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A new species of armored searobin, Paraheminodus longirostralis, is described from five specimens collected from New Caledonia at depths of 412–467 m. It is distinguishable from its three known congeners in having 34 bony plates in the upper lateral row, a forward-directed spine on each plate between the 23rd–26th and 31st–32nd plates in the upper lateral row, 6–7 + 1 + 20–21 = 27–28 gill rakers, an elongate body posterior to the anus (49.9–52.1% standard length), an elongate rostral projection (53.0–59.3% head length), short upper jaw (42.1–43.4% head length), an elongate pectoral fin (70.6–79.4% head length), and long preopercular spine (39.2–57.7% head length).
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We express our sincere thanks to William J. Richards (National Marine Fisheries Service, Southeast Fisheries Science Center, NOAA) for his helpful comments on an early draft manuscript. We are grateful to J. Maclaine (BMNH), H. Endo (BSKU), Y. Iwatsuki (MUFS), and H. Motomura (Kagoshima University Museum, formerly MUFS) for specimen loans. We sincerely thank H. Imamura (HUMZ) and T. Yamasaki (Yamashina Institute for Ornithology) for useful suggestions.
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Kawai, T., Nakaya, K. & Séret, B. A new armored searobin Paraheminodus longirostralis (Teleostei: Peristediidae) from New Caledonia. Ichthyol Res 55, 374–378 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-008-0061-2
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