Published May 31, 2021 | Version v1
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Pachycara Zugmayer 1911

  • 1. University of Hamburg, Center of Natural History (CeNak), Zoological Museum, Martin-Luther-King-Platz 3, 20146 Hamburg, Germany. biome-id GbR, c / o Senckenberg am Meer, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Südstrand 44, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany. knebelsberger @ biome-id. com; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 1596 - 9810
  • 2. INES, Integrated Environmental Solutions, c / o Senckenberg am Meer, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Südstrand 44, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany. & terue. kihara @ ines-solutions. eu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0002 - 7292 - 251 X
  • 3. INES, Integrated Environmental Solutions, c / o Senckenberg am Meer, German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB), Südstrand 44, 26382 Wilhelmshaven, Germany. & kgerdes @ ines-solutions. eu; https: // orcid. org / 0000 - 0003 - 0164 - 8311

Description

Key to species of Pachycara from the Indian Ocean

1a. Pelvic fins present; total vertebrae 120–122................................................... P. shcherbachevi

1b. Pelvic fins absent; total vertebrae 85–114.................................................................. 2

2a. Scales absent; total vertebrae 85–87......................................................... P. angeloi sp. nov.

2b. Scales present; total vertebrae 98–114..................................................................... 3

3a. Ventromediolateral lateral line configuration......................................................... P. arabica

3b. Ventral & mediolateral lateral line configuration............................................................. 4

4a. Anal-fin rays 76–80; total vertebrae 98–102; caudal vertebrae 73–77................................... P. andersoni

4b. Anal-fin rays 84–92; total vertebrae 104–114; caudal vertebrae 81–85............................................ 5

5a. Dorsal-fin rays 96–102; total vertebrae 104–107; Eye diameter 2.2–2.5% SL............................... P. priedei

5b. Dorsal-fin rays 107; total vertebrae 114; Eye diameter 1.3% SL.......................................... P. cousini

Notes

Published as part of Thiel, Ralf, Knebelsberger, Thomas, Kihara, Terue & Gerdes, Klaas, 2021, Description of a new eelpout Pachycara angeloi sp. nov. (Perciformes: Zoarcidae) from deep-sea hydrothermal vent fields in the Indian Ocean, pp. 99-112 in Zootaxa 4980 (1) on page 110, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4980.1.6, http://zenodo.org/record/4883061

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Zoarcidae
Genus
Pachycara
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Perciformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Zugmayer
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Pachycara Zugmayer, 1911 sec. Thiel, Knebelsberger, Kihara & Gerdes, 2021