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John
E. Randall and Andreas Spreinat: The subadult of the labrid fish Novaculoides
macrolepidotus,
a mimic of waspfishes of the genus Ablabys, pp. 45-48
A brief
review of mimicry in marine fishes is followed by the example of the subadult
of the labrid fish Novaculoides macrolepidotus believed to be a mimic of venomous
scorpaeniform fishes of the genus Ablabys. In addition to the resemblance in form
and colour to species of Ablabys, the subadult of this labrid fish mimics Ablabys behavior by showing a strong
reluctance to move and by holding its dorsal fin fully erect.
James
C. Tyler and Philip A. Hastings: Emblemariopsis dianae, a new species of chaenopsid
fish from the western Caribbean off Belize (Blennioidei), pp. 49-60
Emblemariopsis
dianae, new
species, is described based on 35 males. It is easily distinguished from its
congeners by the orange flag distally between the first three dorsal fin
spines, without a whitish band below the flag, and modally three mandibular
sensory pores instead of the four that are typical of most chaenopsids. The new
species exhibits significant variation in number of cephalic sensory pores in
selected series and in details of the caudal skeleton, including variation in
the only known synapomorphy of the genus Emblemariopsis, the shape and size of the neural
spine of the penultimate vertebra. The new species has been found only in
low-energy, mid-shelf, lagoonal waters of the Belize Barrier Reef.
John
E. Randall: Five new shrimp gobies of the genus Amblyeleotris from islands of Oceania, pp.
61-79
Five new
species of shrimp gobies of the Indo-Pacific genus Amblyeleotris are described from islands of the
central and south Pacific: A. katherine, formerly misidentified as A. fasciata (Herre), from 14 specimens from
the Society Islands (type locality), Cook Islands, Marshall Islands, and
Mariana Islands; A. biguttata described from four specimens from New Caledonia (type
locality) and the Solomon Islands (named for two large black spots on the
chin); A. ellipse described from nine specimens from American Samoa (named for the
elliptical mark in the caudal fin); A. bellicauda described from one specimen from New
Caledonia (named for the striking colour pattern of the caudal fin, also
featuring a large elliptical mark); and A. stenotaeniata, described from one specimen from
New Caledonia (named for the narrow dark bars on the body). With these
descriptions, the total number of recognized species of Amblyeleotris is now 33.
Gerald R. Allen: Kiunga bleheri, a new Blue-Eye (Pisces: Pseudomugilidae) from fresh waters of Papua New Guinea, pp. 79-85¬Ý
Kiunga
bleheri, new
species, is described from 9 specimens, 16.7-28.4 mm SL, collected by H. Bleher
in 1994 and 2003 from the Fly River system in the vicinity of Kiunga, Papua New
Guinea. It differs from its only known congener, K. ballochi, also from the Kiunga area, on
the basis of its much shorter second dorsal and anal fins, significant modal
difference in the number of second dorsal fin rays, 6 versus 5 transverse scale
rows on the body, and in usually having most of the second dorsal and anal fin
rays unbranched.
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