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<mods:title id="485217B5F723F54299BC92658E5CF741">Two new species of deeper dwelling Apogon (Perciformes: Apogonidae) from Micronesia and South Pacific Ocean.</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName id="4E2C60436D8AD6D464046503E52C8D6C" ID-CoL="FSBF" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:CCB967BF-DB5E-4327-BC17-994180317F40" family="Apogonidae" genus="Apogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Apogon brevispinis Fraser &amp; Randall 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevispinis">Apogon brevispinis</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="5B58B996A5C24ADF2863E377927DE482" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="278E633128C7929AACD8E7064C63609A" pageNumber="2">(Figures 1A, 2A &amp; Table 1).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3934E73957DDDF26B19D9A8CCA9B15E7" pageNumber="2">
<materialsCitation id="45840A89B43ABF6DDD8AE39149F07553" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923898868" collectingDate="1971-02-22" collectionCode="BPBM" collectorName="J. Randall, D. Cannoy, D. Devaney, R. McNair, J. Haywood" country="French Polynesia" location="Rurutu, west side off Areva, 46-58 m" specimenCode="BPBM 13723" stateProvince="Austral Is." typeStatus="Holotype">
<typeStatus id="9553D3FFF69309102BB072D3F90BAB43">Holotype</typeStatus>
:
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<collectionCode id="E011B3A5DDD3DD27785F5F2EF2CEDF6B">BPBM</collectionCode>
13723
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; 35.1 mm SL;
<collectingRegion id="C4F90B1CD31BA58A5D9C9EE2802D1401">Austral Is.</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="805E50DF7033B2DC8C362B78F5C5D09D" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8FBF4E31C1D519F4E78CD4F3CDFD9962:805E50DF7033B2DC8C362B78F5C5D09D" name="Rurutu, west side off Areva" stateProvince="Austral Is.">Rurutu, west side off Areva</location>
;
<date id="E44B5A55830538317F356FE3D3F933C4" day="22" month="02" value="1971-02-22" year="1971">
<collectingDate id="E09FE0A7FB373798DEE76707E31D192C" day="22" month="02" value="1971-02-22" year="1971">22 Feb 1971</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<location id="61B0DF9C1528285B399573328033D945" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8FBF4E31C1D519F4E78CD4F3CDFD9962:61B0DF9C1528285B399573328033D945" name="46-58 m" stateProvince="Austral Is.">46-58 m</location>
; collected by
<collectorName id="4C5490FB85A5EF18943050AECCD9411D">J. Randall, D. Cannoy, D. Devaney, R. McNair and J. Haywood</collectorName>
; x-ray
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="DC6851873B5144A2B7EC1069F76D7F8E" pageNumber="2">
<materialsCitation id="EAC5FC938AC4E8C761CE47AE105E04C4" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923898867" collectingDate="1971-02-22" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="J. Randall, D. Cannoy, D. Devaney, R. McNair, J. Haywood" country="French Polynesia" location="Rurutu, west side off Areva, 46-58 m" specimenCode="USNM 371776" stateProvince="Austral Is." typeStatus="Paratype">
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:
<specimenCode id="56AB03A022B02A18B25D41B97DFCF059">
<collectionCode id="B8E2072ED8EC5BE741B29D857AD31E0F">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="52DA8981179C4DDE854AC5E60D78D094" day="37" month="17" value="76-17-37" year="76">371776</date>
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; 62mm+ (damaged); same data as holotype; x-ray
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1BEC97826821D8A98BB8ECAD9F947847" pageNumber="2">
<materialsCitation id="FD5A36772C5709ADE6A387DF58F17DD9" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923898863" collectingDate="1971-04-09" country="French Polynesia" location="Rangiroa, 53 m" stateProvince="Tuamotus">
Other material:
<location id="D6EA6490B687C21E026CE4E04C9D5AFA" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8FBF4E31C1D519F4E78CD4F3CDFD9962:D6EA6490B687C21E026CE4E04C9D5AFA" name="Rangiroa">Rangiroa</location>
;
<date id="6B9958C112D0DE46785F9CCCFB7539A7" day="09" month="04" value="1971-04-09" year="1971">
<collectingDate id="9CF5C1F9250EB352C8B67DA8BFF37C80" day="09" month="04" value="1971-04-09" year="1971">9 Apr 1971</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<location id="6D131507D4AC7E2B49A61BFD5EC6C1EE" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:8FBF4E31C1D519F4E78CD4F3CDFD9962:6D131507D4AC7E2B49A61BFD5EC6C1EE">53 m</location>
; ~ 32-mm SL; color slide; lost specimen
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.
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Comparative material:
<taxonomicName id="DD5ECBF2269A3C73350151BE29F36D2A" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:17D598BB-B4B6-41DE-89C3-E3B6E10C8A7A" family="Amiidae" genus="Amia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Amia angustata Smith &amp; Radcliffe 1911:253" order="Amiiformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angustata">Amia angustata</taxonomicName>
Holotype
<collectionCode id="0436C64390123193228A4E19069F4D7D" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
68399 (66.8mm SL); Philippine Is., Malanipes I., east Zamboanga; x-ray.
<taxonomicName id="8034EA38C8DA5962C3ADC1809CD6B503" family="Apogonidae" genus="Apogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="angustatus">Apogon angustatus</taxonomicName>
<collectionCode id="9B276C2005849F21C5A86583FDECE88E" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
56542 (2 specimens, 27-44mm SL); Solomon Is., Santa Ana I.;
<date id="E29AE6D811096A484A07F156C91FFF6C" day="01" month="04" value="1985-04-01" year="1985">1 Apr 1985</date>
.
<collectionCode id="8AF23CC340924524B05E13F8158ACBD9" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="1909E65620E9B65980F57A69185FFCBC" day="35" month="05" value="10-05-35" year="10">350510</date>
(9); Vanuatu, Epi I.,
<geoCoordinate id="D72C3B37B2ACAA269D6C0EEFFC4C75C1" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-16.786943">16°47'13&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="DA9E82F34A2A088A1C4EDE799F111AC4" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="168.36">168°21'36&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectionCode id="9E81DA4267F75539749C510E2A558B90" collectionName="JTW">JTW</collectionCode>
96-46;
<date id="793E39E61F367665DE47A254BCA38CEF" day="16" month="06" value="1996-06-16" year="1996">16 Jun 1996</date>
; 1-10m.
<collectionCode id="715B2C1CDE95FF580CA7C72797A31C15" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="36C3FD9AB0FD9BE9A7DB2D4D88826958" day="34" month="16" value="63-16-34" year="63">341663</date>
(1); Tonga Is., Vava'u Group, Ovaka I.,
<geoCoordinate id="458D772D4AF379BC2A2502307F93373E" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-18.741945">18°44'31&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="77256CE179B8CC600636EDBB8C215AE4" direction="west" orientation="longitude" value="-174.11">174°6'36&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectionCode id="86FEAFC5C90EC9383B726E3EB1725AB0" collectionName="JTW">JTW</collectionCode>
93-42;
<date id="4FA42F3874BCB83DBD2042704A076860" day="17" month="11" value="1993-11-17" year="1993">17 Nov 1993</date>
; 0.1-10m.
<collectionCode id="C55256D6FAC0F69251998E7FEE043363" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
334426 (1); Tonga Is., Tongatapu Group, Atata I.,
<geoCoordinate id="F2F1F5F6E33C07F0CE62A93511D65094" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-21.019444">21°1'10&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="7E943DB0930B13DFD640BE34D20B343A" direction="west" orientation="longitude" value="-125.227776">125°13'40&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectionCode id="7A5DA28E3E186BC87E39B241A157FB65" collectionName="JTW">JTW</collectionCode>
93-10;
<date id="86E1AEB74E5FF6DA7E90F6AACDD7819E" day="28" month="10" value="1993-10-28" year="1993">28 Oct 1993</date>
; 10-20m.
<collectionCode id="8BFB11C6D4A5A0C4D4B538B712817FE8" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="8D117B21D7E82840FB211A37A9CBB219" day="34" month="16" value="62-16-34" year="62">341662</date>
(1); Tonga Is., Vava'u Group, Nuku I.,
<geoCoordinate id="5DD00BF29879EA751C2E601C96863F82" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-18.715">18°42'54&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="3C5F6DAC1BD6882AE4E0442E17EBE3F0" direction="west" orientation="longitude" value="-174.04333">174°2'36&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectionCode id="95FCDA2B963081D2DCA4D6D37DDE95FD" collectionName="JTW">JTW</collectionCode>
93-48;
<date id="7B18A25E86A7276666FF9DE2D263A7B9" day="19" month="11" value="1993-11-19" year="1993">19 Nov 1993</date>
; 1-3m.
<collectionCode id="87E2008F9B3D7918D432DD980D4A9EA4" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
224630 (2); Caroline Is., Ponape,
<geoCoordinate id="46424338B174D5D325D83896C7103FFB" direction="north" orientation="latitude" value="7.5833335">7°35'N</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="4E529D7388AE949C6C7193F79FE98E5D" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="158.19722">158°11'50&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectionCode id="AA4429F6FB35E5B8E2DF6C7ED00FB5C3" collectionName="VGS">VGS</collectionCode>
80-8;
<date id="42B9EDA6D2FB98AE2CE409CB963722C6" day="08" month="09" value="1980-09-08" year="1980">8 Sep 1980</date>
; 0.1-15m.
<collectionCode id="5894E6C38F10A41F5D843CB679424242" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
84148 (6, 19-54); Line Is., Kiritimati Atoll,
<geoCoordinate id="514075A2AECB8C6CAA6695B1921EA648" direction="north" orientation="latitude" value="1.9291668">1°55'45&quot;N</geoCoordinate>
, 157°;28'15&quot;W;
<collectionCode id="5A60ABFA57A20633F123404052DD8D64" collectionName="GVF">GVF</collectionCode>
51;
<date id="AA004FCC6AC1719F738EF0887FFE0938" day="26" month="08" value="1951-08-26" year="1951">26 Aug 1951</date>
.
<collectionCode id="60349ED95F480B926FEA8FF550EE416B" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
325626 (10); Samoa, Tutuila I.;
<date id="4F281FAE7646F1957A1C95E9ECB78FEC" day="20" month="11" value="1975-11-20" year="1975">20 Nov 1975</date>
; 20m.
<collectionCode id="2EAA0D421D6855AEBAC7398BB7E97389" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
80789 (5, 33-48); American Samoa, Tutuila I.;
<date id="00262A2D95537EFA7964E9A028B395D9" day="01" month="08" value="1990-08-01" year="1990">1 Aug 1990</date>
;
<collectionCode id="A811086E30BF7426964CB7841630617B" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
80822 (48-62); American Samoa, Tutuila I.;
<date id="01D312C7C13A6CB4D9B5A227B7EFE5A9" day="03" month="08" value="1990-08-03" year="1990">3 Aug 1990</date>
.
<taxonomicName id="F317E4AC06A7661C3CA1EE2FCAA00421" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:776BAD3E-9EC0-4B2B-A3F4-34605841F97C" family="Apogonidae" genus="Apogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Apogon nigrofasciatus Lachner 1953:466" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nigrofasciatus">Apogon nigrofasciatus</taxonomicName>
Holotype
<collectionCode id="439BBDC9366E79B990C6F8208F06265A" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
142230 (58); Marshall Is., Bikini Atoll, Yuroch I.,
<date id="3E711E18EF62D0922C672DA09815F719" day="13" month="07" value="1946-07-13" year="1946">13 Jul 1946</date>
; x-ray. Palau Is:
<collectionCode id="61ABD78E2F5451EE7F1F1ACE9D3DDD52" collectionName="USA, Hawaii, Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum">BPBM</collectionCode>
7423 (1, 60); Babelthaup I.;
<date id="A18A22591F6669C5B4A5B8AAC5FB355B" day="29" month="09" value="1966-09-29" year="1966">29 Sep 1966</date>
.
<collectionCode id="041580B5CC0583FECA8169922389857D" collectionName="USA, Hawaii, Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum">BPBM</collectionCode>
9808 (2, 43-47); Ngemelis I.;
<date id="9A2A7F551DA31984BDB350D74DD52ACE" day="23" month="04" value="1970-04-23" year="1970">23 Apr 1970</date>
.
<collectionCode id="1AFF9F5CA71D6C33B553F260589C3B67" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
56569 (2, 34-43); New Guinea, Louisaide Arch.;
<date id="A71EF6F11ED44E8E4F20476695C69AE9" day="04" month="04" value="1985-04-04" year="1985">4 Apr 1985</date>
.
<collectionCode id="77CB555C97829454730AB53ED9EC7E56" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="7FE6F7C6CDBE08E552A39341381BDC44" day="34" month="17" value="17-17-34" year="17">341717</date>
(14, 15-67);
<collectionCode id="43401B7F1F32087B79942CBB69C2865F" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
212730 (5, 44- 55); Marshall Is., Taka Atoll;
<date id="695EFAE00087193213FC6BFA57D9E93C" day="22" month="10" value="1964-10-22" year="1964">Oct 22 1964</date>
; 0-9m; x-rayed. Tonga Is., Ha'apai Group, Uoleva I.,
<geoCoordinate id="D0B701BE070820F1CFC39B6A7A3EAF88" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-19.86">19°51'36&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="27654673DAF41516FDE6E9C50240C585" direction="west" orientation="longitude" value="-174.41833">174°25'06&quot;W</geoCoordinate>
;
<date id="4E439479A7894107D8B49E5B056679DD" day="11" month="11" value="1993-11-11" year="1993">11 Nov 1993</date>
;
<collectionCode id="0B8A9599DDBC808913FD2A6D1D5DB8C9" collectionName="JTW">JTW</collectionCode>
93-28; 0.3-2m.
<collectionCode id="D1D9E6B15EAE0AF31C3A8498322D9E8B" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
167315 (2, 40-48); Gilbert Is., Onotoa.
<collectionCode id="A0B6250962CDAC32A9A77B56638DDE3E" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
346982 (2, 45-51); Vanuatu, Erromango,
<geoCoordinate id="437F4142B2AE88A38C4CEB9A467EB9F9" direction="south" orientation="latitude" value="-18.942778">18°56'34&quot;S</geoCoordinate>
<geoCoordinate id="73D5A4D30699C8C1D6020871EC0B8944" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="168.99278">168°59'34&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectionCode id="A472F71EA1C7C9A1C76820C766460AE4" collectionName="JTW">JTW</collectionCode>
96-8;
<date id="797E8F197E5BAF4B24CA9036C078FEFC" day="26" month="05" value="1996-05-26" year="1996">26 May 1996</date>
; 27-30m.
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346983 (2, 46-53); Vanuatu,
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;
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96-6;
<date id="EC3485EB800DCE63A6C875278BA02E18" day="25" month="05" value="1996-05-25" year="1996">25 May 1996</date>
; 10-15m.
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358449 (1, 48); Vanuatu, Epi I.,
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;
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96-42;
<date id="29E7DCFCB251D501CEC0B23C36DFCE6D" day="15" month="06" value="1996-06-15" year="1996">15 Jun 1996</date>
; 14-24m.
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212749 (2, 45-46); Society Is., Tahiti;
<date id="B2EE9A883109E42C04AF48FF09A4984C" day="03" month="05" value="1957-05-03" year="1957">3 May 1957</date>
.
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<collectionCode id="9B678289E9084F4D07743EC2AA51228A" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
30751 (1, 37); Samoa, Pago Pago;
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.
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43327 (12, 36-63); Marshall Is., Enewetak Atoll;
<date id="E093D3C2C09EC159868FBC41A0382F46" day="23" month="02" value="1974-02-23" year="1974">23 Feb 1974</date>
.
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53323 8 (36-51); Philippines, Luzon I., Layia;
<date id="17392ED4C78120AC8CBE2880EF3A0A70" day="29" month="06" value="1948-06-29" year="1948">29 Jun 1948</date>
.
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84107 (39,21-73); Pulau,
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,
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;
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1840;
<date id="5860963D648743BC6BFD0826046DACA6" day="12" month="10" value="1958-10-12" year="1958">12 Oct 1958</date>
.
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84139 3 (46-64); Guam,
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,
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;
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1854;
<date id="6C1B05FAD7D7A1AF468AE2BA627F9B7F" day="25" month="01" value="1959-01-25" year="1959">25 Jan 1959</date>
.
<collectionCode id="05C751E1662C234CA4B96BCB78223378" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
84149 (22, 34- 65); Yap Is., Gagil I.,
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,
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;
<collectionCode id="CC6854EF8D38AFB3C054128893758ED6" collectionName="GVF">GVF</collectionCode>
1919;
<date id="6996D237441F1AFE0C8377A765AB94E9" day="24" month="12" value="1959-12-24" year="1959">24 Dec 1959</date>
.
<collectionCode id="05AEFA8D9FFA499B113C1B72B088E28C" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
84188 (5, 37-50); Fiji, Viti Levu I.,
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,
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;
<collectionCode id="B6C15418CDD426947DE99343F3532E5E" collectionName="GVF">GVF</collectionCode>
2010;
<date id="DF87882D15014E9208CF3D026E5F44E7" day="09" month="08" value="1959-08-09" year="1959">9 Aug 1959</date>
.
<collectionCode id="75E15A1C50A7A78604C7F3F4C10118A5" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
209954 (3, 53-61); Fiji, Viti Levu I.,
<date id="76F05665A2EC6557AA4A7364E0881F70" day="30" month="05" value="1999-05-30" year="1999">30 May 1999</date>
.
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11699 (1, 72); Fatu Hiva, Marquesas Is.;
<date id="1EE6956357727559D8AFC383929CB6F6" day="19" month="04" value="1971-04-19" year="1971">19 Apr 1971</date>
.
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359800 (8, 27-74); Marquesas Is.;
<date id="13B86E7D84BF43DFA4CFCCFCDC10AF9B" day="09" month="09" value="1956-09-09" year="1956">9 Sep 1956</date>
.
<collectionCode id="D77B00709F61BDD9B1119FDB8E84B5BB" collectionName="USA, California, San Francisco, California Academy of Sciences">CAS</collectionCode>
124514 (1, 80); Nuka Hiva Island;
<date id="44F3C9D468E9C30AF6C50DF660D66790" day="07" month="02" value="1929-02-07" year="1929">7 Feb 1929</date>
.
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<collectionCode id="30EB78751A1428E9CFF8B1A8B7D1116C" collectionName="USA, Hawaii, Honolulu, Bernice P. Bishop Museum">BPBM</collectionCode>
12811 (1, 69); Marquesas Is.;
<date id="CBEB0E3C23000DFF74691D9DF8FBA432" day="19" month="05" value="1971-05-19" year="1971">19 May 1971</date>
;
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10356 (2, 81-85); Marquesas Is.;
<date id="DC5A4270B56F5E326E311E9396E8DC1C" day="27" month="11" value="1955-11-27" year="1955">27 Nov 1955</date>
;
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<date id="40FB570D6A1FEBA5BB0A9CBD9CEE7676" day="21" month="10" value="06-10-21" year="06">211006</date>
(2, 43-56); Marquesas Is.;
<date id="7EB42571EB986C6B78579E09B84D3CF2" day="25" month="04" value="1971-04-25" year="1971">25 Apr 1971</date>
;
<collectionCode id="B5C90CFD8F66FC5CB2488084763089CE" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
359801 (2, 50-66); Marquesas Is.;
<taxonomicName id="9FC196F0EDEDD8977D05B1FC8B5C3F56" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BE535705-5FB5-479A-B836-67AA34493014" family="Apogonidae" genus="Apogon" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Apogon taeniophorus Regan 1908:226" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="taeniophorus">Apogon taeniophorus</taxonomicName>
Syntypes
<collectionCode id="53DF430D024BE07EAD35A38E2C005913" collectionName="United Kingdom, London, The Natural History Museum [formerly British Museum (Natural History)]">BMNH</collectionCode>
1908.3.23.90-92 (3, 42-75); Maldives.
<collectionCode id="249F59F8DE83E3BF0814812C62140799" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="1BAA4522F152BB2DEC7E0D2FF7E89DAF" day="34" month="17" value="82-17-34" year="82">341782</date>
(8); Tonga Is., Vava'u Group, Nuku I.,
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<collectionCode id="7680F0E211FFC8B81500B8B74C0C36C7" collectionName="JTW">JTW</collectionCode>
93-48;
<date id="F68B5CDFE10A67CD8B2D03DC30798C9B" day="19" month="11" value="1993-11-19" year="1993">19 Nov 1993</date>
; 1-3m.
<collectionCode id="44D989E8B91241D4CB4EA23EDBBE9755" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
346986 (11); Vanuatu, Erromango,
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<geoCoordinate id="5C021B374A568837C9B1004CFA11633E" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="169.0064">169°00'23&quot;E</geoCoordinate>
;
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96-7; 25-
<date id="BF9E2F2F0B19AA0FDF96C54DE8551027" day="26" month="05" value="1996-05-26" year="1996">26 May 1996</date>
; 1m.
<collectionCode id="0CE5D27F505AC716BA491D6A56DF46DD" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
212706 (2); Howland I.; F-26;
<date id="98E50E6A0DDB6C96E3F5C75CB3AC4121" day="11" month="10" value="1963-10-11" year="1963">11 Oct 1963</date>
.
<collectionCode id="FD7D1F31F7F079887517777B98CB90F9" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
212707 (1); Howland I., F-140;
<date id="CD4F2F76499EBD69B735AD3F2B8E493F" day="12" month="02" value="1964-02-12" year="1964">12 Feb 1964</date>
.
<collectionCode id="070E933F1F4C0DA7584ABCF0DEF8E255" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
212699 (1); Line Is. Fanning, I.;
<date id="323B0B8F1E29D8E88219E062E5570335" day="03" month="07" value="1965-07-03" year="1965">3 Jul 1965</date>
.
<collectionCode id="6A5C5F92FD445522BA7E3BD48619EBDA" collectionName="USA, Washington D.C., National Museum of Natural History, [formerly, United States National Museum]">USNM</collectionCode>
262326 (7); Fiji Is., Kandavu I.,
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<geoCoordinate id="83F56C3ADC4995506364312F467120D9" direction="east" orientation="longitude" value="178.28334">178°17'E</geoCoordinate>
;
<collectionCode id="13A9A6A23160C43A30237029C1BBFE23" collectionName="VGS">VGS</collectionCode>
82-21;
<date id="785999A51F2C6208D336377D47DF5321" day="11" month="05" value="1982-05-11" year="1982">11 May 1982</date>
; 2m.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="51746606D821D5B25AD434A6C256D4FF" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="3D2226DA72E9ED7B871B7A2D02E9641A" pageNumber="3">
Diagnosis. A species of
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with alternating golden-brown and white stripes on head and body in life, white stripe extending onto last two anal rays; irregular darkish caudal peduncle mark; tiny first dorsal-fin spine, 5-8% of third dorsal spine length; 14 circumpeduncular scales; slightly elongated last dorsal and anal rays; 18-19 well developed gill rakers on first arch.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="7F33BCB4AD744D0FBA932E146EC28AE0" type="description">
<paragraph id="00292A5F7E3F65FD58263C9A5265E404" pageNumber="3">Description. For general body shape see Figs. 1A and 2A. Following proportions are percent standard length, Holotype: greatest body depth 37.0; head length 40.5; eye diameter14.5; snout length 9.1; bony interorbital width 7.7; upper- jaw length 21.1; caudal peduncle depth 15.9; caudal peduncle length 25.4; first dorsal-fin spine length 2.0; second dorsal-fin spine length 11.1; third dorsal-fin spine length 25.1; fourth dorsal-fin spine length 21.6; spine in second dorsal fin 18.5; first anal-fin spine length 3.4; second anal-fin spine length 17.1; pectoral-fin length 27.1; pelvic-fin length 25.1. First dorsal-fin spine length 7.9 % of third dorsal-spine length (paratype 4.8%).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E5DD9E1CD97D333A25E0CEEEFC5BAF5B" pageNumber="3">Dorsal fin VII-I,9 with tiny first spine and third spine much thicker than second or fourth, last soft ray as long as preceding ray; anal fin II,8, with last anal fin-ray longer than preceding ray; pectoral fin 14-14; pelvic fin I,5; principal caudal rays 9 + 8; pored lateral line scales 24; transverse scale rows above lateral line 2; transverse scale rows below lateral line 6; median predorsal scales 5; circumpeduncular scale rows 14 (5 + 2 + 7).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7DC2107417327B7020277E24ABBA2E06" lastPageNumber="4" pageNumber="3">Teeth villiform, in several rows on the premaxilla; 2-3 rows becoming 1 row on side of dentary; 1-2 long rows on the palatine; 1 row on vomer; none on ectopterygoid, endopterygoid or basihyal. Rudiments and gill rakers on first arch (Table 1), 3 rudiments and 3 gill rakers on upper arch, 2 rudiments and 15 gill rakers on lower arch of holotype, 3 rudiments and 3 gill rakers on upper arch, 1 rudiment and 16 gill rakers on lower arch of paratype, total gill rakers and rudiments 23. Second arch with 2 rudiments and 16 short rakers.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="330D7D41EF409E593971A1D2DE675A5B" pageNumber="4">Vertebrae 10 + 14. Five free hypurals, 1 pair of slender uroneurals, 3 epurals, a free parhypural. Three supraneurals, 2 supernumerary spines on first dorsal pterygiophore. Basisphenoid present. Supramaxilla absent. Posttemporal serrate (3-5) on posterior margin. Preopercle ridge smooth, edges serrate on posterior and ventral margins. Infraorbital edge smooth.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FCCCF4582F9DAE9F95F4B8EDD4957290" pageNumber="5">Scales on head, breast, nape and body ctenoid, pored lateral-line scales from posttemporal to base of hypural. Central pore canal on lateral-line scale with 2-3 pores on dorsal side, simple below with 1 pore. Ten pores around mouth (Figure 3); 3 bilateral pores above premaxilla, 1 below anterior nasal area along ventral edge of crease, 2 on ventral edge of lachrymal; 2 bilateral pores on dentary near symphysis, 1 mid-anterior, 1 ventral.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C07275D3BA4BFC8B564DFCB21E66BAB0" lastPageNumber="6" pageNumber="5">Life colors. From a color slide of a lost specimen (Figure 1A) about 32 mm SL taken at Rangiroa. Head and body with about 5 tannish-brown stripes alternating with 5 white stripes; first white stripe from nape at base of first dorsal fin (not clearly visible), extending to anterior base of second dorsal fin; second white stripe extending from nape along side onto dorsal side of caudal peduncle reaching procurrent caudal rays; third white stripe extending from behind dorsal portion of eye along body to last caudal base scale just above pored lateral line; fourth white stripe begins on upper lip, onto snout, then from behind ventral portion of eye along body to last caudal base scale just above pored lateral line; fifth white stripe begins on lower portion of upper jaw, not reaching lower jaw, extending below pectoral-fin base onto base of anal fin at the fifth-sixth ray reaching tip of last anal ray; tannish-brown stripes wider than white stripes, tannish-brown stripes 2 and 4 from head, snout, and upper jaw on side extend past darker caudal base onto caudal-fin rays; ventral tannish-brown stripe from lower jaw reaching to anterior base of anal fin. Iris whitish. First dorsal membranes darkish; darkish stripes on second dorsal and anal fins, both fins with whitish bases on the preceding 3-4 rays reaching to the tips of the last rays. Melanophores concentrated near the base of caudal fin without the form of a simple bar or spot; other similar concentrations of melanophores in second and third tannish-brown stripes.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="ADD8A6E41FF5EE8C9617CAAE28D2F2EE" lastPageNumber="7" pageNumber="6">Color in alcohol. Holotype (Figure 2A) with stripe of faint melanophores on body behind eye reaching to anterior part of caudal peduncle, second faint stripe on side of abdomen reaching to level of origin of anal fin, no other markings present on head, body otherwise pale; broad diffuse stripe in second dorsal fin with pale area below; stripe in anal fin rays at body anteriorly angled posteriorly to cover outer half of last 2 rays with pale area basally; all other fins pale. Paratype with uniform color on snout and nape, a band of few melanophores on cheek extending onto base of pectoral fin and then onto the abdomen reaching to about the posterior origin of the anal fin, another grouping of melanophores from the midline behind eye onto opercle and side of body, then fading out prior to posterior origin of anal fin, darkish stripe in the second dorsal fin pale above and below, darkish stripe in anal fin beginning at base of anal fin extending to tip of last 2 anal rays, pale above and below beginning about fourth anal ray, pelvic fin pale, dorsal fin pale. Peritoneum pale, holotype (but not paratype) with scattered melanophores; stomach and intestine blackish.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D9ACAC406C4A448D837AD2CEFEB23F46" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="9B5CB726F90E2324B4AD3690B30B7D74" pageNumber="7">Distribution. Known from Rurutu Island in the Austral Islands and Rangiroa in the Tuamoto Archipelago.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="737111E95CD28392206906362985463E" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="7F5CB921CA6DE5985E55C924321E1716" pageNumber="7">Etymology. From the latin words brevis for short and spina for thorn, referring to the tiny first dorsal spine, as brevispinis.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="BFBACE5F7626601E1461FE3D2D076108" type="biology_ecology">
<paragraph id="B60F7182D58B6DB4B618C160ABBC7A05" pageNumber="7">Habitat. These specimens were collected on a 45°E coral slope with very little sand. The lack of additional material suggests that this species may usually live below the typical access of SCUBA gear assisted collections.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="1EEDCD9BCF0711DFFAE602F6C453AD7C" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="CD9366602E21343EB050FE940BF2E949" pageNumber="7">
Remarks. Color patterns, gill raker and pectoral-fin ray counts, and shape of anal fin are used to help determine phenetic relationships within the subgenus
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.
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is distinguished by its higher gill-raker counts (Table 1) from other dark-striped
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, except
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, 1953. In life, the dark stripes are blackish in
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and brownish in
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. The last soft anal ray is slightly elongated, similar to the more elongated last anal ray of the very closely related
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in Radcliffe, 1911), and
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, 2001, and to
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in Cuvier &amp; Valenciennes, 1828. A whitish stripe extending onto the last 1 or 2 soft rays of the dorsal and anal fins may also be of use in grouping the above species as well as
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, 1881, and
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,1908. The whitish stripes are absent in the soft dorsal and anal fins of
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,2001. Randall &amp; Lachner (1986) discussed distinguishing characteristics of a number of similar looking dark-striped species as part of their redescription of
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that have both sets of characteristics.
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The tiny, easily overlooked, first dorsal spine present in
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is similar to the tiny first dorsal spine in
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in White, 1790, a species with a much different color pattern. Some species of the
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with generally yellowish stripes, which are very faint or lacking in preserved material, also have an elongated anal-fin ray.
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