First Record of the Rockfish Sebastes melanops from the Western North Pacific, with Comments on its Synonymy (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenoidei: Sebastidae)

Yoshiaki Kai; Nozomu Muto; Tsutomu Noda; James W. Orr; Tetsuji Nakabo

doi:10.12782/sd.18.2.175

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First Record of the Rockfish Sebastes melanops from the Western North Pacific, with Comments on its Synonymy (Osteichthyes: Scorpaenoidei: Sebastidae)

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Authors: Yoshiaki Kai¹, Nozomu Muto², Tsutomu Noda³, James W. Orr⁴, Tetsuji Nakabo⁵

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1 1 Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Nagahama, Maizuru, Kyoto 625-0086, Japan;

2 2 Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, c/o The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan;

3 3 Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency, Miya-machi 1-3-5, Miyako, Iwate 027-0052, Japan;

4 4 NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle, Washington 98115, USA;

5 5 The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University, Yoshida, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan

Source: Species Diversity Volume 18, Issue 2, 175 - 182 (2013); http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.18.2.175

Publisher: UniBio Press

Abstract

Sebastes melanops Girard, 1856, formerly known from the Aleutian Islands and the southeastern Bering Sea to Baja California, USA, is reported from the western Pacific on the basis of two specimens collected from Iwate Prefecture on the Pacific coast of northern Japan. One of the Japanese specimens is described here in detail and compared with specimens from the eastern North Pacific. Sequence data from the mitochondrial DNA control region of this species are also provided and compared with closely related congeners. Sebastes columbianus (Hubbs and Schultz, 1933) is herein regarded as a junior synonym of S. melanops on the basis of an examination of type specimens. Conversely, another supposed junior synonym, S. simulans (Gill, 1864) may not be conspecific with S. melanops.

Keywords: mitochondrial DNA; Sebastes simulans; distribution; Sebastes columbianus; Teleostei; Actinopterygii

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12782/sd.18.2.175

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