10.5281/zenodo.3012186
https://zenodo.org/records/3012186
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Allen, Gerald R.
Gerald R.
Allen
Department of Aquatic Zoology, Western Australian Museum, Locked Bag 49, Welshpool DC, Perth, Western Australia 6986
Erdmann, Mark V.
Mark V.
Erdmann
Conservation International Indonesia Marine Program, Jl. Dr. Muwardi No. 17, Renon, Denpasar 80235, Indonesia California Academy of Sciences, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA
Siphamia arnazae, a new species of cardinalfish (Teleostei: Apogonidae) from Papua New Guinea
Zenodo
2019
taxonomy
ichthyology
cat's eye
coral reef fishes
bioluminescence
Indo-Pacific Ocean
2019-05-19
10.5281/zenodo.3012185
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
A new species of cardinalfish, Siphamia arnazae, is described from 18 specimens, 15.6–21.4 mm SL, collected in 8–12 m depth at Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. The new species belongs to the Siphamia tubulata species group, characterized by light-organ pigmentation consisting of dark dots. It is most similar to S. cyanophthalma of the Philippines, eastern Indonesia, Palau, and offshore reefs of northwestern Australia, but differs from all congeners by having a distinctive “cat’s eye” black bar through the eye, covering more than the pupil at center, and flanked by white crescents covering the remaining iris. In life, the new species is translucent pale pink to reddish orange with a dense covering of variable-sized orange spots on the head and anterior body.