Three new species of the fangblenny genus Meiacanthus from Indonesia, with color photographs and comments on other species (Teleostei: Blenniidae: Nemophini)
Author
Smith-Vaniz, William F.
Author
Allen, Gerald R.
text
Zootaxa
2011
3046
39
58
journal article
46240
10.5281/zenodo.278871
1b0f764a-ad01-4d54-94b5-07084208dc8e
1175-5326
278871
Meiacanthus
(
Meiacanthus
)
crinitus
Smith-Vaniz
Originally described from
11 specimens
(
Smith-Vaniz 1987
) from two localities in West Irian (now West
Papua
Province,
Indonesia
), the following additional collections are now available, the Solomon Is. one representing a significant range extension: WAM P.31442-003 (
34.5 mm
SL), Raja Ampat Islands, Kri I.,
0°33'S
,
130°41'E
,
5–
10 m
.; WAM P. 31443-004 (
34.2 mm
SL), Raja Ampat Islands, Wai I.,
0°41'S
,
130°43'E
,
1–
3 m
.; WAM P.32538-001 (2,
36.4–41.9 mm
SL) and USNM 396703 (2, 41.7–42.0 mm SL), Solomon Is., Santa Ysabel I.,
7°24'S
,
158°8'E
,
2–
4 m
. The second author has also photographed
M. crinitus
at Halmahera, Buli Bay (
0°47.378'N
,
128°21.568'E
) and at Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi (
1°27.014'N
,
125°12.358'E
). These photographs and specimens agree well with the original description, especially in the pattern of the lateral stripes on the caudal peduncle or caudal-fin base which terminate as narrow lines, the lower stripe typically ending in a small separated spot,
Fig. 21
.