Ocellus-bearing Neobythites species (Teleostei: Ophidiidae) from the West Atlantic with description of a new species
Author
Nielsen, Jørgen G.
Author
Uiblein, Franz
Author
Mincarone, Michael M.
text
Zootaxa
2009
2228
57
68
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.190249
ea32887f-1980-4e20-88d6-71435225ecb9
1175-5326
190249
A6B1CC49-163D-48AB-9018-4D7CA067C92C
Key to the species of ocellus-bearing West Atlantic
Neobythites
1a. Dorsal fin with one ocellus (central).........................................................................................................
monocellatus
1b. Dorsal fin with 2–4 ocelli ............................................................................................................................................. 2
2a. Number of rays in dorsal fin 88–97 and anal fin 73–81, vertebrae 52–56 ..............................................................
gilli
2b. Number of rays in dorsal fin 96–101 and anal fin 80–85, vertebrae 55–59 ................................................................. 3
3a. Dorsal fin with two distinct ocelli, the anterior near origin of fin ...................................................................
ocellatus
3b. Dorsal fin with 3–4 ocelli, the anterior above midpoint of fish.....................................................
multiocellatus
n. sp.