Serranuspulcheris a new species of basslet from the east Atlantic Ocean off the coast of West Africa. It’s been a good long while since we’ve had a new species ofSerranus描述，所以新的S. pulcher加入了许多新礁鱼类今年得到正式描述的撕裂。
The new mostly reddish basslet is found primarily around the islands of Sao Tome and Principe, the same little explored region that brought usliopropoma emanueliback in 2012 and more recently, where anundescribed species ofChromiswas documented. On the coral front the, even further back in time we saw Sao Tome export a small handful of Atlantic corals like the truly bizarreSchizoculina fissipara, so it’s safe to say there’s no lack of exotic marine life in this area.
新铸造的Serranuspulcher外观最相似Serranus异鲁斯,一个小小的basslet of reddish bars across the body. However it also looks quite a lot likeanotherreddishSerranus来自加纳的巴斯莱特（Basslet）几年前在水族馆的嗜好中有温和的流通。
新的Serranus物种在大约3英尺至30英尺深度的坚硬底部岩石栖息地上发现。整个大西洋和东太平洋有许多塞拉努斯种类S. pulcheris among the smallest in the East Atlantic growing to a maximum size of just 70mm or under three inches.
Normally the new Serranus pulcher is generally reddish, especially around the belly and ventral area, with a white throat, dark upper anterior part of the body and some white patches below the soft dorsal fin. There is a rare color form of the new species which displays two loose whitish stripes the length of the body, giving this species the appearance of having three roughly outlined red bands.
The latest member of the seabass family, Serranus pulcher is described by Peter Wirtz & Tomio Iwamoto in Volume 63 of theProceedings of the California Academy of Sciences.
