Revision of the Bahamian cavefishes of the genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), with description of a new species from islands on the Little Bahama Bank
Author
Møller, Peter R.
Author
Schwarzhans, Werner
Author
Iliffe, Thomas M.
Author
Nielsen, Jørgen G.
text
Zootaxa
2006
1223
23
46
journal article
10.5281/zenodo.172611
804af3eb-b4f0-439c-a233-5b4992dacb1c
11755326
172611
Key to Atlantic species of
Lucifuga
1
Caudal finrays 8; total vertebrae 45–48 (not known for
L. teresinarum
); eye diameter 0.0–0.3 % SL, Cuban
Lucifuga
spp
............................................................................... 2
Caudal finrays 10; total vertebrae 50–55; eye diameter 0.7–1.8 % SL; Bahamian
Lucif uga
spp
.. ........................................................................................................................ 5
2
Palatine teeth present..................................................................................................... 3
Palatine teeth absent ...................................................................................................... 4
3
Dorsal finrays 83–95, ratio otolith length to sulcus length <2.8
....................
L. dentata
Dorsal finrays 70–78, ratio otolith length to sulcus length> 3.5 ......................
L. simile
4
Dorsal finrays 80–86; pectoral finrays 12–14
..........................................
L. subterranea
Dorsal finrays 78–80; pectoral finrays 10–11.
.........................................
L. teresinarum
5
Lateral occipital area naked, palatine teeth present; long gillrakers usually dark .........
....................................................................................................................
L. spelaeotes
Lateral occipital area scaled, palatine teeth absent; long gillrakers pale .......................
.............................................................................................................
L. lucayana
n. sp.