Xenobrama microlepis, a new genus and species of bramid fish, from subantarctic waters of the South Pacific.
1989
Yatsu A. | Nakamura I.
Xenobrama microlepis gen. et sp. nov. is described on the basis of 17 adult and subadult specimens collected by surface gill nets, bottom trawl and midwater trawl from the subantarctic waters of the South Pacific Ocean. This monotypic new genus is distinguished from other bramid genera by the following characters: inner lower edges of mandible toughing each other (except near symphysis); gill rakers short, thick, and stout; subpectoral region very narrow; interpelvic space flat and wide; vertebrae 49-51; and scales in longitudinal series more than 83. The new taxon is widely distributed in the high seas of the South Pacific, 38-54 S, 79-176 W, but is rather rare compared to Brama spp. in catches of drift gill nets.
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