Psammoperca Richardson 1844
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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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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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