Dentex carpenteri, a new species of deepwater seabream from Western Australia (Pisces: Sparidae)

Authors

Yukio IWATSUKI, University of Miyazaki, Japan
Stephen J. Newman, Department of Fisheries, Western Australia,Follow
Barry C. Russell, Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory, Australia

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-13-2015

Journal Title

Zootaxa

ISSN

Print: 1175-5326 Electronic: 1175-5334

Keywords

Taxonomy, Sparidae, Dentex carpenteri, New species, Western Australia, Southeastern Indian Ocean

Disciplines

Aquaculture and Fisheries | Genetics | Marine Biology

Abstract

A new species of sparid fish, Dentex carpenteri, is described from nine type specimens collected off Ningaloo Reef near Exmouth, Western Australia. Four valid species of Dentex are currently known in the western Pacific, Dentex abei and D. hypselosomus in the Northern Hemisphere, and D. fourmanoiri and D. spariformis in the Southern Hemisphere. These four species comprise the “Dentex hypselosomus complex”. Dentex carpenteri n. sp. is most similar to D. spariformis in overall body form, but differs from D. spariformis in having the posterior margin of the upper jaw not reaching or reaching slightly beyond a vertical at the anterior margin of eye; often with the greater part from the snout to the second infraorbital yellowish; deeper suborbital (9.7–10.9% SL); and a considerably deeper body (vs. posterior margin of upper jaw reaching clearly beyond anterior margin of eye; slight yellow region on snout; suborbital depth shallow (7.6–9.6% SL); and a less deep body in D. spariformis). The mitochondrial 16S ribosomal RNA genes (16S rRNA, 545 bp) of the above five species were analyzed using the Atlantic congener, Dentex macrophthalmus as an out-group, the results clearly indicating that D. carpenteri n. sp. is a valid and distinct species. A key to the “Dentex hypselosomus complex” is provided. The distributional information available for the five species from the western Pacific, including western Australia and the nearby eastern Indian Ocean, are discussed, with the species considered to be allopatric.

Recommended Citation

IWATSUKI, Y, Newman, S J, and Russell, B C. (2015), Dentex carpenteri, a new species of deepwater seabream from Western Australia (Pisces: Sparidae). Zootaxa, 3957 (1), 109-119.
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/fr_fja/333