Magadanichthys, a Replacement Name for the Zoarcid Fish Genus Magadania (Actinopterygii: Perciformes), with Notes on New Specimens from Russia

Abstract

The genus Magadanichthys is established as a replacement name for the zoarcid fish genus Magadania Shinohara, Nazarkin and Chereshnev, 2004, which is preoccupied by an extinct brachiopod genus, Magadania Ganelin, 1977, and an extant lepidopteran genus, Magadania Kirpichnikova and Yamanaka, 2001. Magadanichthys contains only Magadanichthys skopetsi (Shinohara, Nazarkin and Chereshnev, 2004). Two new specimens caught in the sublittoral of the Shantar Islands and Sakhalin represent the southern-most records of the species. A description of the new specimens and new biological data are provided.