Pinheiro HT, Bernardi G, Rocha LA. Pempheris gasparinii, a new species of sweeper fish from Trindade Island, southwestern Atlantic (Teleostei, Pempheridae).
Zookeys 2016:105-15. [PMID:
27006618 PMCID:
PMC4768368 DOI:
10.3897/zookeys.561.7263]
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Abstract
Pempherisgaspariniisp. n. is described from five specimens, 59.1–68.0 mm in standard length. It is only known to occur in the shallow reefs of Trindade Island, 1200 km east of the Brazilian coast, in the southwestern Atlantic. Pempherisgasparinii is the third recognized species of Pempheris in the Atlantic Ocean. This new species is morphologically similar to its close relative, Pempherispoeyi, differing by the number of lateral-line scales (51–54 in Pempherisgasparinii vs. 47–49 in Pempherispoeyi), scales below lateral line (10–11 vs. 9), circumpeduncular scales (11–12 vs. 13), head and caudal peduncle lengths (2.7–3.3 vs 3.5–4.0 in head length). Moreover, Pempherisgasparinii shows a 4% genetic divergence from Pempherispoeyi at the cytochrome oxidase I locus (COI), consistent with a lineage split at the beginning of the Pleistocene. This new species represents the 12th endemic fish species from Trindade Island.
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