Description

SINGLE PAPER

Volume 12, Issue 2 – December 2006

John E. Randall: Dactylanthias baccheti, a new species of anthiine fish (Perciformes: Serranidae) from the Tuamotu Archipelago, pp. 83-88

Abstract

The anthiine fish Dactylanthias baccheti is described from one 204-mm specimen collected from a depth of 200-250 m off Takaroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago. It is distinct from the one other species of the genus, D. aplodactylus from Indonesia, in having a more oblique mouth, broader interorbital space, different shape of fins, slightly higher counts of dorsal soft rays, pectoral rays, and lateral-line scales, and in life color.