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分類 / 名稱 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Acropomatiformes (Oceanic basses) 鱸形目 (Oceanic basses) > Pempheridae (Sweepers) 單鰭魚科 (Sweepers)
Etymology: Pempheris:Greek, pempheris = the name of a fish (Ref. 45335); darvelli:Named for Brian W. Darvell, for his fieldwork in Oman resulting in the specimens and photographs of this new species. Eponymy: Dr Brian William Darvell (d: 1948) is a chemist, academic and marine conservationist who is honorary professor at the School of Dentistry at Birmingham University, UK. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
背棘 (總數) : 6; 背的軟條 (總數) : 9; 臀棘: 3; 臀鰭軟條: 41 - 43; 脊椎骨: 25. This species is distinguished by the following characters: D VI,9; A III,41-43; pectoral rays 18-19; lateral-line scales 56-58; scales on anteroventral ctenoid and covering 90% of chest; gill rakers 30-32; body depth 2.1 in SL; head length 3.0-3.05 in SL; orbit diameter 7.45-7.7 in SL; caudal-fin length 3.45-3.55 in SL, moderately emarginate, caudal concavity 3.55-3.7 in head length; pectoral-fin length 3.15-3.2 in SL; colour in alcohol dark maroon brown, with the outer edge of scales broadly translucent gray; dorsal fin is pale yellowish, the distal half of first six soft rays and adjacent membranes black (dark pigment covering outer half of longest rays and adjacent membranes); anal fin and adjacent base of body darker brown than body, becoming progressively more translucent yellow distally, with a small brown spot on each scale; anal ray tips are translucent white; anterior five rays and membranes dark brown, the dark pigment also distally on the next five rays; caudal fin is dusky yellowish, darker brown basally and broadly darker all around margin; pectoral fins are yellowish gray with a large dark maroon brown spot covering entire base of fin; axil also dark maroon brown; pelvic fins are pale dusky yellowish (Ref. 97766). Body shape (shape guide): short and / or deep; Cross section: compressed.
Randall, J.E. and B.C. Victor, 2014. Four new fishes of the genus Pempheris (Perciformes: Pempheridae) from the western Indian Ocean. J. Ocean Sci. Found. 12:61-83. (Ref. 97766)
