Acropoma profundum, a New Species of Lanternbelly (Teleostei: Perciformes: Acropomatidae) from the Solomon Islands Author Okamoto, Makoto text Species Diversity 2014 2014-05-25 19 1 9 14 http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.19.1.009 journal article 4188 10.12782/sd.19.1.009 01dd76e0-3665-4cb3-bec0-c6bc6c8cc482 2189-7301 4583104 C8211A07-C343-44C6-9A51-D6982A4D1575 Key to the species of Acropoma Fig. 3. Ventral view of the abdomens of two species of Acropoma . A, Acropoma profundum sp. nov. , holotype, MNHN 2002- 3878, 40.1 mm SL; B, A. hanedai , FRLM 32251, 61.2 mm SL, Taiwan. Arrows point to the anus. 1a. Luminous gland O-shaped (off New Caledonia and Okinawa , Japan ; Fig. 2F )................................. A. lecorneti 1b. Luminous gland U-shaped or elongated ( Fig. 2 A–E)... 2 2a. Luminous gland U-shaped ( Fig. 2A, B, E ) ..................... 3 2b. Luminous gland elongated with anterior ends on isthmus and not connected ( Fig. 2C, D )............................... 5 3a. Posterior ends of luminous gland extending far beyond anus, nearly to anal-fin origin ( Solomon Islands ; Fig. 2A ) ................................................... A. profundum sp. nov. 3b. Posterior ends of luminous gland extending slightly beyond anus, but distant from anal-fin origin ( Fig. 2B, E ) .............................................................................................. 4 4a. Front edge of luminous gland just reaching level of origin of pelvic fins (Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal; Fig. 2B ).............................................................. A . argentistigma 4b. Front edge of luminous gland located well in front of origin of pelvic fins (Indo-Pacific; Fig. 2E ) ......................................................................... A. japonicum 5a. Anus pale and located nearer to origin of pelvic fin than to anal fin origin; proximal radial of first anal-fin pterygiophore not hollow ( Bohol Sea; Fig. 2C ) ........... A . boholensis 5b. Anus black and located halfway between origins of pelvic fin and anal fin ( Fig. 3B ); proximal radial of first anal-fin pterygiophore hollow (southern Japan and South China Sea; Fig. 2D ) ................................ A . hanedai