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5 July 2024 A New Miocene Deep-Sea Fish, Vinciguerria shinjiensis sp. nov. (Stomiiformes: Phosichthyidae) from Shinji, Matsue City, Shimane, Japan
Yoshitaka Yabumoto, Ritsuo Nomura, Mikhail V. Nazarkin
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Abstract

A fish fossil found in the Miocene Kuri Formation of Kamikimachi, Shinji Town, Matsue City in Shimane Prefecture, Japan is described as a new species of the genus Vinciguerria of the family Phosichthyidae of the order Stomiiformes. This new species differs from other congeners in having the more posterior position of the anal fin; 25 abdominal vertebrae; 15 photophores of the ventral series between the bases of the pectoral and pelvic fins; eight photophores of the ventral series between pelvic fin base and anal fin origin; 13 photophores of the lateral series between the bases of the pectoral and pelvic fins; and nine photophores of the lateral photophore series between the pelvic fin and anal fin.

Yoshitaka Yabumoto, Ritsuo Nomura, and Mikhail V. Nazarkin "A New Miocene Deep-Sea Fish, Vinciguerria shinjiensis sp. nov. (Stomiiformes: Phosichthyidae) from Shinji, Matsue City, Shimane, Japan," Paleontological Research 28(4), 400-412, (5 July 2024). https://doi.org/10.2517/PR220030
Received: 22 October 2022; Accepted: 13 January 2024; Published: 5 July 2024
KEYWORDS
fossil
Japan
Miocene
new species
Vinciguerria
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