Descriptions of four species of grenadier fishes of the genera Hymenocephalus and Hymenogadus (Teleostei, Gadiformes, Macrouridae) from the New Zealand region and Tasman Sea, including two new species of Hymenocephalus
Author
Mcmillan, Peter
Author
Iwamoto, Tomio
text
Zootaxa
2014
3856
1
117
134
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3856.1.5
280b7189-5ba7-42de-970e-6ceb2e88f0af
1175-5326
230600
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Key to the known species of
Hymenocephalus
(3) and
Hymenogadus
(1) from
New Zealand
1 First dorsal fin with smooth spinous second ray.............................................................. 2
-. First dorsal fin with weakly serrated spinous second ray..................
Hymenogadus gracilis
Slender
membranehead
2
Chin
barbel present; 8 pelvic fin rays........................
Hymenocephalus maculicaudus
Spottytail
membranehead
-.
Chin
barbel absent; 11–14 pelvic fin rays.................................................................. 3
3 Head and body uniformly dark brown to blackish; orbit diameter small, 20–33% HL, suborbital width 23–28% HL.........................................................................
Hymenocephalus fuscus
Black
membranehead
-. Head and body pale greyish to brown overall, with prominent lateral (silvery when fresh, dark in preserved specimens) stripe along sides of body and tail; orbit diameter large, 29–40% HL; suborbital width 10–14% HL........................................................................................
Hymenocephalus nascens
Nascent
membranehead