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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand abstractsA new species of trumpeter (Teleostei; Percomorpha; Latridae) from the central South Pacific Ocean, with a taxonomic review of the striped trumpeter Latris lineataClive D. RobertsMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, P.O. Box 467, Wellington, New Zealand.Abstract The silver trumpeter Latris pacifica sp. nov. is described based on 18 specimens collected at 100-300 m depth from the Foundation Seamounts area in the central South Pacific Ocean. It can be distinguished from all other latrids and cheilodactylids in having the following counts: D. XIX-XX,40-44; A. III,32-37; vertebrae 18+24-25 = 42-43; and a near uniform silvery grey to silver-brown body. This new latrid is most closely related to Latris lineata and is placed in the genus Latris which is rediagnosed. The striped trumpeter Latris lineata is taxonomically reviewed based on 22 specimens collected from Tristan da Cunha, Amsterdam Island, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the Foundation Seamounts. Its presence off Chile, based on specimens identified as L. hecateia but no longer extant, is uncertain. A key to the species of Latridae is provided. Keywords taxonomy; Latridae; Latris pacifica sp. nov.; L. lineata; L. hecateia; silver trumpeter; striped trumpeter; Foundation Seamounts; central South Pacific Ocean; Chile R02020 Received 27 June 2002; accepted 10 September 2003; online publication date 19 November 2003
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