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New Record of the Stone Cockscomb Alectrias alectrolophus (Perciformes: Stichaeidae) from off Gangneung City, East Sea, Korea  

Cho, Hyun-Geun (Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
Kweon, Seon-Man (Animal Resources Division, National Institute of Biological Resources)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.26, no.4, 2014 , pp. 331-335 More about this Journal
Abstract
A single specimen of the stone cockscomb, Alectrias alectrolophus (Pallas, 1811) was collected from off Gangneung-si, East Sea, Korea. The present Korean specimen is characterized in having a dermal crest on dorsal median line of head, LXIII dorsal fin rays, I, 44 anal fin rays, 68 vertebrae, slender and flexible dorsal spines in its anterior parts, and scales on the posterior portion of body, and fused gill membranes forming a free fold across the isthmus. We report A. alectrolophus based on a single specimen collected from the Korean water as the first record from Korea.
Keywords
Alectrias alectrolophus; first record; East Sea;
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