identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03D687CAFF818024BAD1AFFFFB7AD0BF.text	03D687CAFF818024BAD1AFFFFB7AD0BF.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco, Acero & Betancur 2016	<div><p>Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco, Acero &amp; Betancur, 2016, new record</p><p>Figure 1A–B; Table 1–2</p><p>Material examined. NTUM 11085 (tissue voucher: PNG 3127) and NTUM 11212 (tissue voucher: PNG 3163) . Both specimens were collected from mid-shelf areas around 20 km west of Kavieng, New Ireland Province , <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=150.61667&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=-2.3899999" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long 150.61667/lat -2.3899999)">Papua New Guinea</a> (Fig. 2) on September 2, 2014 by R/V ALIS from station CP4455, 2° 23.4' S, 150° 37' E, 60–72m, and station CP4456 , 2°35' S, 150°40' E, 134–144m, respectively (campaign: KAVIENG 2014).</p><p>Diagnosis. Morphometric data and meristic data for the two Papua New Guinea specimens are as in Table 1 and 2 respectively. The morphological characteristics fit within the range of the identification key, description of body color pattern, and photographs provided in Polanco et al. (2016): L Sn 6.7–10.0% of HL, L Sn 12.6–18.9% of D B, L Sn 31.6–51.7% of D E, W I 4.0–6.7% of HL; pectoral fin rays 11, anal fin rays 14–16; pectoral, caudal and anal fin yellow; dorsal fin dark yellow; four obvious yellow stripes along the body longitudinally, with several inconspicuous vertical bars across; an oval black spot above the dorsal border of the operculum, and a rather wide dark blotch below the eye (indistinct in NTUM 11212) (Fig. 1A, B). A blunter snout and broader dark blotch beneath the eye distinguish Trachinocephalus gauguini from other species of Trachinocephalus .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D687CAFF818024BAD1AFFFFB7AD0BF	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Wang, Shih-Yu;Chen, Jhen-Nien;Russell, Barry C.;Chen, Wei-Jen	Wang, Shih-Yu, Chen, Jhen-Nien, Russell, Barry C., Chen, Wei-Jen (2018): First record of Gauguin's blunt-nose lizardfish, Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco, Acero & Betancur 2016 (Teleostei: Synodontidae) outside the Marquesas Archipelago. Zootaxa 4476 (1): 151-156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.14
03D687CAFF818026BAD1AC51FD27D195.text	03D687CAFF818026BAD1AC51FD27D195.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck & Schlegel 1846)	<div><p>Trachinocephalus trachinus (Temminck &amp; Schlegel 1846)</p><p>Figure 1C; Table 1–2</p><p>Material examined. NTUM 11201 (tissue voucher: PNG 3126), specimen collected from the same site as T. gauguini, NTUM 11085 (see above).</p><p>Diagnosis. Morphometric and meristic data for the Papua New Guinea specimen is in Table 1 and 2 respectively. According to the diagnosis provided in Polanco et al. (2016), this species can be distinguished from other two Trachinocephalus species by the following meristic characteristics: L Sn 50.89% of D E; L Sn 19.71% of D B; W I 6.5% of HL; D E 22.36 % of HL; length of the last dorsal ray 10.09% of L S; anal rays 13; pectoral rays 12; predorsal scales 17. This specimen is a transitional juvenile with black peritoneum spots still faintly visible. The pectoral, caudal and anal fin yellow, while dorsal fin dark yellow. Several yellow stripes along the trunk longitudinally, with the most obvious one across the middle part of the body. An oval black spot above the dorsal border of the operculum. Indistinct dark spot below the eye. The morphological data of the Papua New Guinea specimen matches the description of T. trachinus (Table 1, 2; Fig. 1C).</p><p>The genetic pairwise distance analysis based on COI sequences shows high interspecific variation between T. gauguini and T. trachinus (p -distance: 0.13944–0.14053) while low intraspecific variation within T. gauguini specimens (p -distance: 0-0.00157) (Table 3). This result supports the morphological diagnosis of the three specimens and confirms their species status.</p><p>Remarks. In a checklist of the marine and estuarine fishes of the Madang District, Papua New Guinea (Fricke et al. 2014), recorded eight synodontid species. One of these was identified as Trachinocephalus “ myops ” based on material deposited in the Australian Museum (AMS) and Western Australian Museum (WAM). It should be noted that T. myops is a species complex and following Polanco et al. (2016) we apply the name T. trachinus for T. “ myops ” populations from the Indo-West Pacific. Our study additionally records T. trachinus from New Ireland, and extends the distribution of T. gauguini from its previously reported area (Marquesas Archipelago) to the western Pacific (Papua New Guinea). Our work shows that Trachinocephalus trachinus and T. gauguini occur sympatrically in Papua New Guinea waters, and as both were collected from the station CP4455, we can confirm that these two species share the same habitat.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D687CAFF818026BAD1AC51FD27D195	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Wang, Shih-Yu;Chen, Jhen-Nien;Russell, Barry C.;Chen, Wei-Jen	Wang, Shih-Yu, Chen, Jhen-Nien, Russell, Barry C., Chen, Wei-Jen (2018): First record of Gauguin's blunt-nose lizardfish, Trachinocephalus gauguini Polanco, Acero & Betancur 2016 (Teleostei: Synodontidae) outside the Marquesas Archipelago. Zootaxa 4476 (1): 151-156, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.14
