Psammoperca Richardson 1844

Iwatsuki, Yukio, Newman, Stephen J., Tanaka, Fumiya & Russell, Barry C., 2018, Validity of Psammoperca datnioides Richardson 1848 and redescriptions of P. waigiensis Cuvier in Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828 and Hypopterus macropterus (Günther 1859) in the family Latidae (Perciformes) from the Indo-West Pacific, Zootaxa 4402 (3), pp. 467-486 : 469-470

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4402.3.3

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5952528

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Psammoperca Richardson 1844
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Psammoperca Richardson 1844

Type species: Labrax waigiensis Cuvier & Valenciennes 1828

Diagnosis. Distinguished from other latid genera by the following combination of characters: a smooth horizontal limb of the preopercle; nostrils widely separated on each side of the head, anterior nostril with a tube-like flap or skin flap posteriorly, and posterior nostril oval and larger; tiny scales (not seen with naked eye but visible through binocular scope) on posterior uppermost part of the maxilla; one row of lateral-line scales on caudal fin; several supralamellar tooth patches only on outer face of first four gill arches and a tooth patch on the basihyal; ventral border of first and second infraorbital bones smooth (no denticulations); no parapophysis on the first 5 or 6 abdominal vertebrae; epineurals on the first 7 or 8 abdominal vertebrae; three sharp, strong spines on inferior margin of preopercle; supraneural spine formula 0/0/0 + II/I + I/; dorsal-fin rays VII‒I, 12 or 13; anal-fin rays III, 8; caudal fin with posterior border rounded; procurrent spur present; vertebrae 11 + 14 = 25.

Distribution. Two species from southern Indian coast, Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea, to western Pacific, north Okinawa Island, Japan, and south to Australia.

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