First Southern Hemisphere Record of <i>Priacanthus zaiserae</i> (Perciformes: Priacanthidae) from Queensland, Australia

A single priacanthid specimen (129.4 mm in standard length), collected off Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia at a depth of 109.7 m, was identified as Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes and Moyer, 1988 (Priacanthidae), being characterized by 13 dorsal-fin soft rays, 13 anal-fin soft rays, 25 total gill rakers on first gill arch, 93 scales in lateral series, preopercular spine not reaching to posterior margin of opercle, and posterior margin of caudal fin convex. Because P. zaiserae has been recorded to date only from the northwest Pacific region, from Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines, the present specimen from Queensland, described here in detail, represents the first record from the Southern Hemisphere.

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Species Diversity
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2025-04-16
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https://doi.org/10.12782/specdiv.30.85
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Ichthyology and Marine Biology
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First Southern Hemisphere Record of Priacanthus zaiserae (Perciformes: Priacanthidae) from Queensland, Australia

Shintaro Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Motomura
Species Diversity
Ichthyology and Marine Biology
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First Southern Hemisphere Record of Priacanthus zaiserae (Perciformes: Priacanthidae) from Queensland, Australia

Shintaro Hashimoto, Hiroyuki Motomura
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Abstract

A single priacanthid specimen (129.4 mm in standard length), collected off Cape Moreton, Queensland, Australia at a depth of 109.7 m, was identified as Priacanthus zaiserae Starnes and Moyer, 1988 (Priacanthidae), being characterized by 13 dorsal-fin soft rays, 13 anal-fin soft rays, 25 total gill rakers on first gill arch, 93 scales in lateral series, preopercular spine not reaching to posterior margin of opercle, and posterior margin of caudal fin convex. Because P. zaiserae has been recorded to date only from the northwest Pacific region, from Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines, the present specimen from Queensland, described here in detail, represents the first record from the Southern Hemisphere.

Species DiversityVol. 30(1)
Kagoshima University (JP)
Kagoshima University, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
Life below water
Openalex Percentile: Top 92%
Ichthyology and Marine Biology
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