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(New Taiwanese name:
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)
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Ho
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(in part; Da-xi).
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A species of
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Counts and measurements (in mm) of the
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).
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Preserved condition of
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, NMMB-P17751, holotype, 500 mm TL, Da-xi, Yi-lan, Taiwan. A, dorsal image; B, ventral image. Arrow indicates origin of dorsal fin.
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A, lateral view of head of
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAFFFF2956312D2FCEE2125" box="[543,787,1012,1036]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="146">Ophichthus semilunatus</emphasis>
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, NMMB-P17751, holotype, 500 mm TL, Da-xi, Yi-lan, Taiwan; B, arrangement of teeth on maxilla, palatal area; and C, mandible of
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAFFFF294D5153EFB602119" box="[937,1181,1048,1072]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="146">Ophichthus semilunatus</emphasis>
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</emphasis>
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Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-temporal (right) pores.
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Head relatively large, branchial basket moderately expanded; head
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TL; head and trunk
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TL; snout short, not acute, its length almost equal to eye diameter; no ventral groove on snout; lower jaw included in upper jaw, its tip slightly beyond anterior base of anterior-nostril tube; mouth large, rictus well behind a vertical from posterior margin of eye, with a short, additional fold below rictus; eye large,
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upper jaw and
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head; anterior nostril tubular, a simple tube with a shallow notch on rim anteriorly; posterior nostril a hole opening outside of mouth, above upper lip, the hole with an extremely tiny flap anteriorly; upper lip smooth, without protrusions, numerous small papillae on inner upper and lower lips; interorbital region smooth and mostly flat; gill opening constricted, located ventrolaterally (
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).
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<paragraph id="8BA9215CFFAFFFF297BB14E0FBAC2301" blockId="6.[151,1437,1190,2045]" pageId="6" pageNumber="146">Dorsal and anal fins relatively low, ending with a ridge equal to half of snout length; dorsal-fin origin behind pectoral-fin tip by 2.9 times pectoral-fin length, distance between level of gill opening to origin of dorsal fin 1.2 times in HL; caudal fin absent; pectoral fin short, its tip pointed, weakly filamentous.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA9215CFFAFFFF297BB1714FC4E23F5" blockId="6.[151,1437,1190,2045]" pageId="6" pageNumber="146">
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Head pores small but obvious; arrangement of sensory pores on head as follows (
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): one + three on supraorbital, no pore above the posterior rim of posterior nostril; three + three on infraorbital, one between anterior and posterior nostrils; six (seven right side) on mandible and two on preopercle; midtemporal and interorbital pores present. Lateral-line pores almost complete,
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branchial basket, 30 anterior to dorsal-fin origin, 65 anterior to anus, and
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total, canal and pores end about 0.9 HL before tail tip.
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Teeth relatively small, conical, pointed, weakly recurved posteriorly; teeth on maxilla triserial, arranged irregularly in posterior part (
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<figureCitation id="132D3DD9FFAFFFF296B9162CFDC0220D" box="[453,573,1802,1828]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1011,1036]" captionTargetBox="[274,1319,185,979]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[268,1319,181,985]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 4. A, lateral view of head of Ophichthus semilunatus sp. nov., NMMB-P17751, holotype, 500 mm TL, Da-xi, Yi-lan, Taiwan; B, arrangement of teeth on maxilla, palatal area; and C, mandible of Ophichthus semilunatus sp. nov. Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-temporal (right) pores." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3562767" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3562767/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="146">Fig. 4B, C</figureCitation>
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); mandibular teeth biserial, becoming irregularly triserial, inner teeth slightly larger than outer; vomerine teeth biserial anteriorly and uniserial posteriorly; intermaxillary teeth arranged in a circular pattern.
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</paragraph>
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Coloration in preservative (50% isopropanol) of head and body bicolored, brown dorsolaterally and white ventrally, the border from rictus through insertion of pectoral fin, falling gradually toward end of anal fin; a dark halfmoon-shaped blotch along anterior margin of anus (
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<figureCitation id="132D3DD9FFAFFFF295A81698FCD022F1" box="[724,813,1981,2008]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1444,1469]" captionTargetBox="[264,1323,181,1417]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[264,1323,181,1417]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Enclosed view of anus. A, Ophichthus semilunatus sp. nov., NMMB-P17751, holotype, 500 mm TL, Da-xi, Yi-lan, Taiwan; B, O. megalops (irregular pattern), KAUM–I. 125145, 330 mm TL, Dong-gang, Taiwan." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3562769" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3562769/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="146">Fig. 5A</figureCitation>
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); tube of anterior nostril brownish but slightly paler than body; tip of lower jaw dusky; sensory pores not marginated. Dorsal fin extremely pale brown with melanophores but not marginated; anal fin pale white, except for a distinct black area around anal fin and base of the fin, its length about half of HL; pectoral fin white with a pale brown margin.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="8BA9215CFFAEFFF397BB11C6FC862436" blockId="7.[151,1436,153,359]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397BB11C6FE9C25D2" bold="true" box="[199,353,224,251]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known only from the
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collected from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, off northeastern
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. Collecting depth unknown but estimated from deepwater.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C30C72D7FFAEFFF397BB100FFF262151" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BA9215CFFAEFFF397BB100FFEBB244E" blockId="7.[151,1436,153,359]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397BB100FFEB3246A" bold="true" box="[199,334,297,323]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Etymology.</emphasis>
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From the Latin,
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF39573100CFDB1246A" box="[527,588,298,323]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">semi-</emphasis>
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(half) and
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF395B7100FFCE0246A" box="[715,797,297,323]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">lunatus</emphasis>
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(moon), relative to the half-moon blotch on the anterior margin of anus.
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397EB10B2FEEF2486" bold="true" box="[151,274,404,431]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
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Information of the number of vertebrae, mandibular (M), preopercular pores (PO) and gill opening to
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BA9215CFFAEFFF397EB109FFBDB24FA" blockId="7.[151,1436,404,467]" box="[151,1062,441,467]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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dorsal-fin origin (GDO) for nine species of
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF395FC109FFCFC24FA" box="[640,769,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus</emphasis>
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with dark-tipped anal fin.
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<paragraph id="8BA9215CFFAEFFF397DF10C4FAA32136" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D10C4FD3624D2" box="[609,715,482,507]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">MVF</th>
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<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB10C4FA7724D2" box="[1175,1418,482,507]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Distribution</th>
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<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B97DF1334FE722761" box="[163,399,530,584]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF1335FEE12761" authority="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao, 2019" authorityName="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao" authorityYear="2019" box="[163,284,531,584]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="semilunatus" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF1335FEE12761" box="[163,284,531,584]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus semilunatus</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2514035FFAEFFF3965E1316FE8F2761" box="[290,370,560,584]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B95861334FCAE2761" box="[762,851,530,584]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">-</td>
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB1334FA772761" box="[1175,1418,530,584]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Taiwan</td>
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<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF137EFED427A7" authority="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao, 2019" authorityName="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao" authorityYear="2019" box="[163,297,600,654]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brevidorsalis" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF137EFED427A7" box="[163,297,600,654]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus brevidorsalis</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF396531350FE8227A7" bold="true" box="[303,383,630,654]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2514035FFAEFFF396531350FE8227A7" box="[303,383,630,654]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B96C6137EFDCF27A7" box="[442,562,600,654]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">43/61/164</td>
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D137EFD3627A7" box="[609,715,600,654]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">43-61-164</td>
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||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9586137EFCAE27A7" box="[762,851,600,654]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">-</td>
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||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B94AF137EFC0E27A7" box="[979,1011,600,654]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">2</td>
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||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9369137EFB8827A7" box="[1045,1141,600,654]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">ca. 2.2</td>
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB137EFA7727A7" box="[1175,1418,600,654]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">New Caledonia</td>
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||
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||
<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B97DF13BBFE7227FA" box="[163,399,669,723]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF13B8FED127FA" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="2010" box="[163,300,670,723]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aniptocheilos">
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||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF13B8FED127FA" box="[163,300,670,723]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus aniptocheilos</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
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||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B96C613BBFDCF27FA" box="[442,562,669,723]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">16/59/140</td>
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D13BBFD3627FA" box="[609,715,669,723]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">16-59-140</td>
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B958613BBFCAE27FA" box="[762,851,669,723]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">-</td>
|
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B940713BBFC4B27FA" box="[891,950,669,723]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">6</td>
|
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B94AF13BBFC0E27FA" box="[979,1011,669,723]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">2</td>
|
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<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B936913BBFB8827FA" box="[1045,1141,669,723]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">0</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB13BBFA7727FA" box="[1175,1418,669,723]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Tonga</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3526231EFFAE000B97DF13C5FA772630" box="[163,1418,739,793]" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B97DF13C5FE722630" box="[163,399,739,793]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF13C2FEAF2630" box="[163,338,740,793]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachinotopterus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF13C2FEAF2630" box="[163,338,740,793]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus brachinotopterus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B96C613C5FDCF2630" box="[442,562,739,793]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">No information</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D13C5FD362630" box="[609,715,739,793]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">25-60-172</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B958613C5FCAE2630" box="[762,851,739,793]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">167–178</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B940713C5FC4B2630" box="[891,950,739,793]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">6</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B94AF13C5FC0E2630" box="[979,1011,739,793]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">2</td>
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||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B936913C5FB882630" box="[1045,1141,739,793]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">ca. 1</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB13C5FA772630" box="[1175,1418,739,793]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Madagascar, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3526231EFFAE000B97DF120EFA772668" box="[163,1418,808,833]" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B97DF120EFE722668" box="[163,399,808,833]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF120FFE932668" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[163,366,809,833]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF120FFE932668" box="[163,366,809,833]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B96C6120EFDCF2668" box="[442,562,808,833]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">20/61/176</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D120EFD362668" box="[609,715,808,833]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">20-60-177</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9586120EFCAE2668" box="[762,851,808,833]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">173–177</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9407120EFC4B2668" box="[891,950,808,833]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">6 or 7</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B94AF120EFC0E2668" box="[979,1011,808,833]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">2</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9369120EFB882668" box="[1045,1141,808,833]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147"><1</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB120EFA772668" box="[1175,1418,808,833]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">New Caledonia</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3526231EFFAE000B97DF127EFA772658" box="[163,1418,856,881]" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B97DF127EFE722658" box="[163,399,856,881]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF127FFE8D2658" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1979" box="[163,368,857,881]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kunaloa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF127FFE8D2658" box="[163,368,857,881]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus kunaloa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B96C6127EFDCF2658" box="[442,562,856,881]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">15/66/185</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D127EFD362658" box="[609,715,856,881]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">15-66-182</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9586127EFCAE2658" box="[762,851,856,881]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">180–185</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9407127EFC4B2658" box="[891,950,856,881]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">5</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B94AF127EFC0E2658" box="[979,1011,856,881]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">2</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9369127EFB882658" box="[1045,1141,856,881]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147"><1</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB127EFA772658" box="[1175,1418,856,881]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Hawaii Island</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3526231EFFAE000B97DF12AEFA772688" box="[163,1418,904,929]" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B97DF12AEFE722688" box="[163,399,904,929]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF12AFFE822688" authorityName="Asano" authorityYear="1987" box="[163,383,905,929]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF12AFFE822688" box="[163,383,905,929]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus megalops</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B96C612AEFDCF2688" box="[442,562,904,929]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">29/60/160</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D12AEFD362688" box="[609,715,904,929]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">31-61-164</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B958612AEFCAE2688" box="[762,851,904,929]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">157–168</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B940712AEFC4B2688" box="[891,950,904,929]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">6</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B94AF12AEFC0E2688" box="[979,1011,904,929]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">3</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B936912AEFB882688" box="[1045,1141,904,929]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">1.2–1.5</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB12AEFA772688" box="[1175,1418,904,929]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Japan and Taiwan</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3526231EFFAE000B97DF129EFA7726F8" box="[163,1418,952,977]" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B97DF129EFE7226F8" box="[163,399,952,977]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF129FFE7226F8" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[163,399,953,977]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mystacinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF129FFE7226F8" box="[163,399,953,977]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus mystacinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B96C6129EFDCF26F8" box="[442,562,952,977]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">35/62/174</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D129EFD3626F8" box="[609,715,952,977]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">34-61-170</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9586129EFCAE26F8" box="[762,851,952,977]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">162–177</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9407129EFC4B26F8" box="[891,950,952,977]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">6</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B94AF129EFC0E26F8" box="[979,1011,952,977]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">2</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B9369129EFB8826F8" box="[1045,1141,952,977]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">ca. 1.2</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB129EFA7726F8" box="[1175,1418,952,977]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">New Caledonia</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="3526231EFFAE000B97DF12CEFA772136" box="[163,1418,1000,1055]" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<th id="76F74A62FFAE000B97DF12CEFE722136" box="[163,399,1000,1055]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397DF12CFFEA22128" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="2010" box="[163,351,1001,1025]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomioi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397DF12CFFEA22128" box="[163,351,1001,1025]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus tomioi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</th>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B96C612CEFDCF2136" box="[442,562,1000,1055]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">16/62/169</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B951D12CEFD362136" box="[609,715,1000,1055]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">16-62-169</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B958612CEFCAE2136" box="[762,851,1000,1055]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">166–189</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B940712CEFC4B2136" box="[891,950,1000,1055]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">6 or 7</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B94AF12CEFC0E2136" box="[979,1011,1000,1055]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">2</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B936912CEFB882136" box="[1045,1141,1000,1055]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147"><1</td>
|
||
<td id="76F74A62FFAE000B93EB12CEFA772136" box="[1175,1418,1000,1055]" gridcol="7" gridrow="9" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Philippines, Marquesas, Fiji, Seychelles</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA9215CFFAEFFF397EB151CFF262151" blockId="7.[151,1437,1082,1144]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
The table is based on Karreir (1983),
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF39547151DFD2B217C" author="Asano, H." box="[571,726,1083,1109]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="135 - 137" refId="ref7057" refString="Asano, H. (1987) A new ophichthid eel, Ophichthus megalops, from the Kumano-nada, Japan. Japanese Journal of Ichthyology, 34, 135 - 137. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 02912407" type="journal article" year="1987">Asano (1987)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF3959F151CFC5E217C" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[739,931,1082,1109]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref7702" refString="McCosker, J. E. (1999) Pisces Anguilliformes: Deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific Ocean. In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Vol. 20. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 180, 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker (1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF394D2151DFC17217C" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[942,1002,1083,1109]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref7761" refString="McCosker, J. E. (2010) Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa, 2505 (1), 1 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2505.1.1" type="journal article" year="2010">2010</bibRefCitation>
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),
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF39481151CFB1F217C" author="Tashiro, F. & Hibino, Y. & Miyamoto, K." box="[1021,1250,1082,1109]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="213 - 217" refId="ref7924" refString="Tashiro, F., Hibino, Y. & Miyamoto, K. (2017) First records of the rare snake eel Ophichthus exourus (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Northern hemisphere. Species Diversity, 22 (2), 213 - 217. https: // doi. org / 10.12782 / specdiv. 22.213" type="journal article" year="2017">
|
||
Tashiro
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF39324151DFB6D217D" box="[1112,1168,1082,1108]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">et al.</emphasis>
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||
(2017)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
and present materials
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C30C72D7FFAEFFF397BB15EDFEF32260" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BA9215CFFAEFFF397BB15EDFEF32260" blockId="7.[151,1437,1226,1865]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397BB15EDFEC621CC" bold="true" box="[199,315,1227,1253]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
The new species has the characteristic coloration of a black tip on the anal fin. The character is shared only in seven known congeners.
|
||
<tableCitation id="C69414E7FFAEFFF3957015C8FD9D2020" box="[524,608,1262,1289]" captionStart="TABLE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,244,152,179]" captionTargetBox="[163,1412,231,1832]" captionText="TABLE 1. Measurements (%) and counts of Ophichthus megalops, O. semilunatus sp. nov. and O. brevidorsalis sp. nov." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF6971D4FFABFFF697EB11BEFF0C25FE" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" tableUuid="DF6971D4FFABFFF697EB11BEFF0C25FE">Table 1</tableCitation>
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||
shows the selected characters separating the black anal-fin tip species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397EB1434FEE52005" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1789" box="[151,280,1298,1324]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397EB1434FEE52005" box="[151,280,1298,1324]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Ophichthus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The shape of the snout is similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF395C41435FC082004" authority="McCosker, 1979" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1979" box="[696,1013,1298,1325]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kunaloa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF395C41435FCC92005" box="[696,820,1298,1325]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. kunaloa</emphasis>
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||
McCosker, 1979
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF393501435FAAA2004" authority="McCosker, 2010" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="2010" box="[1068,1367,1298,1325]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomioi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF393501435FB6A2005" box="[1068,1175,1299,1325]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. tomioi</emphasis>
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF393E21434FAAA2004" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[1182,1367,1298,1325]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref7761" refString="McCosker, J. E. (2010) Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa, 2505 (1), 1 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2505.1.1" type="journal article" year="2010">McCosker, 2010</bibRefCitation>
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</taxonomicName>
|
||
but is easily discerned from the species by the position of dorsal-fin origin (well behind pectoral-fin tip in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF393881411FA612079" authority="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao, 2019" authorityName="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao" authorityYear="2019" box="[1268,1436,1334,1361]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="semilunatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF393881411FA612079" box="[1268,1436,1334,1361]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. semilunatus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397EB147DFF0D205C" bold="true" box="[151,240,1371,1397]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2514035FFAEFFF397EB147DFF0D205C" box="[151,240,1371,1397]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
vs. not behind in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF396C9147DFDCD205D" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1979" box="[437,560,1370,1397]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kunaloa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF396C9147DFDCD205D" box="[437,560,1370,1397]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. kunaloa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF39519147DFD32205D" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="2010" box="[613,719,1371,1397]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomioi">
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF39519147DFD32205D" box="[613,719,1371,1397]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. tomioi</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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). The position of the dorsal-fin origin of the new species is characteristic, having more predorsal vertebrae than other black anal-fin species except
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF393471459FB3520B1" authorityName="Asano" authorityYear="1987" box="[1083,1224,1406,1433]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
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||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF393471459FB3520B1" box="[1083,1224,1406,1433]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. megalops</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
|
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and
|
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<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF393821459FA6120B1" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[1278,1436,1407,1433]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mystacinus">
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<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF393821459FA6120B1" box="[1278,1436,1407,1433]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. mystacinus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
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<quantity id="4CEE8CB9FFAEFFF397E31485FF252095" box="[159,216,1442,1469]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.366" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" unit="in" value="29.0">29 in</quantity>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF397A21485FE782095" authority="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao, 2019" authorityName="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao" authorityYear="2019" box="[222,389,1442,1469]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="semilunatus" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF397A21485FE782095" box="[222,389,1442,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. semilunatus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF396F71485FE192094" bold="true" box="[395,484,1443,1469]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2514035FFAEFFF396F71485FE192094" box="[395,484,1443,1469]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
vs.
|
||
<quantity id="4CEE8CB9FFAEFFF395731484FD8C2095" box="[527,625,1442,1469]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.334" metricValueMax="6.858" metricValueMin="3.81" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" unit="in" value="21.0" valueMax="27.0" valueMin="15.0">15–27 in</quantity>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF3950B1485FC0C2094" authority="McCosker, 2010" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="2010" box="[631,1009,1442,1469]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aniptocheilos">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF3950B1485FCD22095" box="[631,815,1442,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. aniptocheilos</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF394491484FC0C2094" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[821,1009,1442,1469]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref7761" refString="McCosker, J. E. (2010) Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa, 2505 (1), 1 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2505.1.1" type="journal article" year="2010">McCosker, 2010</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF394871485FA8A2094" authority="Karrer, 1982" authorityName="Karrer" authorityYear="1982" box="[1019,1399,1442,1469]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachynotopterus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF394871485FB1F2095" box="[1019,1250,1442,1469]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. brachynotopterus</emphasis>
|
||
Karrer, 1982
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF392FD1485FE4E20C8" authority="McCosker, 1999" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF392FD1485FF0D20C9" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. exourus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF3978B14E0FE4E20C8" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[247,435,1478,1505]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref7702" refString="McCosker, J. E. (1999) Pisces Anguilliformes: Deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific Ocean. In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Vol. 20. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 180, 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker, 1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF396C214E1FDC720C9" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1979" box="[446,570,1478,1505]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kunaloa">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF396C214E1FDC720C9" box="[446,570,1478,1505]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. kunaloa</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF3950B14E1FD1C20C9" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="2010" box="[631,737,1479,1505]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tomioi">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF3950B14E1FD1C20C9" box="[631,737,1479,1505]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. tomioi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) (
|
||
<tableCitation id="C69414E7FFAEFFF3958414E0FCB320C8" box="[760,846,1478,1505]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="7.[151,244,404,431]" captionTargetBox="[163,1418,482,1055]" captionText="TABLE 2. Information of the number of vertebrae, mandibular (M), preopercular pores (PO) and gill opening to dorsal-fin origin (GDO) for nine species of Ophichthus with dark-tipped anal fin." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF6971D4FFAEFFF397EB10B2FBDB24FA" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" tableUuid="DF6971D4FFAEFFF397EB10B2FBDB24FA">Table 2</tableCitation>
|
||
), from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF394DC14E1FBC320C9" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[928,1086,1479,1505]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mystacinus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF394DC14E1FBC320C9" box="[928,1086,1479,1505]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. mystacinus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, having a shorter snout (19.0% HL vs. 22.7–28.0%), larger eyes (17.7% HL vs. 11.0–14.1%), one + three supraorbital pores (vs. one + four), and a shorter pectoral-fin (30.8% HL vs. 39.2–45.8%) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF3959C1728FC672300" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[736,922,1550,1577]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref7702" refString="McCosker, J. E. (1999) Pisces Anguilliformes: Deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, Southwest Pacific Ocean. In: Crosnier, A. (Ed.) Resultats des Campagnes MUSORSTOM Vol. 20. Memoires du Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 180, 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker 1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF394D41729FC192300" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[936,996,1551,1577]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref7761" refString="McCosker, J. E. (2010) Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa, 2505 (1), 1 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2505.1.1" type="journal article" year="2010">2010</bibRefCitation>
|
||
;
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EF875CADFFAEFFF3948C1728FB312300" author="Tashiro, F. & Hibino, Y. & Miyamoto, K." box="[1008,1228,1550,1577]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" pagination="213 - 217" refId="ref7924" refString="Tashiro, F., Hibino, Y. & Miyamoto, K. (2017) First records of the rare snake eel Ophichthus exourus (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Northern hemisphere. Species Diversity, 22 (2), 213 - 217. https: // doi. org / 10.12782 / specdiv. 22.213" type="journal article" year="2017">
|
||
Tashiro
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF393301729FB7B2301" box="[1100,1158,1550,1576]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">et al.</emphasis>
|
||
2017
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
). The new species closely resembles
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF3961F1715FE122365" authorityName="Asano" authorityYear="1987" box="[355,495,1586,1613]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF3961F1715FE122365" box="[355,495,1586,1613]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. megalops</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the position of the dorsal-fin origin, counts of predorsal and preanal vertebrae, the shape of the posterior nostril, the shape of the pectoral fin and coloration of the anal fin with a black tip, resulting in the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54AD9FFEFFAEFFF397A0175CFEC323BD" box="[220,318,1658,1684]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF3961E175DFDF423BD" authority="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao, 2019" authorityName="Hibino & Chiu & Chen & Shao" authorityYear="2019" box="[354,521,1658,1685]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="semilunatus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF3961E175DFDF423BD" box="[354,521,1658,1685]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. semilunatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF39573175DFD9523BC" bold="true" box="[527,616,1659,1685]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A2514035FFAEFFF39573175DFD9523BC" box="[527,616,1659,1685]" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
having been misidentified as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF394C8175DFBBD23BD" authorityName="Asano" authorityYear="1987" box="[948,1088,1658,1685]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF394C8175DFBBD23BD" box="[948,1088,1658,1685]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. megalops</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. However, the new species can be distinguished from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C165ADFFFAEFFF396EC17B9FDE12391" authorityName="Asano" authorityYear="1987" box="[400,540,1694,1721]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="147" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
|
||
<emphasis id="B962FD4EFFAEFFF396EC17B9FDE12391" box="[400,540,1694,1721]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">O. megalops</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
by having more total vertebrae (176 vs. 157–168), three rows on the maxilla (vs. two rows, rarely one more row restricted to the posterior end), one + three supraorbital pores (vs. one + four), two preopercular pores (vs. three), the brownish tube of the anterior nostril (vs. mostly pale white), and the presence of a half-moon blotch on the anterior margin of the anus [vs. generally absent, or rarely, faded melanophores are present (
|
||
<figureCitation id="132D3DD9FFAEFFF397DC1608FF042260" box="[160,249,1838,1865]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1444,1469]" captionTargetBox="[264,1323,181,1417]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[264,1323,181,1417]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Enclosed view of anus. A, Ophichthus semilunatus sp. nov., NMMB-P17751, holotype, 500 mm TL, Da-xi, Yi-lan, Taiwan; B, O. megalops (irregular pattern), KAUM–I. 125145, 330 mm TL, Dong-gang, Taiwan." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3562769" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3562769/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="147">Fig. 5B</figureCitation>
|
||
)].
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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