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First record of Satyrichthys laticeps and second record of Satyrichthys kikingeri (Teleostei: Peristediidae) from the Maldives Archipelago (Indian Ocean)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 June 2014

Claudia Pogoreutz ,
Simon Vitecek  and
Harald Ahnelt
Claudia Pogoreutz*
Affiliation:
Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology GmbH, D-28359 Bremen, Germany Ichthyological Collection, Natural History Museum of Vienna, Ichthyological Collection, A-1010 Vienna, Austria
Simon Vitecek
Affiliation:
Department of Limnology and Oceanography, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
Harald Ahnelt
Affiliation:
Department of Theoretical Biology, University of Vienna, A-1090 Vienna, Austria
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: C. Pogoreutz, Department of Ecology, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology GmbH, D-28359 Bremen, Germany email: claudia.pogoreutz@zmt-bremen.de
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Abstract

Four specimens of the peristediid genus Satyrichthys were sampled with bottom long-lines from a depth of 180 m during the VA ‘Farumas’ Reef Fish Survey off North Malé Atoll, Maldives, in 1999. The largest and smallest of these specimens were deposited at Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (BPBM 34965, standard length (SL) 278.25 mm; BPBM 41160, SL 413.65 mm). Based on measurements and meristic counts, BPBM 34965 is characterized as Satyrichthys laticeps and BPBM 41160 is characterized as Satyrichthys cf. kikingeri. Satyrichthys laticeps is not only recorded for the first time for the Republic of the Maldives, but also complements distribution data on the species in the north-eastern Indian Ocean. Satyrichthys kikingeri, hitherto known only from a single specimen collected in 2012 from Rasdhoo Atoll in the Maldives, is now documented by a second specimen.

Keywords

SatyrichthysPeristediidaearmoured searobinarmoured gurnardnew recorddistributionzoogeographyRepublic of the Maldives
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Research Article
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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 7 , 2014 , e61
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2014 

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