New Korean record of Setarches longimanus (PISCES: Scorpaenidae)

Abstract

Setarches longimanus (Alcock 1894), in the family Scorpaenidae, was collected from Busan and the coastal waters of Jeju Island,Korea,inJanuaryandNovember2014,respectively.TwospecimensarecharacterizedbyXI,10dorsalfinrays; 19–21pectoralfinrays; III, 5 anal fin rays; a second preopercular spine much shorter than the first and third; and an interorbital width 11.3 %–11.6 % of the standard length. We also analyzed 587 base pairs of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome c oxidase subunit I sequences in order to confirm the taxonomic status of the specimen. As a result, the sequences of our specimen almost corresponded to those of Chinese S. longimanus (genetic distance, d = 0.005), but considerably differed from those of S. guentheri (d = 0.120–0.124). We propose the new Korean names “Ma-su-gampeng- sok” for the genus Setarches, and “Bul-geun-ma-su-gam-peng” for the species S. longimanus.