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Epinephelus tankahkeei, a new species of grouper (Teleostei, Perciformes, Epinephelidae) from the South China Sea

A new species of grouper, Epinephelus tankahkeeisp. nov. 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 E. chlorostigma. Epinephelus tankahkeeisp. nov. can be distinguish...

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Autores principales: Wu, Haohao, Qu, Meng, Lin, Hungdu, Tang, Wei, Ding, Shaoxiong
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Pensoft Publishers 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7248128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32508492
http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.933.46406
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Sumario:A new species of grouper, Epinephelus tankahkeeisp. nov. 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 E. chlorostigma. Epinephelus tankahkeeisp. nov. can be distinguished from E. chlorostigma 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 COI sequence variation, genetic distances, and a phylogeny, all highly support E. tankahkeeisp. nov. as a distinct species. A key to E. tankahkeeisp. nov. and its most closely related species is provided.