The present paper deals with the taxonomic reexamination and description of two species of Chirolophis collected in Chinese waters from the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. C. japonicus Herzenstein, 1890 was previously r...The present paper deals with the taxonomic reexamination and description of two species of Chirolophis collected in Chinese waters from the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. C. japonicus Herzenstein, 1890 was previously reported and known by its synonym Azuma emmnion Jordan and Snyder, 1902; C. saitone (Jordan et Snyder, 1902) represents the first record of this species in China from Bohai Sea. A key for their identification and a discussion on all the nominal species and their geographic distribution are provided.展开更多
基金Supported by the NSFC (No. 30370185), and the Key Laboratory of Animal Biology, Chongqing Education Committee.
文摘The present paper deals with the taxonomic reexamination and description of two species of Chirolophis collected in Chinese waters from the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea. C. japonicus Herzenstein, 1890 was previously reported and known by its synonym Azuma emmnion Jordan and Snyder, 1902; C. saitone (Jordan et Snyder, 1902) represents the first record of this species in China from Bohai Sea. A key for their identification and a discussion on all the nominal species and their geographic distribution are provided.
