Ocosia, D.S.Jordan & Starks, 1904

Chungthanawong, Sirikanya & Motomura, Hiroyuki, 2022, A new species of the waspfish genus Ocosia (Teleostei: Tetrarogidae) from the Coral Sea, with a key to species in the genus, Zootaxa 5091 (3), pp. 429-442 : 438

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.5091.3.3

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:1CA28BA8-4034-4A74-88C1-90299ED61763

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5851092

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/FA3387A2-5D57-5F31-FF0D-4ACBFA2D2794

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scientific name

Ocosia
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Key to the species of Ocosia View in CoL View at ENA

1 No papillae on upper and lower lips, spinous membrane of dorsal fin (in middle of fin) incised........................ 2

- Papillae on upper and lower lips, spinous membrane of dorsal fin not incised............................... O. vespa View in CoL

2 Lateral-line pores on body 26 or 27................................................................ O. sphex

- Lateral-line pores on body fewer than 25.................................................................. 3

3 Supraocular spine absent............................................................................... 4

- Supraocular spine present.............................................................................. 5

4 Second dorsal-fin spine length 20.4–28.1% (mean 23.3%) of SL; body with 5 irregular dusky bands........... O. fasciata View in CoL

- Second dorsal-fin spine length 25.9–36.6% (30.6%) of SL; body with large, irregular dark brown spots........ O. zaspilota View in CoL

5 Third dorsal-fin spine length 59.0–64.9% of D 2 L. ........................................................... 6

- Third dorsal-fin spine length 74.8–105.1% of D 2 L. .......................................................... 7

6 Lateral lacrimal and suborbital spines present......................................................... O. apia View in CoL

- Lateral lacrimal and suborbital spines absent......................................................... O. possi View in CoL

7 Second dorsal-fin spine length 26.5–42.8% of SL; 1 or 2 irregular dark brown blotches on spinous portion of dorsal fin.......................................................................................... O. dorsomaculata

- Second dorsal-fin spine length 19.5–26.5% of SL; blotches absent on spinous portion of dorsal fin.................... 8

8 Body with blotches, spots, and indistinct bands.................................................... O. ramaraoi View in CoL

- Body without distinct markings.................................................................. O. spinosa View in CoL

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