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Diagnostic Description

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Differs from all other congeners by its lips mostly covered with very small scales, upper lip lacking rugosities, lower lip with rugosities along dorsal part; and maxilla almost squared off poteriorly where dorsal and posterior boarders of maxilla forming a right angle (Ref. 78426).
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Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 10; Dorsal soft rays (total): 17 - 18; Analspines: 3; Analsoft rays: 8; Vertebrae: 26
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Meganthias carpenteri

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Meganthias carpenteri, the yellowtop jewelfish or Carpenter's yellowtop jewelfish,[2] is a pink and yellow fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean named after Old Dominion University marine biologist Kent E. Carpenter.[3] Meganthias carpenteri is a member of the subfamily Anthiinae which is classified under the family Serranidae which also includes the groupers and the serranine sea basses.[4]

References

  1. ^ Smith-Vaniz, W.F. (2015). "Meganthias carpenteri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T21132559A42691784. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T21132559A42691784.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. ^ Anderson, W.D. Jr. (2006). "Meganthias carpenteri, new species of fish from the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, with a key to eastern Atlantic Anthiinae (Perciformes: Serranidae)". Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 119 (3): 404–417. doi:10.2988/0006-324X(2006)119[404:MCNSOF]2.0.CO;2.
  3. ^ Phyllis Brown, ed. (2007). "New Fish Species Named for Biologist Carpenter". Scire, the Old Dominion University College of Sciences Newsletter. Old Dominion University. Archived from the original on 2011-07-20.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Meganthias carpenteri" in FishBase. December 2019 version.
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Meganthias carpenteri: Brief Summary

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Meganthias carpenteri, the yellowtop jewelfish or Carpenter's yellowtop jewelfish, is a pink and yellow fish found in the eastern Atlantic Ocean named after Old Dominion University marine biologist Kent E. Carpenter. Meganthias carpenteri is a member of the subfamily Anthiinae which is classified under the family Serranidae which also includes the groupers and the serranine sea basses.

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