Sicyopterus rapa, new species of sicydiine goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae), from Rapa, French Polynesia
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ROSENSTIEL SCH MAR ATMOS SCI
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Sicyopterus rapa, apparently endemic to one of the two southernmost islands of French Polynesia in the south central Pacific Ocean, is distinguished from congeners by a low number of premaxillary teeth and an unsealed ventral surface of the body in largest adults. Its putative closest living relatives are in the Marquesas and Indonesia.
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Parenti, Lynne R. and Maciolek, J. A. 1996. "<a href="https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/10950">Sicyopterus rapa, new species of sicydiine goby (Teleostei: Gobiidae), from Rapa, French Polynesia</a>." <em>Bulletin of Marine Science</em>, 58, (3) 660–667.