New Korean Record of Setarches longimanus (PISCES: Scorpaenidae)

Abstract

Abstract Setarches longimanus (Alcock 1894), in the family Scorpaenidae, was collected from Busan and the coastal waters of Jeju Island, Korea, in January and November 2014, respectively. Two specimens are characterized by XI, 10 dorsal fin rays; 19–21 pectoral fin rays; III, 5 anal fin rays; a second preopercular spine much shorter than the first and third; and an interorbital width 11.3 %–11.6 % of the standard length. We also analyzed 587 base pairs of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences in order to confirm the taxonomic status of the specimen. As a result, the sequences of our specimen almost corresponded to those of Chinese S. longimanus (genetic distance, d = 0.005), but considerably differed from those of S. guentheri (d = 0.120–0.124). We propose the new Korean names “Ma-su-gam-peng-sok” for the genus Setarches, and “Bul-geun-ma-su-gam-peng” for the species S. longimanus.

Keywords

• Setarches longimanus
• New record
• Scorpaenidae
• Jeju Island
• Korean fauna