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| Plectranthias cruentus Gill & Roberts. 2020
Plectranthias pelicieri Randall & Shimizu, 1994
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Abstract
Plectranthias cruentus new species is described from the holotype and two paratypes collected off Ball’s Pyramid and a paratype from Lord Howe Island. It resembles P. pelicieri Randall & Shimizu 1994 in live coloration and most morphological details, including absence of predorsal scales anterior to the supratemporal commissure, but differs in having the fifth or sixth (versus third) dorsal-fin spine longest, at least some pectoral-fin rays branched (versus all unbranched), and inconspicuous (versus distinct) serrations on the interopercle. It also differs in live coloration details.
Keywords: Pisces, ichthyology, taxonomy, osteology, distributions
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| Plectranthias cruentus new species, AMS I.42725-007, 57.3 mm SL, freshly dead holotype, off Ball’s Pyramid, Lord Howe Island, Australia.
Photo by Robin McPhee/Kerryn Parkinson, NORFANZ voyage 2003
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Plectranthias cruentus new species
Common name: Bloody Perchlet
Etymology. The specific epithet is from the Latin, meaning stained or spotted with blood, and alludes to the bright red markings in life.
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| Plectranthias pelicieri, aquarium individual from New Caledonia.
Photo by Y.K. Tea.
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Anthony C. Gill and Clive D. Roberts. 2020. Plectranthias cruentus, A New Species of Anthiadine Perchlet (Teleostei: Serranidae) from the Lord Howe Rise, Tasman Sea. Zootaxa. 4750(4); 560–566. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.4.6
The jigsaw: putting together the Bloody Perchlet puzzle
