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Change of the Scientific Name for the Opah in Korea to Lampris megalopsis (Lampridae, Lampriformes)

한국산 "붉평치"의 Lampris megalopsis(붉평치과, 이악어목)로의 학명 변경

  • Yu-Jin Lee (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University) ;
  • Hak-Bin Hwang (Curatorial Research Team, Seodaemun Museum of Natural History) ;
  • Jin-Koo Kim (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
  • 이유진 (부경대학교 해양생물학과) ;
  • 황학빈 (서대문자연사박물관) ;
  • 김진구 (부경대학교 해양생물학과)
  • Received : 2023.02.14
  • Accepted : 2023.04.04
  • Published : 2023.05.31
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Abstract

A single opah specimen (705 mm SL) was collected from Samcheok, South Korea on November, 2014, and firstly reported as Lampris guttatus by Jeong et al. (2015). Thereafter Lampris lauta was revived and three additional species (Lampris australensis, Lampris incognitus, Lampris megalopsis) were newly reported (Underkoffler et al., 2018). Therefore, it needs to review the scientific name of the Korean opah. The first reported opah specimen from Korea is now preserved as stuffed specimen at the Seodaemun Museum of Natural History in Seoul. We re-investigated the morphological features of stuffed specimen. It was characterized by having the following morphological combinations; orbital diameter is greater than 5% of fork length, whole body including head with white irregular spots, all fins are deep red. In addition, L. guttatus is confined to North Atlantic Ocean, whereas L. megalopsis is distributed worldwide from temperate to tropical waters. Therefore, our comprehensive study suggests that the scientific name of opah (L. guttatus) reported in Korea must be changed to L. megalopsis based on morphological characteristics and distribution area.

우리나라에서 붉평치는 2014년 11월 삼척에서 정치망으로 채집되어 Jeong et al.(2015)에 의해 Lampris guttatus로 처음 보고되었다. 이후, Underkoffler et al. (2018)에 의해 1종(L. lauta)의 학명 부활 및 3종(L. australensis, L. incognitus, L. megalopsis)이 새롭게 보고되어, 국내 붉평치의 학명 재검토가 필요한 실정이다. 국내 미기록종 표본은 현재 서대문자연사박물관에 박제 표본으로 보존되어 있으며, 박제 표본은 다음의 형태적 특징을 가진다: 안경이 가랑이체장의 5%보다 크다; 머리, 흉부, 새개부를 포함한 몸 전체에 둥근 반점이 산재한다; 둥근 반점의 크기는 불규칙적이다; 지느러미가 모두 붉다. 또한, L. guttatus는 북대서양에 분포하는 반면 L. megalopsis는 전 세계의 온대 및 열대 해역에 분포한다. 따라서, 본 연구 결과는 형태 및 분포 특징에 의거 한국산 붉평치의 학명이 L. guttatus에서 L. megalopsis로 변경되어야 함을 시사한다.

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Acknowledgement

본 연구는 국립해양생물자원관 '해양생명자원 기탁등록보존기관 운영(2023)' 과제의 지원을 받아 수행된 연구입니다. 표본 재검토를 위한 서대문자연사박물관 및 국립해양생물자원관의 협조에 감사드리며, 논문을 세심하게 검토해주신 심사위원께 감사드립니다.

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