155.4 mm SL, Shima, Mie, Japan (medial view). ECP = ectopterygoid, ENP = endopterygoid, MP = metapterygoid, P = palatine, Q = quadrate, S = symplectic. Circle indicates posteroventral projection of metapterygoid.
FIGURE 9.
Live
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
sp. nov.
, from a video clip taken at 199 m depth off Lembeh Island, near Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia by ROV during the Biological Survey on the Indonesian Coelacanth.
Remarks.
Although
C. aureolateralis
clearly differs from members of the genus
Symphysanodon
(except for
S. octoactinus
) in having a much deeper body than the latter (
Anderson 1970
,
Anderson & Springer 2005
;
Figure 1
), it shares the following characters with the latter, in addition to those indicated in the familial diagnosis: upper and lower corners of upper jaw rounded; upper lip posteriorly covered by maxilla; and caudal fin deeply forked with tips of both lobes filamentous (
Figure 1
). Hypurals 3 and 4 are fused in both
Cymatognathus
and all species of
Symphysanodon
, except
S. octoactinus
. Hypurals 1 and 2 are autogenous in
Cymatognathus
and in about half of the species of
Symphysanodon
.
Of the shared characters listed in the familial diagnosis, the following characters are unique among basal percoids (
sensu
Johnson, 1984
) and to both
Symphysanodon
and
Cymatognathus
, and are considered as synapomorphies of the family
Symphysanodontidae
: supraneural and dorsal-fin pterygiophore insertion pattern 0/0/0+2+1/1/ (
S. octoactinus
exceptional); T-shaped first supraneural; foreshortened base of penultimate ventral procurrent caudal-fin ray; palato-premaxillary ligament passing from anteriormost part of palatine, across head of maxilla, to ascending process of premaxilla; and well-developed outer tooth patches at tips of both jaws, those of the lower jaw received into spaces between those of the upper jaw.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
is distinguishable from members of
Symphysanodon
by important characters described in the generic diagnosis, in particular the wavy contour of the lower jaw created by abrupt depression of posterior tip of the coronoid process of the dentary so that teeth on the anterior portion appear as an almost centrally-located elevated tooth patch, and the horizontally slit-like posterior nostril.
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
superficially resembles
Giganthias
(Giganthiidae)
, comprising
Giganthias immaculatus
Katayama, 1954
and
G. serratospinosus
White & Dharmadi, 2012
, in having tooth patches with robust conical teeth on the tip of lower jaw, and a deep compressed body with red and yellow coloration (
Figure 10
). However,
Cymatognathus
clearly differs from
Giganthias
in having an obviously “elevated” tooth patch posteriorly on the lower jaw (vs. no elevated tooth patch on lower jaw in
Giganthias
;
Figure 10
C), smaller teeth on the jaws short and conical (vs. slender and curved inward;
Figure 10
B, C), endopterygoids and ectopterygoids with small conical teeth (vs. edentate), upper lip posteriorly covered by maxilla (vs. not covered), lateral line gently curved anteriorly (vs. steeply curved), a single, un-notched dorsal fin with ten soft rays (vs. notched with 13–14 soft rays;
Figure 10
A), anal fin with seven soft rays (vs. eight), tips of all dorsal- and pelvic-fin spines smooth (vs. tips of second, third and/or fourth dorsal- and pelvic-fin spines serrated), supraneural bones three, the first Tshaped, the third inserting together with the first two dorsal pterygiophores in the second interneural space (vs. two, the first not T-shaped and only the first dorsal-fin pterygiophore inserting in the second interneural space), hypurals 3 and 4 fused (vs. all hypurals autogenous), and the penultimate ventral procurrent caudal-fin ray with foreshortened base (vs. not foreshortened).
Cymatognathus aureolateralis
can be also distinguished from the
Anthiadinae
by the latter two characters and
Callanthiidae
by the last as well as having 25 vertebrae (vs.
26–28 in
the
Anthiadinae
, and
24 in
the
Callanthiidae
and
Serranidae
except for
Anthiadinae
) and opercle with two flat spines (vs. three). Accordingly, we establish
Cymatognathus
as a new genus in the family
Symphysanodontidae
.
FIGURE 10.
Giganthias immaculatus
, FRLM 52792, 218 mm SL, Naha, Okinawa, Japan. A. Thawed specimen. B. Frontal view of both jaws. C. Lateral view of both jaws. LOT = outer tooth patch on lower jaw, UOT outer tooth patch on upper jaw.
Johnson (1981)
described a posteroventral projection of the metapterygoid overlapping the symplectic in
S. berryi
Anderson, 1970
as a diagnostic feature of
Symphysanodon
. Our observations indicate that it is not present in all species of
Symphysanodon
(e.g., present in
S. andersoni
, but not in
S. katayamai
,
Figure 8
B, C) and is therefore not diagnostic for the genus. It is also absent in
Cymatognathus
(
Figure 8
A).
The dentition is better developed in males than females of
S. berryi
and
S. disii
Anderson, Baranes & Goren, 2011
(Anderson
et al.
, 2011). The outer tooth patches of a male
S. andersoni
(USNM 435866) are also much larger than those of the female (USNM 440280). However, sexual dimorphism in
C. aureolateralis
is unknown because no female specimens of the genus have been collected. The teeth in the jaws and on the palatines and pterygoids are more developed in
Cymatognathus
than even in male
Symphysanodon
(
Figures 2
,
3
,
7
,
8
).
Comparative materials.
Symphysanodontidae
—
Symphysanodon andersoni
:
USNM
435866
, male,
200 mm
SL,
Salalah
,
Dhofar
,
Oman
;
USNM
440280
, female,
168 mm
SL,
Somalia
.
Symphysanodon berryi
:
USNM
204086
,
holotype
,
113 mm
SL,
Great Inagua
Island,
Bahamas
.
Symphysanodon katayamai
:
FRLM
11738
*, male,
155 mm
SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
;
FRLM
25765, 90.4
mm SL,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
;
KAUM-I
. 5 6003, male,
159 mm
SL,
Iloio
,
Panay
,
Philippines
.
Symphysanodon maunaloae
Anderson, 1970
:
USNM
204389
,
holotype
, 67.5 mm SL, Hawaii.
Symphysanodon mona
Anderson & Springer, 2005
:
USNM
371386
,
holotype
, 86.6 mm SL,
Mona
Passage
, off western
Puerto Rico
.
Symphysanodon octoactinus
:
USNM
204084
,
holotype
, 79.7 mm SL,
Grand Bahama
Island,
Bahamas
.
Symphysanodon parini
Anderson & Springer, 2005
:
USNM
372776
,
holotype
,
114 mm
SL, Sala y Gomez Ridge,
southeastern Pacific.
Symphysanodon
typus
Bleeker, 1877
:
FRLM
25766
*,
103 mm
SL,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
;
NSMT-P
63382, 63383
, 83.1–98.6 mm SL,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
.
Symphysanodon xanthopterygion
Anderson & Bineesh, 2011
:
USNM
400886
:
holotype
,
141 mm
SL,
Quilon
,
Kerala
,
India
.
Callanthiidae
—
Callanthias japonicus
Franz 1910
:
FRLM
32588, 44915
*,
153–160 mm
SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Grammatonotus surugaensis
Katayama, Yamakawa & Suzuki, 1980
:
FRLM
45675
: 87.0 mm SL,
Minamiise
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Giganthiidae
—
Giganthias immaculatus
:
FRLM
3665
:
206 mm
SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
;
FRLM
50837
:
257 mm
SL,
Torishima I.
,
Ogasawara Is.
,
Japan
;
FRLM
52792
*, 52793:
218–245 mm
SL,
Naha
,
Okinawa
,
Japan
;
LBRC-F
1380, 205
mm SL,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
;
NSMT-P
18654
,
holotype
,
252 mm
SL, off Izu-
Oshima
,
Tokyo
,
Japan
;
URM-P 0 3764, 39792, 240–
268 mm
SL, Naha,
Okinawa
,
Japan
.
Anthiadinae (Serranidae)
—
Caprodon schlegelii
Günther, 1859
:
FRLM
33363, 129
mm SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Odontanthias borbonius
(Valenciennes
in
Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1828
)
:
FRLM
25767, 34847
, 84.9–91.9 mm SL,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
.
Odontanthias chrysostictus
(
Günther, 1872
)
:
FRLM
34846, 40182
, 129–
132 mm
SL,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
.
Odontanthias unimaculatus
(
Tanaka,1917
)
:
FRLM
40181, 101
mm SL,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
;
FRLM
45676, 126
mm SL,
Minamiise
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Plectranthias japonicus
(Steindachner
in
Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883
)
:
FRLM
47681, 47682
, 90.4–91.5 mm SL,
Nha Trang
,
Vietnam
.
Plectranthias kelloggi azumanus
(
Jordan
& Richardson, 1910
):
FRLM
50692, 52306
, 98.8–91.4 mm SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Plectranthias sagamiensis
(
Katayama, 1964
)
:
FRLM
7048, 7831
, 58.0–53.0 mm SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Plectranthias yamakawai
Yoshino, 1972
:
FRLM
42846, 42847
, 131–
151 mm
SL,
Yoron I.
,
Kagoshima
,
Japan
.
Pseudanthias elongatus
(
Franz, 1910
)
:
FRLM
6617, 6956
*, 11736, 119–
132 mm
SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Pseudanthias pascalus
(
Jordan
& Tanaka, 1927
):
FRLM
10746, 10747
, 119–
111 mm
SL,
Naha
,
Okinawa
,
Japan
.
Pseudanthias squamipinnis
(
Peters, 1855
)
:
FRLM
45827, 45828
, 64.3–71.7,
Kumano
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Sacura margaritacea
(
Hilgendorf 1879
)
:
FRLM
44937, 44938
, 49210*,
109–112 mm
SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Selenanthias analis
Tanaka, 1918
:
FRLM
0 6929,
44911, 104 mm
SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Serraninae (Serranidae)
—
Chelidoperca hirundinacea
(Valenciennes
in
Cuvier & Valenciennes 1831
)
:
FRLM
7818, 139
mm SL,
Mie
,
Japan
;
FRLM
47416, 137
mm SL,
Tosa Bay
,
Mimase
,
Kochi
,
Japan
.
Chelidoperca pleurospila
(
Günther, 1880
)
:
FRLM
34624, 41021
, 115–
122 mm
SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Epinephelinae (Serranidae)
—
Epinephelus areolatus
(
Forsskål 1775
)
:
FRLM
45823
*,
187 mm
SL,
Kumano
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Grammistes sexlineatus
(
Thunberg 1792
)
:
FRLM
34732
, 76.0 mm SL,
Yaku I.
,
Kagoshima
.,
Japan
;
FRLM
39892, 87.2
mm SL,
Kushimoto
,
Wakayama
,
Japan
.
Liopropoma japonicum
(Doderlein
in
Steindachner & Döderlein, 1883
)
:
FRLM
10293, 46470
, 169–
188 mm
SL,
Shima
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Liopropoma latifasciatum
(
Tanaka, 1922
)
:
FRLM
34845
*, 34890, 125–
129 mm
SL,
Bitung
,
North Sulawesi
,
Indonesia
.
Lutjanidae
—
Aphareus rutilans
Cuvier
in
Cuvier & Valenciennes, 1830
:
FRLM
35534
*, 183.0 mm SL,
Owase
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Lutjanus bengalensis
(
Bloch 1790
)
:
FRLM
33773, 33801
, 22836, 118–
123 mm
SL,
Owase
,
Mie
,
Japan
.
Lutjanus fulvus
(Forster
in
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
)
,
FRLM
28898
*, 149.0 mm SL,
Iriomote I.
,
Okinawa
,
Japan
.
Lutjanus kasmira
(
Forsskål, 1775
)
:
FRLM
28484
, 156.0 mm SL,
Hahajima I.
,
Ogasawara Is.
,
Japan
;
FRLM
33016, 160
mm SL,
Iriomote I.
,
Okinawa
,
Japan
.
Asterisks indicate the specimens for observation of cranium.
Dinopercidae
—
Dinoperca petersi
(
Day, 1875
)
:
FRLM
27648, 271
mm SL,
Durban
,
South Africa
.