National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan. Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan..
5Department of Fisheries Production and Management, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
Zootaxa. 2022 Oct 17;5195(6):579-584. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5195.6.6.
The adult morphology of Lestidiops extremus (Ege, 1953), a barracudina originally described based on postlarvae from Indonesia, has long been a mystery. An adult specimen collected from off the Philippines represents the first confirmed record of an adult of this species. Observations on the holotype and a detailed description of the adult are provided. The location of the pelvic-fin origin in the adult, clearly behind the posterior end of the dorsal-fin base, is unique within this genus and the entire subfamily Lestidiinae. The present find extends the known range of the species from northwestern New Guinea, Indonesia, to seas east of the Philippines.
极度鱵鱼（Ege，1953）的成鱼形态一直是个谜，这种鱵鱼科鱼类最初是根据印度尼西亚的幼鱼描述的。最近，人们从菲律宾附近采集到了一条成鱼标本，这是该物种成鱼的首次确认记录。本文提供了对模式标本的观察和对成鱼的详细描述。在这个属和整个鱵亚科中，成鱼的腹鳍起点位于背鳍基底后端之后，这在该科中是独一无二的。这一发现将该物种的已知分布范围从印度尼西亚新几内亚西北部扩展到菲律宾东部海域。
