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Article Category: Research Article
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Online Publication Date: 01 Dec 2006

Stlegicottus Xenogrammus Bolin, 1936 (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae), a Junior Synonym of Rastrinus Scutiger (Bean, 1890)

Page Range: 792 – 796
DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2006)6[792:SXBSCA]2.0.CO;2
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Abstract

Stlegicottus xenogrammus Bolin, 1936, was described from a single small, deteriorated specimen from the southern Bering Sea. No subsequent specimens have been identified. Comparison with the holotype of Rastrinus scutiger confirms that the two specimens represent the same species, and previously reported differences between the two are likely the result of the small size and deteriorated condition of the holotype of S. xenogrammus. Because Stlegicottus xenogrammus cannot be distinguished from Rastrinus scutiger by any reliable character, the two names are treated as synonyms, with R. scutiger having priority, and Stlegicottus becomes a junior synonym of Rastrinus.

Copyright: 2006 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
Figure 1
Figure 1

Distribution of Rastrinus scutiger based on material examined (holotype indicated by closed square), including type locality of Stlegicottus xenogrammus (open square).

Symbols may represent more than one specimen.

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Figure 2

Holotype of Stlegicottus xenogrammus, USNM 102108, 29.1 mm SL (after Bolin, 1936).

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Figure 3

Holotype of Stlegicottus xenogrammus, USNM 102108, 29.1 mm SL: (A) lateral view, (B) ventral view.

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Figure 4

Paratypes of Rastrinus scutiger, USNM 227362, 53–54 mm SL.

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NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE, ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER, RESOURCE ASSESSMENT AND CONSERVATION ENGINEERING DIVISION, 7600 SAND POINT WAY NE, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON 98115.

Received: 29 Sept 2005
Accepted: 31 May 2006
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