Distribution Range Extensions of Parapercis bicoloripes and P. diplospilus (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) in the South China Sea and the Adjacent Waters, with Notes on Ontogenetic Changes in P. bicoloripes

Mizuki Matsunuma; Abd Ghaffar Mazlan; Aziz Arshad; Ying Giat Seah; Siti Tafzilmeriam S. A. K.; Azwarina Azmi Ramasamy; Ricard P. Babaran; Yoshino Fukui; Hiroyuki Motomura

doi:10.12782/sd.21.2.187

Distribution Range Extensions of Parapercis bicoloripes and P. diplospilus (Perciformes: Pinguipedidae) in the South China Sea and the Adjacent Waters, with Notes on Ontogenetic Changes in P. bicoloripes

Mizuki Matsunuma , Abd Ghaffar Mazlan, Aziz Arshad, Ying Giat Seah, Siti Tafzilmeriam S. A. K., Azwarina Azmi Ramasamy, Ricard P. Babaran, Yoshino Fukui, Hiroyuki Motomura

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Mizuki Matsunuma Corresponding author
Laboratory of Marine Biology, Faculty of Science, Kochi University
Abd Ghaffar Mazlan
School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Aziz Arshad
Department of Aquaculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia
Ying Giat Seah
School of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sciences, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
South China Sea Repository and Reference Center, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Siti Tafzilmeriam S. A. K.
South China Sea Repository and Reference Center, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Azwarina Azmi Ramasamy
South China Sea Repository and Reference Center, Institute of Oceanography and Environment, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Ricard P. Babaran
University of the Philippines Visayas
Yoshino Fukui
The United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences, Kagoshima University
Hiroyuki Motomura
The Kagoshima University Museum

Keywords: sandperches, distribution, morphology, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, Pacific Ocean

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2016 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 187-196

DOI https://doi.org/10.12782/sd.21.2.187

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Abstract

Parapercis bicoloripes Prokofiev, 2010, previously known only from waters off Vietnam, is recorded from the northern Gulf of Thailand, the east coast of the Malay Peninsula, northern Borneo, and Panay, Philippines. Detailed examination of 27specimens (66.1–136.0 mm standard length) revealed significant growth-related changes in several body proportions and coloration. In addition, 11 specimens (44.2–74.1 mm standard length) of Parapercis diplospilus Gomon, 1981, previously recorded from Vietnam, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, and Australia, are reported for the first time from the Gulf of Thailand and off Terengganu State, Malaysia, east coast of the Malay Peninsula.

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