Identification of the Commercially Important Oreosomatid Fish (Zeiformes: Teleostei) of the Emperor Seamounts, with Comments on Diagnostic Characters of the Species

• Published in: Species Diversity Vol. 27; no. 1; pp. 1 - 13
• Main Authors: Hoshino, Koichi, Kosaka, Kunpei, Sawada, Kota, Kiyota, Masashi
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Allocyttus folletti; Allocyttus verrucosus; northwestern Pacific; Oreosomatidae

An oreosomatid of the genus Allocyttus McCulloch, 1914 is fished commercially on the Emperor Seamounts. However, the species’ identity is uncertain, as is the taxonomy of the oreosomatid species of the seas around Japan, where the names Allocyttus verrucosus Gilchrist, 1906 (type locality: off South...