A new species of deep-sea grunt, Rhonciscus pauco (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae), from Puerto Rico

A fourth species of the genus Rhonciscus (Lutjaniformes: Haemulidae) is described from various specimens collected by small-scale fishers from the insular upper slope of western Puerto Rico. The new species was molecularly recovered as sister to the Eastern Pacific R. branickii, to which it bears ma...

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Main Authors: Jose Tavera, Michelle T. Schärer-Umpierre, Arturo Acero P.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2022-06-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/13502.pdf