FB-68807 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68807 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Perciformes/Serranoidei Serranidae Chelidoperca Chelidoperca tosaensis Matsunuma, Yamakawa & Williams, 2017 2018-10-16 2018-10-16 Balushkin, A.V. and M.V. Moganova0 Melanostigma kharini sp. nov. (Zoarcidae) -- new species of pelagic fish from the Hercules Ridge (Antarctic-South Pacific Rise). J. Ichthyol. 58(2):139-147. (Ref. 118708) Beolens, B., M. Grayson and M. Watkins0 Eponym dictionary of Fishes. Dunbeath, Caithness (Scotland, UK): Whittles Publishing Limited, 1300 p. (Ref. 128868) FB-DiagnosticDescr-68816 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-19 00:00:00 2018-10-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68816 This species is distinguished by the following characters: complete supratemporal commissure; no pores in temporal canal; no lateral lines on body; gill rakers on first branchial arch 12?14 in external row and 16?17 in internal row, total 28?30; pectoral fin rays 8-9; vertebrae 93?97 including 20?22 abdominal and 73?76 caudal; elongated and asymmetrical centra, length of anterior part of centrum (in abdominal part from fifth to eighth centrum) less than 60% of length of posterior part of centrum; dark anterior tip of head and tail, almost black posterior part of tail (Ref. 118708). Balushkin, A.V. and M.V. Moganova 2018 Melanostigma kharini sp. nov. (Zoarcidae) -- new species of pelagic fish from the Hercules Ridge (Antarctic-South Pacific Rise). J. Ichthyol. 58(2):139-147. (Ref. 118708) FB-Morphology-68816 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-19 00:00:00 2018-10-19 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68816 Dorsal soft rays (total): 91; Analsoft rays: 71; Vertebrae: 93 - 97 Balushkin, A.V. and M.V. Moganova 2018 Melanostigma kharini sp. nov. (Zoarcidae) -- new species of pelagic fish from the Hercules Ridge (Antarctic-South Pacific Rise). J. Ichthyol. 58(2):139-147. (Ref. 118708) FB-Distribution-68816 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-19 00:00:00 2024-10-16 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68816 South Pacific Ocean: Hercules Ridge. High Seas only. Balushkin, A.V. and M.V. Moganova 2018 Melanostigma kharini sp. nov. (Zoarcidae) -- new species of pelagic fish from the Hercules Ridge (Antarctic-South Pacific Rise). J. Ichthyol. 58(2):139-147. (Ref. 118708) FB-Uses-68816 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-19 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68816 fisheries: bycatch FB-Size-68816 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-19 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68816 16.4 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 118708)) Balushkin, A.V. and M.V. Moganova 2018 Melanostigma kharini sp. nov. (Zoarcidae) -- new species of pelagic fish from the Hercules Ridge (Antarctic-South Pacific Rise). J. Ichthyol. 58(2):139-147. (Ref. 118708) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-68816 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2018-10-19 00:00:00 2024-08-16 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=68816 bathypelagic; marine; depth range 290 - 780 m (Ref. 118708) Balushkin, A.V. and M.V. Moganova 2018 Melanostigma kharini sp. nov. (Zoarcidae) -- new species of pelagic fish from the Hercules Ridge (Antarctic-South Pacific Rise). J. Ichthyol. 58(2):139-147. (Ref. 118708)