Abstract
A new scaleless dragonfish, Photonectes (Photonectes) banshee sp. nov., (Stomiiformes: Stomiidae: Melanostomiinae) is described from three specimens collected from off southwestern Taiwan. The new species can be distinguished from its congeners in the subgenus in having unique counts of photophores: IP, ventral series anterior to pectoral-fin base (6 vs. 7-13), VAV, ventral series from just behind ventral-fin base to just behind anal-fin origin (10 vs. 11-16) and VAL, lateral series from just behind ventral-fin base to just behind anal-fin origin (9 vs. 11-15) and the following combination of characters: relatively more dorsal- and anal-fin rays, lacking white luminous tissue on dorsoposterior opercle, and the presence of blue luminous tissue on mid-ventral.
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