Journal of Tropical Oceanography ›› 2022, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 1-6.doi: 10.11978/2021023CSTR: 32234.14.2021023

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A new record genus—Taeniopsetta and species—Taeniopsetta ocellata of Bothidae from the coastal waters of mainland China

ZHANG Shaoqiu1,2(), KONG Xiaoyu1,3()   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Tropical Marine Bio-resources and Ecology, South China Sea Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510301, China
    2. University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
    3. Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou), Guangzhou 511458, China
  • Received:2021-02-21 Revised:2021-04-17 Online:2022-01-10 Published:2021-04-25
  • Contact: KONG Xiaoyu E-mail:zhangshaoqiu0812@163.com;xykong@scsio.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    National Natural Science Foundation of China(31872570);Key Special Project for Introduced Talents Team of Southern Marine Science and Engineering Guangdong Laboratory (Guangzhou)(GML2019ZD0404)

Abstract:

A specimen collected from the Beibu Gulf in October 2016 was identified as Taeniopsetta ocellata (Günther, 1880) belonging to genus Taeniopsetta (Pleuronectiformes: Bothidae). Such genus and species are reported for the first time from the coastal waters of mainland China. Characters of genus Taeniopsetta mainly include the following: body ovate; both eyes on the left side of body; mouth rather small; teeth uniserial on both sides; scales small, lateral line only on ocular side, absent on blind side; one strong rostral and two or three orbital spines present in males, feeble or absent in females; first ray of ventral fins on the blind side opposite to the second ray on the ocular side; base of ventral fins short; and some of the rays of the dorsal and anal fins prolonged into filaments. The diagnostic features of T. ocellata are as follows: pectoral fins unequal on both sides; the 13th to 17th dorsal-fin rays and six anterior rays of anal fins elongated and filamentous in males; 2~4 irregular V-shaped or semicircular hollow blotches within yellow spots on the upper and lower body on the ocular side.

Key words: Pleuronectiformes, Taeniopsetta, Taeniopsetta ocellata, morphological characters, COI barcoding

CLC Number: 

  • Q959.1