Oder Scorpaeniformes Family Tetrarogidae(Wasp fishes) Yamanokami waspfishes Snyderina yamanokami(D. S. Jordan & Starks, 1901). max length/24.0 cm TL Korean name/keun-mi-yeok-chi(큰미역치) Japanese name/Yamahime(ヤマヒメ) Chinese name/史氏鲉(사씨유) D/spine 13, soft ray 10. A/spine 3, soft ray 5. P1/14. P2/spine 1, soft ray 5, LLp/23~24. Gill rakers/14.
Distribution; Western Pacific/Jeju Island in Korea; Sendai Bay, Sagami Bay and Okinawa in Japan; Taiwan; Philippines; Borneo Indonesia; Timor Sea; reported from Durban in South Africa. General; Snyderina yamanokami is morphologically similar to Hypodytes rubripinnis. Body elongated, compressed, sparsely covered with thickened or granular scales. Head small, with many spines and ridges, the ridges smooth and covered with thin skin. Dorsal profile of head very steep from first dorsal spine to snout. Mouth very oblique, upper jaw slightly projecting and extending behind middle of eyes. Teeth in fine villiform bands on jaws and vomer, palatines toothless.
Eyes large and almost round. Interorbital space somewhat narrow and slightly convex. Two strong spines on preorbital part, anterior spine small, directed downward, posterior spine long, sharp and directed backward, extending posteriorly nearly to end of maxillary. Three pairs of small sensory pores on chin and one pair of small sensory pores on lower lip. Suborbital edge strong and smooth, extending backward. Preopercle with a long, sharp spine directed backward. Origin of dorsal fin starts above middle of eye, without notch between spine and soft part. First dorsal fin spine short; third spine longest. Soft dorsal fin extending beyond caudal fin base, sixth ray is longest dorsal soft fin. Pectoral fin large and fin tip reaching or extending past the origin of the anal fin. Pelvic fin not reaching base of anal. Origin of anal fin starts below last dorsal spine. Caudal fin round and elongate.
Color when fresh - Whole body pinkish with many red spots, four irregular dark-brown blotches on the side, first is largest and most distinct. Four broad dark brown stripes with indistinct edges are arranged radially around the eyes. One of them running from mandible upward through eye and extending to base of first to third dorsal spines. Numerous pinkish spots and several small black spots on all fins. Color in alcohol - Dorsal part of body dark brownish, ventral part pale white, four irregular dark brownish blotches on the side, first is largest and most distinct, black stripe running from upper jaw upward through eye and extending to base of first to third dorsal spines, all fins dark gray with black posterior margin, clouded dark-brownish spots on all fins. ※Main source/First record of Snyderina yamanokami(Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) from Korea(The Korean Society of Fisheries and Aquatic Science)
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