22 Ara 2024 Pazar
A new Cottiusculus from the Sea of Japan (Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae)
Abstract :A
new species of sculpins, Cottiusculus primoricus, is described from the
Sea of Japan off Far Eastern Russia. It is similar to C. gonez in
possession of the straight uppermost preopercular spine, short and simple nasal
spines and lateral line not extending onto caudal fin, but differs from that
species in the terminal point of the uppermost preopercular spine not barbed,
dorsal-fin spines in males not distinctly elongated, in coloration and in some
other minor details. A key for identification of all known species of Cottiusculus
is presented
Sculpins,
new species, Far East of Russia