Lepidotrigla psolokerkos Gomon & Psomadakis 2018, new species

Lepidotrigla psolokerkos new species Proposed vernacular: Skinny Gurnard

(Figs 1C, 2E, F, 3D, 4, Table 1)

Holotype. NMV A31698 -001 (128 mm SL) Myanmar, off Ayeyarwady Delta, 14°1.96′N, 96°9.21′E, 147–156 m, R / V DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN, stn 99, bottom trawl, 15 May 2015, collected by P.N. Psomadakis. Paratype: NMV A31699 -001 (142 mm SL) Myanmar, off Tanintharyi coast, 12°21.60′N, 96°51.47′E, 252–257 m, R / V DR. FRIDTJOF NANSEN, stn 136, bottom trawl, 23 May 2015, collected by P.N. Psomadakis.

Diagnosis. Lateral profile of body with straight taper to slender caudal peduncle; distinctive postorbital notch above and behind each eye but not extending across top of head as occipital groove; rostral process with broad medial notch edged with small spines becoming progressively longer to corner on each side when viewed from above; lateral line with 61 or 62 pored scales; about 15 or 16 scales below lateral line; first dorsal fin with 9 spines, second with 16 rays; anal fin with 15–17 rays; pectoral fins reaching about fourth anal fin ray. Upper two-thirds of caudal fin broadly grey distally, red below; inner surface of pectoral fin mostly black with red margin basally, ventrally and along narrow outer edge.