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<mods:affiliationid="29C0696B05015D184659E21053A7AE34">Section of Ichthyology, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, USA;</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="563320709EBA1C33F8A7006DAE50A8F8">Research Center for Biodiversity, Academia Sinica No. 128, Sec. 2, Academia Road, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan;</mods:affiliation>
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<bibRefCitationid="EFA74B5AFFFF117BAA46E692FE75FB42"author="SHAO, K. - T. & T. IWAMOTO & H. - C. HO & T. - Y. CHEN & C. - Y. CHEN"box="[345,507,1171,1193]"pageId="37"pageNumber="68"refId="ref81544"refString="SHAO, K. - T., T. IWAMOTO, H. - C. HO, T. - Y. CHEN, AND C. - Y. CHEN. 2008. Species composition and distribution pattern of grenadiers (family Bathygadidae, Macrouridae and Macrouroididae) from Taiwan. Pages 17 - 29 in A. Orlov and T. Iwamoto, eds., Grenadiers of the World Oceans: Biology, Stock Assessment, and Fisheries. American Fisheries Society, Symposium 63, Bethesda, Maryland, USA. 484 pp."type="book"year="2008">Shao et al., 2008</bibRefCitation>
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.— 1D II, 11; P i16; GR-I 2+7 (inner); GR-II 1+7 (outer); scales below midbase 1D about 7, below 2D 6; lateral line scales over distance equal to predorsal length ca. 43. Snout sharply pointed, about twice orbit diameter, 45–52% HL; anterolateral margin of snout completely supported by bone; orbit 22–23% HL, internasal width 19%, interorbital 25%, orbit to preopercle 30%, postorbital 30%, upper jaw 22%; length 1D base 1.2 times into 1D-2D interspace; underside of head almost fully covered with tiny deciduous scales. Light organ group II of
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, fossa narrow and short, not extending to pelvic-fin bases. Scales strong and prickly, spinules on body scales in 3 slightly divergent, ridgelike rows, middle row larger. Ground color brownish, blackish over abdomen, opercles, jaws, and gular and branchiostegal membranes; mouth and gill cavity black; most fins dusky, but P and
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blackish, outer
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specimen is only the second known of the species (
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). The notably long and strong spinules on the scales, especially on the head ridges, in the
specimen, may reflect a juvenile condition. Until a larger size series is obtained, we are uncertain of its status within the genus. It is otherwise similar in most characters to
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