A review of the genus Pempheri s (Perciformes, Pempheridae) of the Red Sea, with description of a new species Author Koeda, Keita Author Yoshino, Tetsuo Author Imai, Hideyuki Author Tachihara, Katsunori text Zootaxa 2014 3793 3 301 330 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3793.3.1 f2f9eed1-b32c-40ab-8f6c-1a7ef8f59f52 1175-5326 229629 874ED359-D4A4-4EF0-BB3B-C0A70563472E Key to Red Sea Pempheris 1 a Base of anal fin without blackish band; scale rows below lateral line 11–16 ; circumpeduncular scales 14–18 ; pored lateral-line scales 49–64 ; scale rows above lateral line 4 1 / 2–6 1 / 2 ; predorsal scales 27–39 .................................... 2 1 b Base of anal fin with blackish band; scale rows below lateral line 10–11 ; circumpeduncular scales 12 ; pored lateral-line scales 47–52 ; scale rows above lateral line 4 1 / 2 ; predorsal scales 25–30 .............................. P. tominagai sp. nov. 2 a Pectoral fin base with faint blackish spot; pored lateral-line scales 56–64 ; body depth 41.4–45.4 % SL (mean 43.6 %); upperjaw length 14.2–15.6 % SL (15.0%); distinct blackish margin on outer edge of anal fin; Red Sea, Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean......................................................................................... P. adusta 2 b Pectoral fin base without blackish spot; pored lateral-line scales 49–60 ; body depth 44.6–53.4 % SL; upper-jaw length 15.0– 17.5 % SL; anterior half or no distinct blackish margin on anal fin.......................................... 3 3 a Eye diameter 13.0– 15.3 % SL ( 13.9 %), 43.6–51.5 % HL ( 45.6 %); usually irregular faint longitudinal light stripes on the body side; Red Sea, Mediterranean Sea, and western Indian Ocean, north western coast of Australia ............... P. mangula 3 b Eye diameter 11.6–12.8 % SL ( 12.3 %), 39.4–42.3 % HL ( 41.1 %); no stripes on the body side; southern Red Sea and western Indian Ocean............................................................................... P. nesogallica