title: Tosanoides obama, a new basslet (Perciformes, Percoidei, Serranidae) from deep coral reefs in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.
abstract: The new speciesTosanoides obamais described from two specimens collected at a depth of 90-92 m off Kure Atoll and Pearl and Hermes Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. It differs from the other two species of this genus in life color and in certain morphological characters, such as number of pored lateral-line scales, pectoral-fin rays, snout length, anterior three dorsal-fin spine lengths, dorsal-fin profile, and other characters. There are also substantial genetic differences from the other two species ofTosanoides(d ≈ 0.10 in mtDNA cytochrome oxidase I). The species is presently known only from the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands within the Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument.
authors.affiliation: Bernice P. Bishop Museum, 1525 Bernice Street, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96817, USA.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Pyle
authors.affiliation: Association for Marine Exploration, 4075A Koko Dr., Honolulu, Hawai'i 96816.
authors.forename: Brian D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.affiliation: NOAA Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, 1845 Wasp Blvd, Building 176, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96818, USA.
authors.forename: Randall K
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Kosaki
keywords: Closed-Circuit Rebreather; Endemic; Mesophotic Coral Ecosystem; Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument; President Obama