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<mods:title id="BBCE65D64FA1F78438983DAC5FD2EB8F">Pseudoplesiops wassi, a new species of dottyback fish (Teleostei: Pseudochromidae: Pseudoplesiopinae) from the West Pacific.</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart id="35C3D8EBEED6F7ABAF2111899E9552BC">Alasdair J. Edwards</mods:namePart>
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<taxonomicName id="1087EC1A0D57709FD390DDB97AB22462" ID-CoL="4P87Z" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">Pseudoplesiops wassi</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="6766DFAD710F14C0AF45662776052349" rank="species">new species</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<paragraph id="EB9DDCB2C08D4A33030705345C9F21D3" pageNumber="2">Fleckfin Dottyback</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D43FD24C40DB411CB5628272E7ED738E" pageNumber="2">(Figures 1-2)</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="E0EC616B697194CB70B81EC908F3C8F1" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E490DD60-6DC3-42A6-9293-732807F32FE6" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops Bleeker 1858:217" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudoplesiops</taxonomicName>
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sp.; Wass, 1984: 12 (description; Samoa); Zug et al., 1989: 13 (list; Rotuma).
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</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="A706E7F2D29D5764B3DCD28EF8082ACF" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E490DD60-6DC3-42A6-9293-732807F32FE6" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops Bleeker 1858:217" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="2" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudoplesiops</taxonomicName>
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sp. 2; Gill and Edwards, 1999: 144 (list of osteological specimens); Gill, 1999: 2560 (key).
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</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation id="F6EE8A82A7319FAB75FA661B835C386C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904653" collectingDate="1997-05-18" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="J.T. Williams et al." country="Vanuatu" latitude="-13.6719444" location="Banks Islands, Mota Lava Island, Milli Bay, surge channels on reef slope" longitude="167.6511111" specimenCode="USNM 363283" stateProvince="Torba Province" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus id="0477EC5C21C551955094F323921A4488">Holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<collectionCode id="B4419A094D60CE748870ABD3B8F8C2F8">USNM</collectionCode>
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363283
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, 25.0 mm SL,
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<collectingCountry id="A8F9304BC68118CEE5AD44758F94D8C8">Vanuatu</collectingCountry>
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,
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<location id="2CBAF81F535591EFEAFDDD7DEED33A79" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:2CBAF81F535591EFEAFDDD7DEED33A79" country="Vanuatu" name="Banks Islands, Mota Lava Island, Milli Bay">Banks Islands, Mota Lava Island, Milli Bay</location>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="5078D00AC05B941D0663172DAFC7C5D4">13°40'19"S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="67785E578D23466CF663B9951617848F">167°39'04"E</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<location id="A18712CFBA00F1F95E82E934A3A6391F" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:A18712CFBA00F1F95E82E934A3A6391F" country="Vanuatu" name="surge channels on reef slope">surge channels on reef slope</location>
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, heavily scoured bottom with coral in channels, 22.5-27 m,
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<collectorName id="CB114181A6ED6D83CC48032D6FFBF858">J.T. Williams et al.</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingDate id="9841C3A2B8AADC5931AE2E0F584DACDE">18 May 1997</collectingDate>
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.
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</materialsCitation>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2001CB7EB9073D9519FFEC2F9D52A170" pageNumber="2">
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<materialsCitation id="6BFED87A276988AE1E2F3C9AC3B66F07" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904657" collectingDate="1981-10-29" collectionCode="AMS" collectorName="AMS party" country="Australia" latitude="-15.8166667" location="Great Barrier Reef, Escape Reef North, outer barrier" longitude="145.8333333" specimenCode="AMS I.22584-032" stateProvince="Queensland" typeStatus="Paratype">
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<typeStatus id="4296F837EE7D54655DAB1797CC51EBC2">Paratypes</typeStatus>
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:
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<specimenCode id="8FBFC1B6342744F8009453BF1906F7B0">
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<collectionCode id="11DCB79E389DBEB8087240AA935C4466">AMS</collectionCode>
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I.22584-032
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</specimenCode>
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, 1: 22.4 mm SL,
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<collectingCountry id="2F91FE9479BA99E4F45F842EE9D0746C">Australia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<location id="1B8194A28F84D4E8FD9F0733F8CE2F7C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:1B8194A28F84D4E8FD9F0733F8CE2F7C" country="Australia" name="Great Barrier Reef, Escape Reef North, outer barrier">Great Barrier Reef, Escape Reef North, outer barrier</location>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="AB0176B276E781E1F1B0FF1CB468089D">15°49'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="84C661293FA46C82EED060BF27C25304">145°50'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 30-42 m,
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<collectorName id="8C7D18825270354187EF49FA5F2742D6">AMS party</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingDate id="B063670FC450DEE0151F2ED251DFF6B8">29 October 1981</collectingDate>
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="7DC33CC56C1D0B4B3572D72E20B44730" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904660" collectingDate="1984-11-06" collectionCode="AMS" collectorName="AMS party" country="Australia" latitude="-13.9333333" location="Coral Sea, Osprey Reef, west edge, dropoff" longitude="146.5666667" specimenCode="AMS I.25107-066" stateProvince="Coral Sea Islands Territory" typeStatus="Paratype">
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<specimenCode id="21759E1CAF4864C2C74C7A223E2478E6">
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<collectionCode id="B9494F073AC6F05DDC2D83CF55532EA7">AMS</collectionCode>
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I.25107-066
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</specimenCode>
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, 1: 25.9 mm SL,
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<collectingCountry id="1B6866FC1D3E46E56CE9D2D604AB384C">Australia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<location id="78AA3B16F75DF0FFD35A7A60C12D1B70" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:78AA3B16F75DF0FFD35A7A60C12D1B70" country="Australia" name="Coral Sea, Osprey Reef, west edge">Coral Sea, Osprey Reef, west edge</location>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="7EDE4B40376663A54E8155B9777C72F1">13°56'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="E00A1F8194F75A01161FFA84BF988257">146°34'E</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<location id="639A425241FC898EC2C1D679B84F99FD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:639A425241FC898EC2C1D679B84F99FD" country="Australia" name="dropoff">dropoff</location>
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, 10-25 m,
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<collectorName id="E687C50D85D9ED950F3E85C1DF622919">AMS party</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingDate id="EF6DFB6FB7CD26FD38A9AEE07B5C9A95">6 November 1984</collectingDate>
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="BB9E5B2FCD7EAD6881BBF1346C1D59BB" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904671" collectingDate="1984-11-08" collectionCode="AMS" collectorName="AMS party" country="Australia" latitude="-13.9" location="Coral Sea, Osprey Reef, west edge, 0.75 km north of pass" longitude="146.55" specimenCode="AMS I.25112-001" stateProvince="Coral Sea Islands Territory" typeStatus="Paratype">
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<specimenCode id="EA1CACA6F2C4CEB49EACB30A771F9BB5">
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<collectionCode id="2997F98CDFA3B9BB0E86DC496466CAE5">AMS</collectionCode>
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I.25112-001
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</specimenCode>
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, 1: 23.0 mm SL,
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<collectingCountry id="8E4DE6CDE175117AA6E4CAA7812AB109">Australia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<location id="74EF666BCC53C57ED72A0C7E5D32BD3E" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:74EF666BCC53C57ED72A0C7E5D32BD3E" country="Australia" name="Coral Sea, Osprey Reef, west edge, 0.75 km north of pass">Coral Sea, Osprey Reef, west edge, 0.75 km north of pass</location>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="176EEE7C49A32CB06833AF2DD7E702C9">13°54'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="38C1A23538EC9F6BBD6F2E12D215CDC3">146°33'E</geoCoordinate>
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, 1-15 m,
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<collectorName id="8CA11A0B17CC0DEFDC744F161967EA8F">AMS party</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingDate id="C032B7ECA62F5020C00A79C9628EFD26">8 November 1984</collectingDate>
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="48A8B4863BB32B9EBBA1561A67298537" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904666" collectingDate="1993-01-22" collectionCode="AMS" collectorName="M. McGrouther et al." country="Australia" latitude="-10.2193333" location="Coral Sea, Ashmore Reef, western side, outer reef wall/slope" longitude="144.4148333" specimenCode="AMS I.33731-084" stateProvince="Queensland" typeStatus="Paratypes">
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<specimenCode id="5CD952A683444D34F445BF9D7C516C20">
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<collectionCode id="BEC9E5AA91EAB29133FF5A6736E839B2">AMS</collectionCode>
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I.33731-084
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</specimenCode>
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, 3: 21.9-24.3 mm SL,
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<collectingCountry id="3A2898078DCA415B9CAB567FF2904CD2">Australia</collectingCountry>
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,
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<location id="FCC01EE15A5D889BFF462EDF5060B4E6" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:FCC01EE15A5D889BFF462EDF5060B4E6" country="Australia" name="Coral Sea, Ashmore Reef, western side">Coral Sea, Ashmore Reef, western side</location>
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,
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<geoCoordinate id="2DDBC7BBFEDBE975DCAD710E0245891D">10°13.16'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="69A18D37BBD9A43354CEDA4D781BDA85">144°24.89'E</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<location id="055D1FEE051B86B089515752437C9DFA" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:055D1FEE051B86B089515752437C9DFA" country="Australia" name="outer reef wall/slope">outer reef wall/slope</location>
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, 9-18 m,
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<collectorName id="41C71058D49A390538B4B3A1473C2AE7">M. McGrouther et al.</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingDate id="D03386CB0BBF659D96DA057207A02BD8">22 January 1993</collectingDate>
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="4FBE368BD7D1398EA80C232CB0461DE5" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904659" collectingDate="1975-03-06" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="R. Lubbock, R. Wass" country="American Samoa" location="Tutuila Island, Larsen Bay, rocky slope with some coral and caves on to sand" specimenCode="BMNH 1999.1.4.17" typeStatus="Paratype">
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<specimenCode id="A76878F14E98FA4EA373AF75A4C1BBF0">
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<collectionCode id="6229BDA5B832ADBA220288D7B0E8F2B3">BMNH</collectionCode>
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1999.1.4.17
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</specimenCode>
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, 1: 22.6 mm SL (cleared and stained),
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<collectingCountry id="71F5BCEE3B1E116E1ED6A9F72DDD3AA7">American Samoa</collectingCountry>
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,
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<location id="FEB2190DDF7B5E780E0AC760B0C574B9" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:FEB2190DDF7B5E780E0AC760B0C574B9" country="American Samoa" name="Tutuila Island, Larsen Bay, rocky slope with some coral and caves on to sand">Tutuila Island, Larsen Bay, rocky slope with some coral and caves on to sand</location>
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, 45-60 m,
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<collectorName id="262B5BBB1E7896598EFB37E51830A6DF">R. Lubbock and R. Wass</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingDate id="D1ED7CAD72FE565B7F08F4910D41356E">6 March 1975</collectingDate>
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="081F5E35A0876E3B71BDBD344D7A7658" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904670" collectingDate="1975-03-06" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="R. Lubbock, R. Wass" country="American Samoa" location="Tutuila Island, Larsen Bay, rocky slope with some coral and caves on to sand" specimenCode="BMNH 2003.1.22.10-14" typeStatus="Paratypes">
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<specimenCode id="5C49ECF2A52DB72BD379AE7B524ABB31">
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<collectionCode id="6513CF978BEFE8243B86D6A02B472F09">BMNH</collectionCode>
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2003.1.22.10-14
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</specimenCode>
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, 5: 19.3-25.5 mm SL, collected with BMNH 1999.1.4.17
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</materialsCitation>
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;
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<materialsCitation id="5BF5D3C394236489B2A195B1A0202523" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904667" collectingDate="1975-03-04" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="R. Lubbock, R. Wass" country="American Samoa" location="Steps Point, caves on vertical reef face" municipality="Tutuila Island" specimenCode="BMNH 2003.1.22.15" typeStatus="Paratype">
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<specimenCode id="4BDF84F263244227F2FCD662EF3EB576">BMNH 2003.1.22.15</specimenCode>
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, 1: 23.5 mm SL,
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<collectingCountry id="C25A29AC4271C372E9A625ED1067D00D">American Samoa</collectingCountry>
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,
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<collectingMunicipality id="B9B51BEFEF1EB6871E3339242E20DC2A">Tutuila Island</collectingMunicipality>
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,
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<location id="CEF3A7C65C09B1CC0FDE3AA09A43AF49" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:CEF3A7C65C09B1CC0FDE3AA09A43AF49" country="American Samoa" municipality="Tutuila Island" name="Steps Point, caves on vertical reef face">Steps Point, caves on vertical reef face</location>
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, 30-40 m,
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<collectorName id="93F96438E9EE122765A67CBB49CEB5BC">R. Lubbock</collectorName>
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and
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<collectorName id="4FBAAFB78F03144641D9E51959136784">R. Wass</collectorName>
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,
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<collectingDate id="833F293A76F2C2344CE9D92EF76B23B6">4 March 1975</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="F4434C3DF2F135BA701E5B95F81BCC20" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904668" collectingDate="1975-03-13" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="R. Lubbock, B. Goldman" country="Fiji" location="Viti Levu, Suva, ca. 800 m west of Rat Tail Passage, coral and rocks on sand, 40-60 m" specimenCode="BMNH 2003.1.22.16" typeStatus="Paratype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="6C2471093421959A8394BB5A041E43BD">
|
||
<collectionCode id="452086C1264CF3832D657E3AE53C2834">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
2003.1.22.16
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 1: 27.2 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="489EEF470E601422D77EE733A4633BD1">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="265E25EE0522B962C1257028AA528753" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:265E25EE0522B962C1257028AA528753" country="Fiji" name="Viti Levu, Suva, ca. 800 m west of Rat Tail Passage, coral and rocks on sand, 40-60 m">Viti Levu, Suva, ca. 800 m west of Rat Tail Passage, coral and rocks on sand, 40-60 m</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="5198BF40C3134306C0F52B14A400C888">R. Lubbock and B. Goldman</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="A9102EE6728CE291BC4C17D27FA80AC3">13 March 1975</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="8F25008F7D0BDF891930BB741797862B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904665" collectingDate="1975-03-15" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="R. Lubbock, B. Goldman" country="Fiji" location="Viti Levu, Suva, ca. 1 km west of Rat Tail Passage, coral and rocks on sand, 25 m" specimenCode="BMNH 2003.1.22.17" typeStatus="Paratype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="56C570FB88B6A903AFA6863C5FA722CE">
|
||
<collectionCode id="2A6994171B12B192FF7CD5172A6C3C9A">BMNH</collectionCode>
|
||
2003.1.22.17
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 1: 25.4 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D1F3752695EC527BAF8A9BBADB20851D">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="FC87DE06837633479B62044D99312021" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:FC87DE06837633479B62044D99312021" country="Fiji" name="Viti Levu, Suva, ca. 1 km west of Rat Tail Passage, coral and rocks on sand, 25 m">Viti Levu, Suva, ca. 1 km west of Rat Tail Passage, coral and rocks on sand, 25 m</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="F35EB282669EF2A7F47F91AADA975814">R. Lubbock and B. Goldman</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="DA840CC384910DA63BD6912E59CE8750">15 March 1975</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="E48A87C55C73423A18ECE928CC8E1328" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904661" collectingDate="2002-03-13" collectingMethod="rotenone" collectionCode="BPBM" collectorName="D.W. Greenfield et al." country="Fiji" latitude="-17.2128333" location="Charybdis Reef (north shore of Viti Levu), base of steep dropoff" longitude="178.0685" specimenCode="BPBM 38969" typeStatus="Paratype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="1E3664F1C254EA1E535A90CFF02F95D9">
|
||
<collectionCode id="B71B79BCD24B0B0773C03ED1C0CA943F">BPBM</collectionCode>
|
||
38969
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 1: 25.0 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="EC2D126530D2192BD1311B7EF0085C6B">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="F94536C34D4CA91A10178376F0A4EA04" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:F94536C34D4CA91A10178376F0A4EA04" country="Fiji" name="Charybdis Reef">Charybdis Reef</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="B69CFE229BC78DEF578127FD2BA6ED85">17°12.77'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C736DF3FFAEC20D1C1ED19D8344E5345">178°04.11'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="7D45294FBB26AECBCE828BBD0FB4E759" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:7D45294FBB26AECBCE828BBD0FB4E759" country="Fiji" name="base of steep dropoff">base of steep dropoff</location>
|
||
, 17 m,
|
||
<collectingMethod id="D97E131BFBFB49F8D7C05963E51EF34B">rotenone</collectingMethod>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="4A610D36549F7AFCD4A4A014AC06F29F">D.W. Greenfield et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="1079443FFCAF8FE1E93FF5E7ACD8BB33">13 March 2002</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="6C8A803DEA2D85328BBE0C7AE963B671" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904662" collectingDate="1980-09-09" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="V.G. Springer et al." country="Micronesia" latitude="7.0333333" location="Caroline Islands, Pohnpei, ocean side of Nankapenparam Reef" longitude="158.2333333" specimenCode="USNM 223334" typeStatus="Paratypes">
|
||
<specimenCode id="FCBACE0A99A9C68142F0CC53C1FB084E">
|
||
<collectionCode id="EDA69FDB759D432B433335C36C52C128">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
223334
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 3: 17.7- 22.1 mm SL,
|
||
<location id="E47551CD120494866EDF946D11057771" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:E47551CD120494866EDF946D11057771" country="Caroline Islands" name="Caroline Islands, Pohnpei, ocean side of Nankapenparam Reef">Caroline Islands, Pohnpei, ocean side of Nankapenparam Reef</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C6D23F98B119324D7F1FD257A4DEE631">07°02'N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C5E9D846C65BF2745A43F790D2C36D59">158°14'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 36-44 m,
|
||
<collectorName id="51495D076CB15141DC81236F8B6690ED">V.G. Springer et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="D6C9381804D63EBF982C8C600F98D3FF">9 September 1980</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="745118BA70E86E8A5262534B8A638C83" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904656" collectingDate="1982-05-03" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="V.G. Springer et al." country="Fiji" latitude="-18.9333333" location="Lau Islands, Navutu Ira, northwest corner of barrier reef" longitude="178.55" specimenCode="USNM 242110" stateProvince="Lau" typeStatus="Paratypes">
|
||
<specimenCode id="00A74145A23566E3412A37898FC78CF3">
|
||
<collectionCode id="1022B4436E3ACC23500478721535C0C3">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
242110
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 2: 19.3-25.9 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="DA5D2DAADFD4A57EEFF77179B8BD18B6">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="25D4152779A998173807BDE46BEA63F9" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:25D4152779A998173807BDE46BEA63F9" country="Fiji" name="Lau Islands, Navutu Ira, northwest corner of barrier reef">Lau Islands, Navutu Ira, northwest corner of barrier reef</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="9E7BD6781EBC556E5B25F114D75CF318">18°55'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="3C454CE19645BA1BB896305C0C0B21C9">178°33'W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, rock and sand, 30-36 m,
|
||
<collectorName id="9EA82EADDFA959E50BC43B765745248A">V.G. Springer et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="8205A5D1CBB876268090B0844E62B70D">3 May 1982</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="B416829090149B88B10D98A867218880" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904655" collectingDate="1982-05-29" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="V.G. Springer et al." country="Fiji" latitude="-17.2" location="southwest margin of Charybdis Reef (north shore of Viti Levu), patch reef, dead coral slope" longitude="178.0" specimenCode="USNM 259385" typeStatus="Paratypes">
|
||
<specimenCode id="2C41B54149CF6411D1B48A32B1C882A8">
|
||
<collectionCode id="2CE8FC27A43F1A87910BED5C89EB48C7">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
259385
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 4: 20.2-26.8 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="92A9F25719043C296FC530A252EE8B64">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="B698ECB87E3F15B6964AF9A6953A0DDD" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:B698ECB87E3F15B6964AF9A6953A0DDD" country="Fiji" name="southwest margin of Charybdis Reef">southwest margin of Charybdis Reef</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="88605213D806F8D06CBD9FAE11267ACE">17°12'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C5685B3BA202C6A97A787CB59C8E6451">178°00'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="71DF68470648CD1251EFE20BE02C0D0C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:71DF68470648CD1251EFE20BE02C0D0C" country="Fiji" name="patch reef, dead coral slope">patch reef, dead coral slope</location>
|
||
, 30-36 m,
|
||
<collectorName id="F8C757DBB65F32CD8E18BD914995D718">V.G. Springer et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="97E78D915B85704326363C80C6F475B8">29 May 1982</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="FCBE946AD31B91829D27F8CF21783EE9" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904658" collectingDate="1986-05-17" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="V.G. Springer et al." country="Fiji" latitude="-12.5" location="Rotuma, reef north of Motusa" longitude="177.0833333" specimenCode="USNM 283437" stateProvince="Rotuma" typeStatus="Paratypes">
|
||
<specimenCode id="37638A58AC4F3E96D11C7E220B7039BC">
|
||
<collectionCode id="6858C1E09BF6C73470C833523724C695">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
283437
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 3: 22.3-26.5 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="CE5746C4DB97AEB75B05F58C0B5BFE29">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="190D32D1A8B375776DEBF1FECA972464" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:190D32D1A8B375776DEBF1FECA972464" country="Fiji" name="Rotuma, reef north of Motusa">Rotuma, reef north of Motusa</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="25CAFFB459359C6A8A5A8B1D4205CC14">12°30'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="8B2B42EBBA232021D0FC56785523886F">177°05'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, rock and coral heads, 0-41 m,
|
||
<collectorName id="98AD80C1AD77E81C5DB3802CFB19496E">V.G. Springer et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="AF41036B3C31E763068820DC82C1BFF6">17 May 1986</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="17C7E32E91A4EB85E2FF5348326C66DE" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904663" collectingDate="1986-05-20" collectingMethod="rotenone" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="V.G. Springer et al." country="Fiji" latitude="-12.5" location="north coast of Rotuma, rock and coral patch reef surrounded by rubble" longitude="177.0833333" specimenCode="USNM 287661" stateProvince="Rotuma" typeStatus="Paratype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="BC89AC9D94E856E0A0EB167898540DBE">
|
||
<collectionCode id="6A9F51EB158D433FEBAF496F20C4029C">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
287661
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 1: 27.3 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="80525451C07EC9CD6AF74D86C6F53768">Fiji</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="2D66528852146D5F1DE11C47F5A0004B" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:2D66528852146D5F1DE11C47F5A0004B" country="Fiji" name="north coast of Rotuma">north coast of Rotuma</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="AA686957BA62E409179EDDE9EC4047CF">12°30'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="0BE0133328B4BD12E2884D5A3E0955D3">177°05'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="968373F93340A0330EA176E13F98865E" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:968373F93340A0330EA176E13F98865E" country="Fiji" name="rock and coral patch reef surrounded by rubble">rock and coral patch reef surrounded by rubble</location>
|
||
, 27-31 m,
|
||
<collectingMethod id="B9503DB1900E2332B0999E4F78528D39">rotenone</collectingMethod>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="12AA9B74140F72C9D63359CA6C77236B">V.G. Springer et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="255ECF57ED724BE635322E2654EC3B7C">20 May 1986</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="A2A270744E1C023F99A739D599B61994" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904654" collectingDate="1978-10-31" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="V.G. Springer et al." country="Papua New Guinea" latitude="-1.55" location="Hermit Islands, Amot Island, reef dropoff on ocean side of reef" longitude="144.9833333" specimenCode="USNM 290446" stateProvince="Manus" typeStatus="Paratype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="6E077605FB699138D8C5BB6D242AEC6C">
|
||
<collectionCode id="C0597C8D780FF41C4D1980BFDDD3C414">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
290446
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 1: 19.5 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="0E81F220BD3F42AF21438B82F10A0388">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="994B16B4B7F84F10EE197891A042AA21" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:994B16B4B7F84F10EE197891A042AA21" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Hermit Islands, Amot Island, reef dropoff on ocean side of reef">Hermit Islands, Amot Island, reef dropoff on ocean side of reef</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="CB2AFD8CFF8DC1ED714676C3C90611D4">01°33'S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C8EFFCB97A5CF2116154DA5167B1FF44">144°59'E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 0-46 m,
|
||
<collectorName id="DA6E37A7E5C2F442A43799D2B0D520B3">V.G. Springer et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="902131C57639A0736D3D41C7955758B5">31 October 1978</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="CAB4963F04AF894D077E2BC7C63D71C6" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904669" collectingDate="1978-11-05" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="V.G. Springer et al." country="Papua New Guinea" latitude="-1.59" location="Hermit Islands, Pechu Island" longitude="145.0266667" specimenCode="USNM 292059" stateProvince="Manus" typeStatus="Paratypes">
|
||
<specimenCode id="098DA1CD7E14230651BA062E8D3917B0">
|
||
<collectionCode id="A545DB918A11969330AAF96F0ED833C1">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
292059
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 2: 21.7-22.6 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="DB150A129E01FE2A7CCBF7F2CB7708D7">Papua New Guinea</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="CE399140F11608183097058573DFAC45" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:CE399140F11608183097058573DFAC45" country="Papua New Guinea" name="Hermit Islands, Pechu Island">Hermit Islands, Pechu Island</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="E441A69806B03CEDDC3583696697B885">01°35'24"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="215F0851C3F065FBA39DCDE96AF456BF">145°01'36"E</geoCoordinate>
|
||
, 0-33 m,
|
||
<collectorName id="69A224A24574D1254C2DB88E7ECCFC2B">V.G. Springer et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="CC29DE21EA566F0D1EB8B5DFCBEE783C">5 November 1978</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<materialsCitation id="3D445A2A494D0888A302B7BA1A4130A9" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923904664" collectingDate="1993-11-18" collectionCode="USNM" collectorName="J.T. Williams et al." country="Tonga" latitude="-18.6397222" location="Vava’u Group, Vava’u Island, port refuge on west side of island, steeply sloping rocky bottom with slight channel" longitude="-174.0669444" specimenCode="USNM 338527" stateProvince="Vava’u" typeStatus="Paratype">
|
||
<specimenCode id="649386650514087079B3154353A1A845">
|
||
<collectionCode id="6410425CB4F496C7D9C4035FEE66ADAA">USNM</collectionCode>
|
||
338527
|
||
</specimenCode>
|
||
, 1: 28.8 mm SL,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="BD115A205692022C76516CCA53A8CEBC">Tonga</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="B83CBF0FFDE3B4A9D1F136C09634EDFC" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:B83CBF0FFDE3B4A9D1F136C09634EDFC" country="Tonga" name="Vava’u Group, Vava’u Island, port refuge on west side of island">Vava’u Group, Vava’u Island, port refuge on west side of island</location>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="F573AB9DB86030CD44753F370F3016B2">18°38'23"S</geoCoordinate>
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="08B09F40D862D4233820A1AEB57CECEA">174°04'01"W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<location id="48D65F691DBE5BF863510F9444C15643" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:6EBF05282FB50BEF55D34F1FC018E261:48D65F691DBE5BF863510F9444C15643" country="Tonga" name="steeply sloping rocky bottom with slight channel">steeply sloping rocky bottom with slight channel</location>
|
||
, 25.5-34.5 m,
|
||
<collectorName id="35776A8E708C697403A6493E89313897">J.T. Williams et al.</collectorName>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingDate id="188A8A502328820C5F8C047165086B70">18 November 1993</collectingDate>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C92071AFF05F493F1347CD8764AF3957" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="B3FC94542ADDF0B4EE6DB01CF6A20DF7" pageNumber="3">
|
||
Diagnosis. A species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8F30A3EFD2C01BA166D8B45B9C052E0C" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E490DD60-6DC3-42A6-9293-732807F32FE6" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops Bleeker 1858:217" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudoplesiops</taxonomicName>
|
||
with the following combination of characters: dorsal-fin rays I,27-29, usually I,28; pelvic-fin rays I,3; scales in lateral series 32-39, usually33-36; and circumpeduncular scales 16.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="5DA160A8866CB289E6067DD8A6E79631" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="A788A9A6838A645075F198FF5B435D7A" pageNumber="3">Description (based on 34 specimens, 17.7-28.8 mm SL). Dorsal-fin rays I,27-29 (I,28), last 4-9 (6) segmented rays branched; anal-fin rays I -II,16-18 (I,17), last 3-8 (3) segmented rays branched; pectoral-fin rays 16-18 (17/17), upper 2-4 (3/3) and lower 1-4 (2/2) rays unbranched; pelvic-fin rays I,3, all segmented rays simple; principal caudal-fin rays 9 + 8, the uppermost 1-2 (1) and lowermost 1-2 (1) rays unbranched; upper procurrent caudal-fin rays 3-4 (4); lower procurrent caudal-fin rays 3-4 (3); total caudal-fin rays 23-25 (24); scales in lateral series 32-39 (34/34); predorsal scales 6-9 (6); transverse scales 12-14 (12/12); scales behind eye 1-3 (2); scales to preopercular angle 2-4 (3); circumpeduncular scales 16; ctenoid scales beginning at 7-13 (?/8) transverse scale rows behind gill opening; gill rakers 2-4 + 8-13 = 10-17 (2 + 10); pseudobranch filaments 5-7 (5).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="0CDFFAA82D3FD1A5925D441987AF38E7" pageNumber="3">Head pores (all bilaterally paired except posterior interorbital pores): nasal pores 2; anterior interorbital pores 1; posterior interorbital pores 0; supraotic pores 2; suborbital pores 8; posterior otic pores 0; preopercular pores 6-7 (7/7); dentary pores 4; intertemporal pores 1; anterior temporal pores 0; posttemporal pores 1; parietal pores 2.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="96CEC3B5CC969FB42391C0E6EAC0FCA7" lastPageNumber="4" pageNumber="3">As percentage of standard length (based on 24 specimens, 19.2-28.8 mm SL): body depth at dorsal-fin origin 20.9-25.9 (23.2); greatest body depth 21.3-28.8 (25.6); body width 10.1-13.1 (11.6); head length 28.5-33.9 (31.2); snout length 4.8-6.1 (5.6); orbit diameter 8.6-11.5 (10.0); interorbital width 2.6-4.0 (3.2); upper jaw length 9.7-11.5 (10.0); caudal peduncle depth 11.2-14.3 (13.2); caudal peduncle length 6.7-8.7 (8.0); predorsal length 29.7-33.5 (32.4); preanal length 57.4-60.8 (60.8); prepelvic length 26.8-31.6 (29.6); first segmented dorsal-fin ray length 6.8-10.0 (10.0); third from last segmented dorsal-fin ray length 12.8-19.5 (18.4); dorsal-fin base length 61.6-66.8 (61.6); first segmented anal-fin ray length 5.9-11.2 (9.2); third from last anal-fin ray length 15.2-19.1 (18.0); anal-fin base length 31.2-36.0 (34.8); caudal fin length 22.9-26.0 (26.0); pectoral fin length 20.1-23.5 (22.8); pelvic fin length 26.5-37.5 (36.0).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="6CFA47D88020EF41E7947BC2FA233831" lastPageNumber="5" pageNumber="4">Lower lip complete; no prominent intermandibular flap; fin spines weak and flexible; anterior dorsal-fin pterygiophore formula S/S/S + 2/1 + 1 or S/S/2/1 + 1 (S/S/2/1 + 1); 20- 22 (21) consecutive dorsal-fin pterygiophores inserting in 1:1 relationship directly behind neural spine 4; anterior anal-fin pterygiophore formula 3 + 1 + 1/1, 2 + 1 + 1/1, 2 + 1 + 1 + 1/1 or 2 + 1/1 (2 + 1 + 1/1); 9-10 (9) consecutive anal-fin pterygiophores inserting in 1:1 relationship directly behind haemal spine 2; second segmented pelvic-fin ray longest; caudal fin rounded or truncate to slightly emarginate; dorsal and anal fins without scale sheaths, although often with scales intermittently overlapping fin bases; anterior lateral line represented by a single tubed scale at branchial opening, followed by an intermittent series of centrally pitted scales, which terminate beneath segmented dorsal-fin ray 18-28 (damaged posteriorly in holotype); second intermittent series of centrally pitted scales originating on midside above or slightly anterior to anal-fin origin; additional centrally pitted scales sometimes present above and below pitted scale(s) on middle part of caudal-fin base; scales present on cheeks (extending posteriorly on to tip of preopercle between upper two preopercular pores) and operculum; predorsal scales extending anteriorly to supratemporal commissure; vertebrae 14 + 19-20 (14 + 19); epurals 2; epineurals present on vertebrae1 through 18-22 (18); pleural ribs present on vertebrae 3 through 14, rib on ultimate precaudal vertebra moderate in size.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="D3DBEFFE8FC4F4FFCECB956CE0674A32" pageNumber="5">Upper jaw with 2-5 pairs of curved, enlarged caniniform teeth anteriorly, medial pair smallest, and 3-4 (at symphysis) to 1-2 (on sides of jaw) irregular inner rows of small conical teeth, outer row of conical teeth largest; lower jaw with 2-4 pairs of curved, enlarged caniniform teeth, the medial pair smallest, and 2-4 (at symphysis) to 1 (on sides of jaw) irregular inner rows of small conical teeth, the conical teeth gradually increasing in size and becoming more curved on middle part of jaw, then becoming abruptly smaller on posterior part of jaw; vomer with 1 row of small, stout conical teeth arranged in a chevron; palatines with small elongate patch or row of small conical teeth; tongue acutely pointed, edentate.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="98F93ED899C7B04F11199C57C680894C" pageNumber="5">Live coloration (based on photographs of and field notes taken from freshly dead holotype and paratypes from Tonga, Fiji, Rotuma and American Samoa). Head bright greenish yellow to orange-red, becoming pink to orange or red on lips, snout and interorbital area; short, dusky grey bar sometimes present on posterior orbital margin; iris silvery white, pink to orange or red posteriorly and sometimes dorsally and ventrally, with bright pink to red ring around pupil; outer edge of pupil sometimes pale to dark blue; body bright greenish yellow to olive-grey, sometimes becoming pinkish to reddish on breast; dorsal and anal fins bright greenish yellow to reddish grey or red, usually with blue distal margin; bluish grey to bright blue elongate spot at base of every other dorsal- and anal-fin ray (at least posteriorly), sometimes indistinct, elongate, blue or grey spot at base of interposing rays; caudal fin bright greenish yellow or olive-grey to reddish grey or red, sometimes with distal margin grey to blue; pelvic and pectoral fins pinkish to yellowish hyaline.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5222D2E04E05FD48006E8291BDFD5EAD" pageNumber="5">Preserved coloration. Head and body pale brown to greyish brown, paler ventrally and on snout and interorbital area; posterior orbital margin sometimes with indistinct dusky grey-brown bar; fins brownish hyaline to dark brown; blue or grey spots and distal margins of fins as described above become greyish brown.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="14942363AC627F13DDCA1D3FE0E96F76" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="891AE5AFFB691FA435B3BAAE7C6F31F8" pageNumber="5">Habitat and distribution. This species is known from the northern Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea, Caroline Islands, Hermit Islands (Bismark Archipelago), Vanuatu, Fiji, Rotuma, Tonga and Samoa. It also occurs in the Santa Cruz Islands, Solomon Islands (J.T. Williams pers. com.).</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="821C4745EC2321BC89219BF75B278BC7" type="biology_ecology">
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<paragraph id="78A86A2EA023024447E05F34841A559C" pageNumber="6">It has been collected from a variety of rock and coral reef habitats, including surge channels, reef slopes and dropoffs, at depths ranging from 15 to 45 m (with some collections perhaps as shallow as 1 m, and others perhaps as deep as 60 m).</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="9568D05886C4A5FE615FA751037DE20D" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="2A8DA30D46989089F0FB8E669217E420" pageNumber="6">
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Comparisons.
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<taxonomicName id="C3B9037C281421B1CAB6AFAD306A52A4" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">Pseudoplesiops wassi</taxonomicName>
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appears to be closely related to
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<taxonomicName id="30CAD15BB6661623ED6BD60D0A81256A" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:29C35278-60D5-4707-A218-B8F3492180B2" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops collare Gill, Randall & Edwards 1991:76" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="collare">P. collare Gill, Randall & Edwards</taxonomicName>
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from Indonesia; the two species are unique among
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<taxonomicName id="30AA94938B83C8641F6F9C32397A094F" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:E490DD60-6DC3-42A6-9293-732807F32FE6" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops Bleeker 1858:217" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudoplesiops</taxonomicName>
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in having 14 precaudal vertebrae (only one other pseudoplesiopine - an undescribed
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A10C770A7C6EEF293AA88B3C37C36814" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A3AFED16-DCBE-40C1-B346-02CFDA1DF5AC" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Lubbockichthys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lubbockichthys Gill & Edwards 1999:144" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Lubbockichthys</taxonomicName>
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||
- has 14 precaudal vertebrae; all other species have 10-13). They are readily distinguished from each other by the following characters: scales in lateral series (32-39, usually 33-36 in
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<taxonomicName id="58197B799AA9D5FBED1A85071D0A6115" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">P. wassi</taxonomicName>
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versus 39-42 in
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<taxonomicName id="0D195E5FBFE14D32F2E586FFF6E08FC9" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:29C35278-60D5-4707-A218-B8F3492180B2" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops collare Gill, Randall & Edwards 1991:76" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="collare">P. collare</taxonomicName>
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); transverse scales (12-14 versus 16- 19); and circumpeduncular scales (16 versus 20). They also differ markedly in coloration (compare Gill et al., 1991: figs 1-4, with Figs 1-2):
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F50CCDFF98CFCE470EB6128FD314BD1B" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:29C35278-60D5-4707-A218-B8F3492180B2" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops collare Gill, Randall & Edwards 1991:76" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="collare">P. collare</taxonomicName>
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has two broad, yellow to brown oblique bars on the head and anterior body (one from nape through eye to jaws, the other from origin of dorsal fin to upper operculum), which are lacking in
|
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<taxonomicName id="F836E6756446917145B4C81D50BED89B" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">P. wassi</taxonomicName>
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;
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<taxonomicName id="A5A11EE4DB7E91A223D701A3CCFCD67A" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">P. wassi</taxonomicName>
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usually has bluish grey to bright blue elongate spots at the base of every other dorsal- and anal-fin ray, which are lacking in
|
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<taxonomicName id="499414B0F889BBCD0DB879D0806D4F62" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:29C35278-60D5-4707-A218-B8F3492180B2" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops collare Gill, Randall & Edwards 1991:76" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="collare">P. collare</taxonomicName>
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.
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="CBF7E1D29004C689E4D64CCB2255FF1D" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3BB7EB3BF2FD6EFE834ADF7DE6787F13" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">Pseudoplesiops wassi</taxonomicName>
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||
is similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="2C1454530E021833D3F77A78EAAED999" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6C547626-515D-42E3-95FF-2FA58605DBD1" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops revellei Schultz 1953:404" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="revellei">P. revellei Schultz</taxonomicName>
|
||
(from the central Pacific) and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="48E58480BA7009A48C24A56F6926D319" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:779BBD45-804B-4813-B3BD-AE7933B2656F" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops immaculatus Gill & Edwards 2002:20" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="immaculatus">P. immaculatus Gill and Edwards</taxonomicName>
|
||
(from broadly throughout the West Pacific, west to the Maldive Islands, Indian Ocean) in having relatively high numbers of vertebrae, and dorsal- and anal-fin rays, and blue elongate spots at the bases of dorsal- and anal-fin rays (though these may be indistinct, and present on each ray, rather than on alternate rays). The two species are distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="C6D36BCF36F1CA30CB94903F445D0607" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">P. wassi</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having a prominent intermandibular flap (see Gill & Edwards, 2002: fig. 2); I,4 (rarely I,3) pelvic-fin rays (versus I,3 in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="948873A5FC2C5460280A1692C1CB2EB2" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">P. wassi</taxonomicName>
|
||
); usually 27 segmented dorsal-fin rays (versus usually 28); and 12 + 20-22, usually 12 + 21 vertebrae (versus 14 + 18-19).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="71CD488762B020FCE9472B11884543E1" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6C547626-515D-42E3-95FF-2FA58605DBD1" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops revellei Schultz 1953:404" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="revellei">Pseudoplesiops revellei</taxonomicName>
|
||
further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="51A0EA00CF0944F47A77B72D370E3949" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">P. wassi</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having a prominent dark spot on the operculum.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="AC41AD8A590F1FA156163C782AA488D7" pageNumber="6">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="A62A2199236E5657F146C49A4437DFCB" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:F76E8D2B-3B28-4DEF-8B20-44B7516C5EEE" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplesiops wassi Gill & Edwards 2003:2" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wassi">Pseudoplesiops wassi</taxonomicName>
|
||
might be confused with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="3102FDB3D8551A4B6B9AECCFC8DC8CAC" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annae">P. annae (Weber)</taxonomicName>
|
||
, a widely distributed West Pacific species, but differs in the following: dorsal-fin rays I,27-29, usually I,28 (versus I,25-27, usually I,25-26 in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="8B878C9D0065F5D008581A02AD738B08" family="Pseudochromidae" genus="Pseudoplesiops" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="annae">P. annae</taxonomicName>
|
||
); precaudal vertebrae 14 (versus 12-13); blue spots at bases of dorsal- and anal-fin rays (versus spots absent); and pelvic fins without dark spots (versus often with small dark brown to black spots).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C55E3DA128CC9DE4B629227AE43C4A11" pageNumber="6">Remarks. Wass’s (1984) brief description of the species includes several minor errors: he indicated that only segmented rays are present in the dorsal and anal fins, apparently overlooking the small, weak spines anteriorly in each fin; and he reported that the lateral line is absent, but there is a single tubed scale at the gill opening.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="2BEB49DC0D9C85142A43FA1781248B07" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="C5089AB23D4C2CB054032E26C9C8F47C" pageNumber="6">Etymology. The specific epithet is for R.C. Wass, who first reported on the species, in recognition of his important contribution to our knowledge of South-West Pacific fishes.</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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