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

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  • Kai Yoshiaki
    Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University
  • Muto Nozomu
    Division of Applied Biosciences, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
  • Noda Tsutomu
    Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute, Fisheries Research Agency
  • Orr James W.
    NOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering Division
  • Nakabo Tetsuji
    The Kyoto University Museum, Kyoto University

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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.

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  • Species Diversity

    Species Diversity 18 (2), 175-182, 2013

    The Japanese Society of Systematic Zoology

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