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A new species of Astronesthes (Actinopterygii, Stomiidae, Astronesthinae) snaggletooth from the tropical western Pacific, with comments on the occurrence of Astronesthes luetkeni Regan and Trewavas in Japanese waters

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A new species of snaggletooth, Astronesthes kiyofujii, is described from a single specimen (98.5 mm in standard length, SL) collected from the tropical western Pacific off the Republic of Palau. It belongs to the Astronesthes luetkeni group and differs from other congeners in having the following combination of features: chin barbel very long (64.9% SL), distinctly longer than head length; barbel bulb slightly swollen, without any filaments; luminous tissue on gill cover forming slender vertical line along hind margin of preopercle, partly discontinuous ventrally; longitudinal stripe of subcutaneous luminous tissue extending midventrally from chest to belly; serial photophores numerous and closely spaced; photophores from isthmus to pectoral-fin base (IP) arranged in almost straight line, only slightly arched in front of pectoral-fin base; photophores from above anal-fin base to caudal-fin base (AC) forming continuous line, not broken into sections; anal-fin origin distinctly behind vertical through dorsal-fin insertion; dorsal-fin base slightly longer than (1.4 times) anal-fin base; dorsal-fin rays 16; anal-fin rays 16; pectoral-fin rays 8; vertebrae 34 + 15 = 49; body uniformly black except for luminous tissue patches; barbel stem pale, except proximal end with scattering of external melanophores; barbel bulb with diffuse patch of external melanophores on one side, paler on the other side. In addition, we report the first voucher-based records of the Indo-Pacific Astronesthes luetkeni Regan and Trewavas 1929 from the Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone, proposing a new standard Japanese name for the species.

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Acknowledgments

We are deeply indebted to H. Kiyofuji, K. Fujioka, and the captain and crew of the FRV Shunyo-maru (NRIFSF), for their assistance in collecting the specimens examined; M. Hirakawa, D. Sudou, Y. Hagiwara, J. Ishikawa, and T. Chikayama (School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, Shimizu) for processing the specimens; M. Nakae and G. Shinohara (NSMT) for curatorial assistance; F. Tashiro (Hokkaido University Museum, Hakodate) for literature information; H. Endo and T. Naito (Faculty of Science and Technology, Kochi University, Kochi) for helping with radiographs. The specimens from Palau were collected with permission by the Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Tourism. Gordon Yearsley (Hobart) reviewed an early draft of the manuscript and edited the English text. This study was supported by the Cooperative Research Organization of the Promotion Program of International Fisheries Stock Assessment from the Fisheries Agency of Japan.

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  1. Shinpei Ohashi

    Present address: Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Wakayama Prefecture, 1-1 Komatsubaradori, Wakayama, Wakayama, 640-8585, Japan

  2. Fumiya Tanaka

    Present address: Marino Research Co., Ltd., 60 Nakayama-cho, Kuwana, Mie, 511-0914, Japan

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  1. Department of Marine Biology, School of Marine Science and Technology, Tokai University, 3-20-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka, 424-8610, Japan

    Naohide Nakayama

  2. National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, Japan Fisheries Research and Education Agency, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka, 424-8633, Japan

    Shinpei Ohashi & Fumiya Tanaka

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Nakayama, N., Ohashi, S. & Tanaka, F. A new species of Astronesthes (Actinopterygii, Stomiidae, Astronesthinae) snaggletooth from the tropical western Pacific, with comments on the occurrence of Astronesthes luetkeni Regan and Trewavas in Japanese waters. Ichthyol Res 69, 82–89 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-021-00813-6

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