A new genus and species of clingfish from the Rangithua Kermadec Islands of New Zealand (Teleostei, Gobiesocidae). Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • Flexorincus, new genus and species, is described from 15 specimens (14.0-27.2 mm SL) collected from shallow (0-9 meters) intertidal and sub-tidal waters of the Rangithua Kermadec Islands, New Zealand. The new taxon is distinguished from all other members of the Gobiesocidae by a combination of characters, including a heterodont dentition comprising both conical and distinct incisiviform teeth that are laterally compressed with a strongly recurved cusp, an oval-shaped opening between premaxillae, a double adhesive disc with a well-developed articulation between basipterygia and ventral postcleithra, and many reductions in the cephalic lateral line canal system. The new taxon is tentatively placed within the subfamily Diplocrepinae but shares a number of characteristics of the oral jaws and the adhesive disc skeleton with certain members of the Aspasminae and Diademichthyinae.

published proceedings

  • Zookeys

altmetric score

  • 41.064

author list (cited authors)

  • Conway, K. W., Stewart, A. L., & Summers, A. P.

citation count

  • 8

complete list of authors

  • Conway, Kevin W||Stewart, Andrew L||Summers, Adam P

publication date

  • January 2018