10.5281/zenodo.854757
https://zenodo.org/records/854757
oai:zenodo.org:854757
Fricke, Ronald
Ronald
Fricke
Im Ramstal 76, 97922 Lauda-Königshofen, Germany
Ocosia sphex, a new species of waspfish from New Hanover, Papua New Guinea (Teleostei: Tetrarogidae)
Zenodo
2017
ichthyology, taxonomy, systematics, coral-reef fishes, Pacific Ocean, Scorpaenoid fishes.
2017-08-31
10.5281/zenodo.854756
https://zenodo.org/communities/biosyslit
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
The tetrarogid waspfish Ocosia sphex n. sp. is described on the basis of a single specimen that was trawled from a steep rocky slope with gorgonian corals in 155–120 m depth at New Hanover, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea. It is characterized by 14 spines and 8 soft rays in the dorsal fin, the last ray divided; 3 spines and 6 soft rays in the anal fin, the last ray divided; 13 pectoral-fin rays; 3+8=11 gill rakers (some rudimentary); 5 preopercular spines; 26–27 lateral-line scales; the second and third dorsal-fin spines not markedly elongate relative to succeeding spines; the membranes of the mid-spinous portion of the dorsal fin incised for one-fourth to one-third of length of the succeeding spine; the origin of the dorsal fin at or about the level of the middle of the eye; the first lachrymal spine about one-third the length of the second spine, pointing downward and out rather than back; and minute stubby papillae confined to the anteriormost part of premaxillary or absent. A key to the eight known species of Ocosia is presented.