Abstract
A new Boxfish, Kentrocapros flavimaculatusIt is described on the basis of two collected samples of New Zealand. The new species is distinguished from all other species from Kentrocapros Through the following combination of characters: Many yellow spots on the side sides of the body, a different column in the middle of each dorsolateral crest of the shell, without thorns on the lateral and ventrolateral ridges, and the gill opening located below the posterior half of the eye.
Keywords: Boxfish, taxonomy, Kentrocapros flavimaculatusdistribution.
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| Holotype (a – c) and paratipo (d) of Kentrocapros flavimaculatus north. sp. Side views (a), dorsals (b) and ventral (c) of the holotype (AIM MA180380, 62.7 mm SL) and lateral vision of the paratipo (NSMT-P 43344, 114 mm SL). Photographs of A – C, courtesy of AIM. |
Kentrocapros flavimaculatus north. sp.
Keiichi Matsuura. 2023. A new box of the genre Kentrocapros Collected from New Zealand (Acanthopterygii, Tetraodontiforms, Aracanidae). Bull. Natl Musa Nat. Sci., SER. A, 49 (4); 191-196. DOI: doi.org/10.50826/bnmnszool. 49.4_191 [November 22, 2023 ]
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