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Two new soldierfishes (Beryciformes: Holocentridae:Myripristis) from Japan

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Two species of the holocentrid fish genusMyripristis are described as new from Japan, both with a single pair of tooth patches outside the gape at tip of lower jaw, the third anal spine longer than the fourth, and 28–29 lateral-line scales:M. kochiensis from Kashiwa-jima, Kochi Prefecture, previously misidentified asM. murdjan, is distinct in having small scales in axil of pectoral fins, 32–36 gill rakers, interorbital space 4.45–5.1 in head, and lower jaw not strongly projecting when mouth closed;M. greenfieldi, from the Ryukyu Islands and Ogasawara Islands to Kochi Prefecture, previously misidentified asM. woodsi andM. randalli, is distinct in lacking scales in the pectoral axil, having 35–52 cteni on largest body scales, 43–47 gill rakers, and longest dorsal spine 2.0–2.25 in head.

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  1. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, Box 1346, 96744, Kaneohe, Hawaii, USA

    John E. Randall

  2. Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice St., 96817-0916, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

    John E. Randall

  3. Kochi Senior High School, 100 Kitabata-cho, 780, Kochi, Japan

    Takeshi Yamakawa

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Randall, J.E., Yamakawa, T. Two new soldierfishes (Beryciformes: Holocentridae:Myripristis) from Japan. Ichthyological Research 43, 211–222 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02347593

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