title: Description of a new species of the cardinalfish genus Pseudamiops (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Red Sea.
abstract: A new species of pseudamine cardinalfish, Pseudamiops springeri, is described from five specimens collected in the Red Sea. It may be distinguished from the four known species of Pseudamiops in having 13 pectoralfin rays, pseudobranch with 2-4 filaments, no canine teeth on the vomer, anterior nostril with a conspicuous skin flap and genital opening flanked by two slender papillae. Pseudamiops springeri is closest to its Western Indian Ocean congener P. pellucidus Smith.
authors.affiliation: South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Private Bag 1015, Grahamstown 6140, South Africa. o.gon@saiab.ac.za
authors.forename: Ofer
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Gon
authors.forename: Sergey V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Bogorodsky
authors.forename: Ahnad O
authors.initials: AO
authors.lastname: Mal
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004534:Egypt; D019156:Indian Ocean; D010473:Perciformes / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000145:classification*; D012529:Saudi Arabia; D013045:Species Specificity