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A new zoarcid fish,Lycenchelys aurantiaca, is described on the basis of 10 specimens (86.3–135.8 mm SL) from depths of 500–700 m along the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan. Although this species resemblesLycenchelys alta andL. squamosa in having a smaller number of vertebrae (85–88) and a rather short body, it is distinguished from them by the following characters: pectoral fin rays 13–16; preoperculomandibular pores 7 (4 mandibular pores+3 preopercular pores); reddish yellow body.
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Shinohara, G., Matsuura, K. A new zoarcid,lycenchelys aurantiaca, from the pacific coast off northern japan (teleostei: Perciformes). Ichthyological Research 45, 151–155 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02678557
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