Synchiropus tudorjonesi Allen and Erdmann 2012
Creators: name: Fricke, Ronald
Publisher: name: Zenodo
Year: 2016
Subjects: Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Perciformes
Callionymidae
Synchiropus
Synchiropus tudorjonesi

description: <i>Synchiropus tudorjonesi</i> Allen and Erdmann, 2012 Redback dragonet <i>Synchiropus tudorjonesi</i> Allen and Erdmann, 2012: 10, figs 1, 2 (oceanic patch reef, 2° 25.830' S, 134°54.409' E, north of Tridacna Atoll, Cenderawasih Bay, West Papua Province, Indonesia, 70 m depth; holotype: MZB 20019). <i>Distribution and habitat.</i> Indonesia (Bali, Sulawesi, West Papua); Papua New Guinea (Milne Bay). Sand and rubble, 50– 120 m. <b>Key to the species of the subgenera <i>Synchiropus</i> (<i>Neosynchiropus</i>) and <i>Synchiropus</i> (<i>Acommissura</i>) subgen. nov.</b> 1. All anal-fin rays branched (the last divided at its base)......................................................................................................... subgenus <i>Synchiropus</i> (<i>Neosynchiropus</i>) (Nalbant, 1979), 2 – Anal-fin rays unbranched (the last divided at its base)................................................................................................................... subgenus <i>Synchiropus</i> (<i>Acommissura</i>) subgen. nov., 7 2. Preopercular spine with one dorsal point additional to main tip................................ 4 – Preopercular spine with two dorsal points additional to main tip.............................. 3 3. Upper part of pectoral-fin base with a large dark blotch; males: all spines of first dorsal fin filamentous; first dorsal fin black, with many oblique white lines; second dorsal fin irregularly spotted; caudal fin with many irregular vertical rows of dark spots; females: back and sides of body irregularly marbled with dark brown...................................................................................... <i>Synchiropus marmoratus</i> – Upper part of pectoral-fin base without a dark blotch; males: spines of first dorsal fin not filamentous; first dorsal fin light brown, with short ocellate dark streaks on second and third membranes; second dorsal fin with short, ocellate dark streaks; caudal fin with three vertical dark streaks; females: back and sides of body light brown, with six or seven characteristic dark brown saddles.................................................................................................................................... <i>Synchiropus bartelsi</i> 4. Sides of body with a series of large ocelli.................................................. <i>Synchiropus circularis</i> – Sides of body without ocelli........................................................................................................ 5 5. Lateral line with two ventral branches below the occipital region; in males first dorsal fin with ocelli on second and third membranes............ <i>Synchiropus stellatus</i> – Lateral line without ventral branches below the occipital region; in males first dorsal fin with ocelli on first and second membranes.................................................... 6 6. Body colour overall red in life; first dorsal fin in male usually with two (rarely three) ocelli; caudal fin with irregular blotches in three or four vertical bands....................................................................................................................................................... <i>Synchiropus moyeri</i> – Body colour overall brown in life; first dorsal fin in male usually with four (rarely three to six) ocelli; caudal fin blotches in two vertical bands.......................................................................................................................................................... <i>Synchiropus ocellatus</i> 7. Colour in life bright red with black pectoral-fin base; first dorsal fin in male without ocelli, but with four oblique ocellate bands reaching from first to third membranes; first dorsal fin in female mainly black...................................................................................................................................................... <i>Synchiropus tudorjonesi</i> – Colour in life not bright red with black pectoral-fin base; first dorsal fin in males not as described above, if ocellate bands are present they would not reach the first membrane; first dorsal fin in female not mainly black.................................................... 8 8. Preopercular spine with one or two dorsal points additional to main tip............. 9 – Preopercular spine with three dorsal points additional to main tip............................................................................................................... <i>Synchiropus novaehiberniensis</i> new species 9. Preopercular spine with one dorsal point additional to main tip......................................................................................................................................................... <i>Synchiropus ijimai</i> – Preopercular spine with two dorsal points additional to main tip.......................... 10 10. Base of preopercular spine with one or two antrorse points.................................................................................................................................................................... <i>Synchiropus sechellensis</i> – Base of preopercular spine without antrorse points................ <i>Synchiropus morrisoni</i>
description: Published as part of <i>Fricke, Ronald, 2016, Synchiropus novaehiberniensis, a new species of dragonet from New Ireland, Papua New Guinea, western Pacific Ocean, with a review of subgenus Synchiropus (Neosynchiropus) and description of a new subgenus (Teleostei: Callionymidae), pp. 3003-3028 in Journal of Natural History 50</i> on pages 3014-3015, DOI: 10.1080/00222933.2016.1210690, http://zenodo.org/record/5189861
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