taxonID	type	description	language	source
5A00491B6EC55625AAA2465E917C8CAD.taxon	description	Fig. 3	en	Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J. (2022): New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (3): 215-221, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340
5A00491B6EC55625AAA2465E917C8CAD.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Body highly elongated. Snout rounded, slightly projecting beyond tip of lower jaw. Anterior nostril tubular, located near tip of snout. Eyes well developed. Pectoral and pelvic fins absent; dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin. Body distinctly bicoloured, with grey-brown dorsal region and cream-white ventral section; in head region boundary between two-colour bands located at lower edge of pupil.	en	Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J. (2022): New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (3): 215-221, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340
3946FCBBC6F0502B8CC526FB9FD6C5C6.taxon	description	Fig. 5	en	Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J. (2022): New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (3): 215-221, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340
3946FCBBC6F0502B8CC526FB9FD6C5C6.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Dorsal part of head reddish-brown with cream reticulations. Rest of body with three longitudinal brown bands (one dorsal and one dorsolateral band on either side) separated by thin, undulating cream stripe. Dorsolateral brown bands interrupted by thin cream stripes in the posterior region, breaking up into spots towards the caudal peduncle. Lower surfaces including head, ventral part of flank, and belly, all cream-coloured.	en	Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J. (2022): New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (3): 215-221, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340
C354685434405B03A9B10AC438B90BC8.taxon	description	Fig. 4	en	Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J. (2022): New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (3): 215-221, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340
C354685434405B03A9B10AC438B90BC8.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Head not strongly depressed, eyes directed mainly laterally. No sharp spines at lower angle of preopercle. Opercle triangular, posterior edge angled and pointed only at upper edge. Snout blunt. Posterior angle of jaws ending behind vertical of eye posterior margin. Body and head uniformly dark brown.	en	Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J. (2022): New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (3): 215-221, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340
0E98F02F67D65CEFA98B7A53E8F5F3F9.taxon	description	Figs 1, 2	en	Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J. (2022): New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (3): 215-221, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340
0E98F02F67D65CEFA98B7A53E8F5F3F9.taxon	diagnosis	Diagnosis. Base coloration greyish with blue-green sheen on back; covered with large, round dark spots. Head, including predorsal area, covered with brown to dark orange, smaller round spots, usually lighter in colour and more reddish than blotches on body. Five to six large, dark brown or brown-purple to black midlateral blotches. Dark blotches above midline smaller than midlateral blotches.	en	Borg, Joseph A., Evans, Julian, Knittweis, Leyla, Schembri, Patrick J. (2022): New and interesting records of marine fishes (Actinopterygii) from the Maltese Islands (central Mediterranean). Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 52 (3): 215-221, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/aiep.52.89340
