Tetragonurus

Aluwihare, Yasmin C., Fernando, Sara, Gunasinghe, Malsha S., Ranasinghe, Cherika, Ranjula, M. A. S., Weerakoon, Thiranya, Haputhantri, Sujeewa S. K., Jayasinghe, Prabath K., Lisher, Mark W. & Psomadakis, Peter N., 2025, First confirmed record of adult Pacific squaretail, Tetragonurus pacificus (Teleostei: Perciformes: Stromateoidei) from the Indian Ocean, with an expanded description, Zootaxa 5604 (1), pp. 41-51 : 50

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5604.1.4

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:6B0C9970-3214-4C4F-922B-50D394C33D35

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15024074

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/A86E032D-FFDA-FF95-FF65-FCD958FFFC3E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Tetragonurus
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Key to the species of Tetragonurus View in CoL (adapted from Anderson 2022)

1a. LL scales 72–95 to keels on peduncle; pelvic-fin origin beneath front third of pectoral fin; vertebrae 39–51.............. 2

1b. LL scales 97–114 to keels on peduncle; pelvic-fin origin beneath middle of pectoral fin; vertebrae 52–58......... T. cuvieri View in CoL

2a. Dorsal fin 9–12 spines; LL scales 72–80; vertebrae 39–43; snout longer than eye diameter (in adults).......... T. pacificus View in CoL

2b. Dorsal fin 13–17 spines; LL scales 83–95; vertebrae 44–51; snout subequal to eye diameter................. T. atlanticus View in CoL

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