REVIEW OF THE MONACANTHID FISH GENUS PARAMONACANTHUS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW SPECIES

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Abstract - The monacanthid fish genus Paramonacanthus consists of 11 species, three of which are described as new: P. arabicus sp. nov. from the Arabian Gulf, P. choirocephalus (Bleeker) from northwestern Australia, Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, P. frenatus (Peters) from East Africa, P. japonicus (Tilesius) from northern Australia, New Caledonia, Fiji, Indonesia, Bay of Bengal, Philippines, and Japan, P. lowei sp. nov. from eastern Australia, P. matsuurai sp. nov. from the Ogasawara Islands, P. nematophorus (Gunther) from the Red Sea, East Africa and the Seychelles archipelago, P. otisensis (Whitley) from eastern Australia, P. pusillus (Riippell) from northwestern Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, China, Thailand, Sri Lanka, the Red Sea/Gulf of Aden, and South Africa, P. sulcatus (Hollard) from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, China, and Taiwan, and P. triuspis (Hollard) from India, Maldives, Andaman Islands, and Thailand. Full descriptions are presented for the three new species, and diagnostic descriptions given for the remaining eight species. Comments on phylogeny are included as a guide to the relationships of Paramonacanthus.