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Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)

Abstract. Cirrhilabruswakandasp. nov. is described on the basis of the holotype and four paratypes collected between 50 and 80m depth over low-complexity reef and rubble bottoms at the east coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa. The new species belongs to a group of fairy wrasses from the western Indi...

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Autores principales: Tea, Yi-Kai, Pinheiro, Hudson T., Shepherd, Bart, Rocha, Luiz A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341393
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.863.35580
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author Tea, Yi-Kai
Pinheiro, Hudson T.
Shepherd, Bart
Rocha, Luiz A.
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description Abstract. Cirrhilabruswakandasp. nov. is described on the basis of the holotype and four paratypes collected between 50 and 80m depth over low-complexity reef and rubble bottoms at the east coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa. The new species belongs to a group of fairy wrasses from the western Indian Ocean, sharing a combination of characters that include: short pelvic fins (not or barely reaching anal-fin origin); relatively unmarked dorsal and anal fins; males with a strongly lanceolate caudal fin (except in C.rubrisquamis); both sexes with a pair of prominent facial stripes above and below the orbit; and both sexes with prominent purple scales and osseus elements that persist, and stain purple, respectively, even in preservation. This group of fairy wrasse is part of a larger complex that includes related species from the western Pacific Ocean. In addition to meristic and morphometric comparisons, we also compare mitochondrial DNA sequence data to the aforementioned, putatively related species.
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spelling pubmed-66393532019-07-24 Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae) Tea, Yi-Kai Pinheiro, Hudson T. Shepherd, Bart Rocha, Luiz A. Zookeys Research Article Abstract. Cirrhilabruswakandasp. nov. is described on the basis of the holotype and four paratypes collected between 50 and 80m depth over low-complexity reef and rubble bottoms at the east coast of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa. The new species belongs to a group of fairy wrasses from the western Indian Ocean, sharing a combination of characters that include: short pelvic fins (not or barely reaching anal-fin origin); relatively unmarked dorsal and anal fins; males with a strongly lanceolate caudal fin (except in C.rubrisquamis); both sexes with a pair of prominent facial stripes above and below the orbit; and both sexes with prominent purple scales and osseus elements that persist, and stain purple, respectively, even in preservation. This group of fairy wrasse is part of a larger complex that includes related species from the western Pacific Ocean. In addition to meristic and morphometric comparisons, we also compare mitochondrial DNA sequence data to the aforementioned, putatively related species. Pensoft Publishers 2019-07-11 /pmc/articles/PMC6639353/ /pubmed/31341393 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.863.35580 Text en Yi-Kai Tea, Hudson T. Pinheiro, Bart Shepherd, Luiz A. Rocha http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Tea, Yi-Kai
Pinheiro, Hudson T.
Shepherd, Bart
Rocha, Luiz A.
Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)
title Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)
title_full Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)
title_fullStr Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)
title_full_unstemmed Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)
title_short Cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of Zanzibar, Tanzania, Africa (Teleostei, Labridae)
title_sort cirrhilabruswakanda, a new species of fairy wrasse from mesophotic ecosystems of zanzibar, tanzania, africa (teleostei, labridae)
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6639353/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31341393
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.863.35580
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