Wu Haohao, Qu Meng, Lin Hungdu, Tang Wei, Ding Shaoxiong
Marine Biodiversity and Global Change Research Center, College of Ocean and Earth Science, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361102, China Xiamen University Xiamen China.
The Affiliated School of National Tainan First Senior High School, Tainan, Taiwan The Affiliated School of National Tainan First Senior High School Tainan Taiwan.
Zookeys. 2020 May 18;933:125-137. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.933.46406. eCollection 2020.
A new species of grouper, is described from the South China Sea based on examination of morphological and molecular characteristics. This new species has been treated as, and is similar to, its congener . can be distinguished from by the following combination of characters: a convex anal fin; closer dark spots on the body; a lack of dark spots on the abdomen, cheek, and pectoral fin; the absence of a clear posterior white margin on the caudal fin. Molecular analyses of the mitochondrial sequence variation, genetic distances, and a phylogeny, all highly support as a distinct species. A key to and its most closely related species is provided.
基于形态学和分子特征的研究，在南海描述了一种新的石斑鱼物种。这个新物种曾被视为与其同属物种相似。该新物种可通过以下特征组合与同属物种区分开来：臀鳍凸出；身体上的暗斑更密集；腹部、脸颊和胸鳍上没有暗斑；尾鳍后缘没有明显的白色边缘。对线粒体序列变异、遗传距离和系统发育的分子分析均高度支持该新物种为一个独特的物种。文中还提供了该新物种及其最密切相关物种的检索表。
