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| Kentrocapros flavimaculatus Matsuura, 2023 |
Abstract
A new boxfish, Kentrocapros flavimaculatus, is described on the basis of two specimens collected from New Zealand. The new species is distinguished from all other species of Kentrocapros by the following combination of characters: many yellow spots on the lateral sides of the body, a distinct spine on the middle of each dorsolateral ridge of the carapace, no spines on the lateral and ventrolateral ridges, and the gill opening located below the posterior half of the eye.
Key words: boxfish, taxonomy, Kentrocapros flavimaculatus, distribution.
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| Holotype (A–C) and paratype (D) of Kentrocapros flavimaculatus n. sp. Lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views of holotype (AIM MA180380, 62.7 mm SL), and lateral view of paratype (NSMT-P 43344, 114 mm SL). Photographs of A–C, courtesy of AIM. |
Kentrocapros flavimaculatus n. sp.
Keiichi Matsuura. 2023. A New Boxfish of the Genus Kentrocapros collected from New Zealand (Acanthopterygii, Tetraodontiformes, Aracanidae). Bull. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., Ser. A, 49(4); 191–196. DOI: doi.org/10.50826/bnmnszool.49.4_191 [November 22, 2023 ]
