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Descriptions and records of liparid fishes (Scorpaeniformes, Liparidae) from the Mariana Islands

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Three new bathyal species of Paraliparis (Liparidae) are described from Tinian and Anatahan Islands, and from Esmeralda Bank, in the Mariana Islands. All were collected in shrimp traps set at 903–1207 m. Although liparids have been found, described, and studied at hadal depths in the Mariana Trench, Paraliparis echongpachot sp. nov., Paraliparis kadadakaleguak sp. nov., and Paraliparis marianae sp. nov. are the first species of the family described from bathyal depths of the Mariana Islands. The existence of three species from collections at three locations in the same archipelago, and their distinctiveness from liparids known from other areas in the western Pacific to the north and south of the Mariana Archipelago, is in accordance with the high degree of endemism in species of Paraliparis. Biogeographic and liparid life-history factors that influence bathyal fish distributions in the Mariana Archipelago and enhance endemism in Paraliparis are discussed.

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We thank in particular Robert B. Moffitt (NMFS SWFSC Honolulu Laboratory, now the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center), who conducted or participated in the cruises during which the specimens were collected, preserved them, and curated the collection in which they were found. We also thank the many other scientists and the crews who participated in the cruises. Peter Konstantinidis and Brian Sidlauskas, Oregon State University Ichthyology Collection, provided curatorial assistance. We are grateful to the students of the Marine Mania school classes on Guam (George Washington High School, Agana Heights Elementary School, Tamuning Elementary School, Okkodo High School, and F.B. Leon Guerrero Middle School) for suggesting Chamorro names for our new species, and to Linda Tatreau for facilitating their contribution to this study. Alyssa Roces, then a student at Okkodo High School, suggested the name kadadakaleguak and Aydan Charfauros, then at Tamuning Elementary School suggested the name echongpachot. Johanna Wren (NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) expertly created the maps for Fig. 1. Bruce Mundy’s participation in the preparation of this paper was supported by the NOAA NMFS Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. The contents of this paper are not intended as statements of NOAA policies. This is Ocean Research Explorations publication 05.

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Stein, D.L., Mundy, B.C. Descriptions and records of liparid fishes (Scorpaeniformes, Liparidae) from the Mariana Islands. Ichthyol Res 69, 46–59 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-021-00814-5

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