• Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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• v.26 no.4
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• pp.331-335
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• 2014

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.