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A new species, Gerres septemfasciatus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the Chinese coastal waters of the South China Sea

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We describe a new species of gerreid fish, Gerres septemfasciatus, based on four specimens collected from the northern South China Sea. G. septemfasciatus most closely resembles G. limbatus in general appearance. However, G. septemfasciatus is distinguished from the latter and other congeners by having 3 to 3.5 scales between the base of the fifth dorsal spine and lateral line. This species has a distinctive color pattern, including 7–8 regular, vertical, blue-grayish bands on its side. The distribution of this species is currently known to include the Chinese coastal waters of the South China Sea, but may be also include the coastal waters of southeastern Asia.

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  1. Laboratory of Marine Organism Taxonomy and Phylogeny, Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Qingdao, 266071, China

    Jing Liu  (刘静)

  2. College of Fisheries, Guangdong Ocean University, Zhanjiang, 524088, China

    Jing Liu  (刘静) & Yunrong Yan  (颜云榕)

  3. Graduate School of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100039, China

    Yunrong Yan  (颜云榕)

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Supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the People’s Republic of China under contract (No. 2006FY110500)

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Liu, J., Yan, Y. A new species, Gerres septemfasciatus (Perciformes: Gerreidae) from the Chinese coastal waters of the South China Sea. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 27, 555–557 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-009-9259-z

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