Australian Museum Journal A new cucumberfish (Paraulopidae) of the Paraulopus nigripinnis complex from central eastern Australia
- Shortform:
- Gomon and Sato, 2004, Rec. Aust. Mus. 56(2): 195–199
- Author(s):
- Gomon, Martin F.; Sato, Tomoyasu
- Year published:
- 2004
- Title:
- A new cucumberfish (Paraulopidae) of the Paraulopus nigripinnis complex from central eastern Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 195
- End page:
- 199
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1417
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 July 2004
- Cover date:
- 07 July 2004
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Subjects:
- FISHES
- Digitized:
- 07 July 2004
- Available online:
- 07 July 2004
- Reference number:
- 1417
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (13kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (76kb PDF)
Abstract
A new species of cucumberfish, Paraulopus melanogrammus, is described from upper slope depths of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales in the western Tasman Sea. It is distinguishable from other members of the P. nigripinnis complex, with which it shares 4.5-5.5 scales above the lateral line, the presence of supraocular ridges and a large maximum size, by a combination of characters, including a distinctive black leading edge along the full anterior margin of the dorsal fin of adults. In juveniles, the black margin is broken by a pale space midway along the fin.