Although the calendar year may be nearly over we’ve still got some new species of fish being described and written about from the other side of the world. We’ve been graced by many new dottyback species, most of themPseudochromisbut the sailfin dottybacks of the genusManonichthys要使用其中一个菲在年底前同志。
Manonichthys scintillais a new species of sailfin dottyback described from specimens collected around Apo Reef in the northern reaches of the Philippines.M. scintillaseems to be the near-spittin’ image of the closely relatedManonichthys winterbottomiwhich is distinguished by the presence of more red coloration on the outer tip of the pelvic fins. BothManonichthys scintillaandPseudochromis fuligifinisare described in the December 2011 issue of Zootaxa.
