Nettorhamphos radula, new genus and species, is described from two specimens, 20.3–40.2 mm SL, trawled from sponge and algae reefs between 30–40 meters in depth offshore from Fremantle, Western Australia. The new taxon is distinguished from all other members of the Gobiesocidae by having vast fields of tiny conical teeth throughout the oral jaws that are arranged in multiple, regular rows along the lingual surface of the premaxilla and the dentary. The new taxon is tentatively considered a close relative of two other southern Australian endemic clingfish taxa (Posidonichthys and the undescribed “Genus A”) based on the presence of a well-developed and heavily ossified subopercular bone that articulates strongly with both the opercle (dorsally) and the preopercle (anteriorly).
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April 14 2017
A New Genus and Species of Clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Western Australia
Kevin W. Conway;
Kevin W. Conway
1Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences and Biodiversity Research and Teaching Collections, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843; Email: kevin.conway@tamu.edu. Send reprint requests to this address.
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Glenn I. Moore;
Glenn I. Moore
2Fish Section, Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, 49 Kew Street, Welshpool, Western Australia, 6106, Australia.
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Adam P. Summers
Adam P. Summers
3Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of Washington, Friday Harbor, Washington 98250, and Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98105.
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Copeia (2017) 105 (1): 128–140.
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Kevin W. Conway, Glenn I. Moore, Adam P. Summers; A New Genus and Species of Clingfish (Teleostei: Gobiesocidae) from Western Australia. Copeia 1 March 2017; 105 (1): 128–140. doi: https://doi.org/10.1643/CI-16-560
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