Pyle Richard L, Greene Brian D, Kosaki Randall K
Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817, USA.
Association for Marine Exploration, 4075A Koko Dr., Honolulu, Hawai'i 96816.
Zookeys. 2016 Dec 21(641):165-181. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.641.11500. eCollection 2016.
The new species is described from two specimens collected at a depth of 90-92 m off Kure Atoll and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It differs from the other two species of this genus in life color and in certain morphological characters, such as number of pored lateral-line scales, pectoral-fin rays, snout length, anterior three dorsal-fin spine lengths, dorsal-fin profile, and other characters. There are also substantial genetic differences from the other two species of (d ≈ 0.10 in mtDNA cytochrome oxidase I). The species is presently known only from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
新物种是根据在夏威夷群岛西北部的夸贾林环礁、珍珠和赫尔墨斯环礁外90 - 92米深处采集的两个标本描述的。它在生活颜色和某些形态特征上与该属的其他两个物种不同，如具孔侧线鳞的数量、胸鳍鳍条、吻长、前三根背鳍棘的长度、背鳍轮廓和其他特征。与该属的其他两个物种在基因上也存在显著差异（线粒体细胞色素氧化酶I的d值约为0.10）。目前仅在帕帕哈瑙莫夸基亚海洋国家纪念区内的夏威夷群岛西北部发现该物种。
