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Smith &amp;
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(
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locality: near
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in the
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF496279DCDFBC128025D02" bold="true" box="[151,274,1112,1138]" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
The following combination of characters distinguishes
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from other ateleopodid genera: small mouth, posterior end of gape vertical to near anterior nostril (
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); sphenotic has vertically oblong crescent-shaped protrusion from behind eye to posteroinferior region of orbit (
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); pelvic fin stiff, relatively short, the tip extending to point anywhere between base and anterior half of pectoral fin (
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF496279FF8FB712BEB5C72" box="[674,763,1256,1282]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1197,1221]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetId="figure-127@5.[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pelvic fin of Ateleopodiformes. A. Guentherus katoi, KPM-NI 016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL; B. Parateleopus indicus, one of ZSI F456/1, F457/1, F460/1, 322.5 mm SL; C. Ijimaia antillarum, USNM392171, 685 mm SL; D. Ateleopus japonicus, BMNH 1984.1.1.52, 430 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876483/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
); wide pelvic bone (
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).
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF496279D9DFA95287D5C56" bold="true" box="[199,365,1292,1318]" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Comparisons.</emphasis>
Characters distinguishing ateleopodid genera are summarized in
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.
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF496279DCDFACF281C5C1E" bold="true" box="[151,268,1366,1390]" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
Comparisons of “
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” and four genera of the family
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<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF496279E36FAE72AF25CE6" authorityName="Osorio" authorityYear="1917" box="[876,994,1406,1430]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Guentherus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="177" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF496279E36FAE72AF25CE6" box="[876,994,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Guentherus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="626FED21FFF469D99971FAE72DBE5CE6" box="[1067,1198,1406,1430]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF496279971FAE62D645CE6" authorityName="Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[1067,1140,1407,1430]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="177" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF496279971FAE62D645CE6" box="[1067,1140,1407,1430]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
<th id="626FED21FFF469D99996FAE72C9E5CE6" box="[1228,1422,1406,1430]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF496279996FAE72C435CE6" authority="This" authorityName="Smith &amp; Radcliffe" authorityYear="1912" box="[1228,1363,1406,1430]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="177" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF496279996FAE72C435CE6" box="[1228,1363,1406,1430]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Parateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</th>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF469D99DFEFA3F2C9E5C92" box="[164,1422,1446,1506]" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99CC1FA3F2B795C92" box="[411,617,1446,1506]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">This study</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99FC2FA3F2A565C92" box="[664,838,1446,1506]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">This study</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99E36FA3F2D1D5C92" box="[876,1037,1446,1506]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">This study</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99971FA3F2DBE5C92" box="[1067,1198,1446,1506]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">This study</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99996FA3F2C9E5C92" box="[1228,1422,1446,1506]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
Smith &amp; Radcliffe in
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF4962799BCFA532C9E5C92" author="Radcliffe, L." box="[1254,1422,1482,1506]" pageId="1" pageNumber="177" pagination="105 - 140" refId="ref8899" refString="Radcliffe, L. (1912) Description of a new family, two new genera, and twenty-nine new species of anacanthine fishes from the Philippine Island and contiguous waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 43 (1924), 105 - 140, pls. 22 - 31. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.43 - 1924.105" type="journal article" year="1912">Radcliffe (1912)</bibRefCitation>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF469D99DFEFA6B2C9E5F7A" box="[164,1422,1522,1546]" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<th id="626FED21FFF469D99DFEFA6B28625F7A" box="[164,370,1522,1546]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Mouth</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99CC1FA6B2B795F7A" box="[411,617,1522,1546]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">small</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99FC2FA6B2A565F7A" box="[664,838,1522,1546]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">large</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99E36FA6B2D1D5F7A" box="[876,1037,1522,1546]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">large</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99971FA6B2DBE5F7A" box="[1067,1198,1522,1546]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">large</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99996FA6B2C9E5F7A" box="[1228,1422,1522,1546]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">small</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF469D99DFEF9822C9E5F27" box="[164,1422,1563,1623]" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<th id="626FED21FFF469D99DFEF98228625F27" box="[164,370,1563,1623]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Gill membranes and isthmus</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99CC1F9822B795F27" box="[411,617,1563,1623]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">united</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99FC2F9822A565F27" box="[664,838,1563,1623]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">separated</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99E36F9822D1D5F27" box="[876,1037,1563,1623]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">united</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99971F9822DBE5F27" box="[1067,1198,1563,1623]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">separated</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99996F9822C9E5F27" box="[1228,1422,1563,1623]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">unknown</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF469D99DFEF9FE2C9E5FD3" box="[164,1422,1639,1699]" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<th id="626FED21FFF469D99DFEF9FE28625FD3" box="[164,370,1639,1699]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Protrusion of sphenotic</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99CC1F9FE2B795FD3" box="[411,617,1639,1699]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">crescent shape</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99FC2F9FE2A565FD3" box="[664,838,1639,1699]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">spine</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99E36F9FE2D1D5FD3" box="[876,1037,1639,1699]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">spine</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99971F9FE2DBE5FD3" box="[1067,1198,1639,1699]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">spine</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99996F9FE2C9E5FD3" box="[1228,1422,1639,1699]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">no sharp, knoblike structure</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF469D99DFEF92A2C9E5FBC" box="[164,1422,1715,1740]" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<th id="626FED21FFF469D99DFEF92A28625FBC" box="[164,370,1715,1740]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Dorsal-fin rays</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99CC1F92A2B795FBC" box="[411,617,1715,1740]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">810</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99FC2F92A2A565FBC" box="[664,838,1715,1740]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">812</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99E36F92A2D1D5FBC" box="[876,1037,1715,1740]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">1013</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99971F92A2DBE5FBC" box="[1067,1198,1715,1740]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">910</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99996F92A2C9E5FBC" box="[1228,1422,1715,1740]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF469D99DFEF9422C9E5E68" box="[164,1422,1755,1816]" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<th id="626FED21FFF469D99DFEF94228625E68" box="[164,370,1755,1816]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Pelvic fin</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99CC1F9422B795E68" box="[411,617,1755,1816]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">one stiff ray + rudimental rays</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99FC2F9422A565E68" box="[664,838,1755,1816]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">one soft ray + rudimental rays</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99E36F9422D1D5E68" box="[876,1037,1755,1816]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">three free rays followed by</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99971F9422DBE5E68" box="[1067,1198,1755,1816]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">one stiff ray + rudimental</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99996F9422C9E5E68" box="[1228,1422,1755,1816]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">one ray + rudimental rays</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF469D99DFEF8BA2C9E5E4C" box="[164,1422,1827,1852]" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="177" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-5="1">
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99E36F8BA2D1D5E4C" box="[876,1037,1827,1852]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">normal ray</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99971F8BA2DBE5E4C" box="[1067,1198,1827,1852]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">rays</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF469D99DFEF8D52C9E5EDC" box="[164,1422,1868,1964]" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">
<th id="626FED21FFF469D99DFEF8D528625EDC" box="[164,370,1868,1964]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">Vertebrae (abdominal+caudal)</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99CC1F8D52B795EDC" box="[411,617,1868,1964]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">2325+7881=101 105</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99FC2F8D52A565EDC" box="[664,838,1868,1964]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">2629+81107 = 109136</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99E36F8D52D1D5EDC" box="[876,1037,1868,1964]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">2429+5062 = 7691</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99971F8D52DBE5EDC" box="[1067,1198,1868,1964]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">2833+96 116 = 125149</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF469D99996F8D52C9E5EDC" box="[1228,1422,1868,1964]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="177">unknown</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="CBF1D697FFF796249DCDF81E2B035EB2" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876477" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5876477" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876477/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="178" startId="2.[151,250,1927,1951]" targetBox="[276,1342,228,1841]" targetPageId="2">
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF796249DCDF81E2B035EB2" blockId="2.[151,1436,1927,1987]" pageId="2" pageNumber="178">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF796249DCDF81E28025EEF" bold="true" box="[151,274,1927,1951]" pageId="2" pageNumber="178">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
Head of ateleopodids. A.
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF796249F4FF81E2BFB5EEF" box="[533,747,1927,1951]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="178">Parateleopus indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(Holotype of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF796249E2DF81E2D395EEF" box="[887,1065,1927,1951]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="178">Ateleopus indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), ZSI 13069, 260 mm SL; B.
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF796249809F81E29C65EB3" authorityName=": MNHN" authorityYear="1987" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="178" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="loppei">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF796249809F81E29C65EB3" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="178">Ijimaia loppei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, NSMT-P101176, 584 mm SL.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="CBF1D697FFF696259DCDF8012C995EA3" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876479" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5876479" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876479/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="179" startId="3.[151,250,1944,1968]" targetBox="[367,1221,182,1920]" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF696259DCDF8012C995EA3" blockId="3.[151,1436,1944,2004]" pageId="3" pageNumber="179">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF696259DCDF80128045EC0" bold="true" box="[151,276,1944,1968]" pageId="3" pageNumber="179">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Ventral aspect of branchiostegal membranes and isthmus. A.
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF696259ED3F8012D715EC0" authorityName=", Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[905,1121,1944,1968]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="179" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF696259ED3F8012D715EC0" box="[905,1121,1944,1968]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="179">Parateleopus indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, one of ZSI 456, ZSI 457, ZSI 460, 291 mm SL; B.
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF696259C36F8242B195EA4" box="[364,521,1980,2004]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="179" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dofleini">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF696259C36F8242B195EA4" box="[364,521,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="179">Ijimaia dofleini</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
OMNH-P 46032, 354 mm SL; C.
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF696259E32F8252DD35EA4" authority=", MNHN 1988" authorityName="MNHN" authorityYear="1988" box="[872,1219,1980,2004]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Guentherus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="179" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="altivela">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF696259E32F8252D205EA4" box="[872,1072,1980,2004]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="179">Guentherus altivela</emphasis>
, MNHN 1988
</taxonomicName>
-0392, 184 mm SL.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF196229D9DFF0E2BF458DD" blockId="4.[151,1437,151,753]" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">
Mouth small, the posterior end of gape extending to a little ahead of anterior nostril and one eye diameter anterior from anterior margin of eye in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229CB0FF222B4559A5" authorityName=", Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[490,597,187,213]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229CB0FF222B4559A5" box="[490,597,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF196229F39FF222BAB59A5" box="[611,699,187,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1927,1951]" captionTargetBox="[276,1342,228,1841]" captionTargetId="figure-19@2.[246,1342,181,1903]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Head of ateleopodids.A. Parateleopus indicus (Holotype of Ateleopus indicus), ZSI 13069, 260 mm SL; B. Ijimaia loppei, NSMT-P101176, 584 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876477" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876477/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 1A</figureCitation>
), and “maxillary not reaching vertical to anterior margin of eye” in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229DCDFF462B515989" authority="(Radcliffe 1912: 140)" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityPageNumber="140" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[151,577,223,249]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229DCDFF4629B85988" box="[151,168,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229DECFF4628545988" box="[182,324,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">microstomus</emphasis>
(
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)
</taxonomicName>
. In the remaining genera of the family (
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229EA4FF462D7C5989" authorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" authorityYear="1846" box="[1022,1132,223,249]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229EA4FF462D7C5989" box="[1022,1132,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229921FF462DDC5988" authorityName="Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[1147,1228,223,248]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229921FF462DDC5988" box="[1147,1228,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229853FF462C9C5989" authorityName="Osorio" authorityYear="1917" box="[1289,1420,223,249]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Guentherus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229853FF462C9C5989" box="[1289,1420,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Guentherus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), the mouth is large, the posterior end of gape extending to a vertical through anterior margin of eye (
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF1962299B2FE9A2C2E586D" box="[1256,1342,259,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1927,1951]" captionTargetBox="[276,1342,228,1841]" captionTargetId="figure-19@2.[246,1342,181,1903]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Head of ateleopodids.A. Parateleopus indicus (Holotype of Ateleopus indicus), ZSI 13069, 260 mm SL; B. Ijimaia loppei, NSMT-P101176, 584 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876477" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876477/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 1B</figureCitation>
). Lower jaw short in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229C7CFEBE28835831" authorityName=", Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[294,403,295,321]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229C7CFEBE28835831" box="[294,403,295,321]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the posterior end of lower jaw situated vertical to pupil (
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), but vertical to posterior margin of eye or beyond in all other genera (
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). The original description of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF19622994EFED22D355814" box="[1044,1061,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P</emphasis>
.
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did not mention the posterior end of gape and lower jaw, but they seem to be situated vertical to anterior nostril and to posterior margin of eye, respectively, in figure
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.
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Gill membranes united ventrally and attached to the isthmus by soft tissue in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229912FE2E2DA758A1" box="[1096,1207,439,465]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P. indicus</emphasis>
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(
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). Left and right gill membranes separated and free from isthmus in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229E4AFE422A6E5885" box="[784,894,475,501]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ateleopus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229EEEFE422D155884" box="[948,1029,475,500]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). Gill membranes united to ventrolateral parts of the middle of the isthmus in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229FE7FE662A505B69" authorityName="Osorio" authorityYear="1917" box="[701,832,511,537]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Guentherus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229FE7FE662A505B69" box="[701,832,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Guentherus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). The condition in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229929FE662C8C5B68" box="[1139,1436,511,537]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Parateleopus microstomus</emphasis>
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is unknown.
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The sphenotic of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229CDDFDDE28E35B11" box="[391,499,583,609]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P. indicus</emphasis>
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possesses a vertically oblong crescent-shaped protrusion extending from behind eye to posteroinferior region of orbit (
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). The sphenotic possesses a sharp spine behind the eye (
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) in all other genera.
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records the sphenotic of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229E76FD162A2D5BD8" box="[812,829,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229E10FD162AC85BD8" box="[842,984,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">microstomus</emphasis>
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as absent: “the strong bony protuberance above and behind the eye is lacking” and “no sharp, knob-like structure above or behind eye” (
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).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229DCDFB4928045D98" bold="true" box="[151,276,1232,1256]" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Protrusion of sphenotic. A.
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BMNH
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1900.1.20.2, 250 mm SL; B.
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF1962299CEFB482C225D98" box="[1172,1330,1232,1256]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia dofleini</emphasis>
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OMNH-P 46032, 354 mm SL.
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has three dorsal-fin rays, a very different number from that in the remaining genera of the family. Our counts were 810, 812, 1013, and
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,
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,
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229925FAC72C125C08" box="[1151,1282,1374,1400]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Guentherus</emphasis>
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, and
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF19622981EFAC62C855C08" box="[1348,1429,1375,1400]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia</emphasis>
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, respectively.
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The pelvic fin of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229CCFFA3F2B085CB0" box="[405,536,1446,1472]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Guentherus</emphasis>
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(
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) has three free rays followed by normal rays (
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;
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Senou
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF1962298D2FA3E29BD5C94" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">et al</emphasis>
. 2008
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;
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; this study). The pelvic fin in the remaining genera appears to be one ray, but it is actually composed of several minute rudimentary rays attached to the front base of this dominant ray and some vestigial rays in the cutaneous membrane on the medial side of the base of that ray (
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Kaga
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229945F98A2D405F5C" box="[1055,1104,1554,1580]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">et al</emphasis>
. 2015
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:
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). The elongated pelvic ray in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229C73F9AE28855F20" box="[297,405,1590,1616]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P. indicus</emphasis>
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is stiff and relatively short, with the tip extending to point anywhere between the base of the pectoral fin and the anterior half of that fin (
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF196229FD8F9C32BCA5F04" box="[642,730,1626,1652]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1197,1221]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetId="figure-127@5.[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pelvic fin of Ateleopodiformes. A. Guentherus katoi, KPM-NI 016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL; B. Parateleopus indicus, one of ZSI F456/1, F457/1, F460/1, 322.5 mm SL; C. Ijimaia antillarum, USNM392171, 685 mm SL; D. Ateleopus japonicus, BMNH 1984.1.1.52, 430 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876483/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 4B</figureCitation>
). The elongated ray of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229E81F9C22D3C5F04" authorityName="Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[987,1068,1627,1652]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229E81F9C22D3C5F04" box="[987,1068,1627,1652]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is stiff and short, the tip scarcely reaching a vertical through the origin of the pectoral fin or edge of the opercle (
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF19622994FF9E72D7D5FE8" box="[1045,1133,1662,1688]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1197,1221]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetId="figure-127@5.[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pelvic fin of Ateleopodiformes. A. Guentherus katoi, KPM-NI 016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL; B. Parateleopus indicus, one of ZSI F456/1, F457/1, F460/1, 322.5 mm SL; C. Ijimaia antillarum, USNM392171, 685 mm SL; D. Ateleopus japonicus, BMNH 1984.1.1.52, 430 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876483/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 4C</figureCitation>
), although the pelvic fin in juvenile of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229C4EF93A28755FCC" authorityName="Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[276,357,1699,1724]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229C4EF93A28755FCC" box="[276,357,1699,1724]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
extends slightly beyond the origin of the pectoral fin (
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF196229EE6F93B2D665FCD" author="Kaga, T. &amp; van Oijen, M. J. P. &amp; Kubo, Y. &amp; Kitagawa, E." box="[956,1142,1698,1725]" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" pagination="389 - 407" refId="ref8581" refString="Kaga, T., van Oijen, M. J. P., Kubo, Y. &amp; Kitagawa, E. (2015) Redescription of Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853, a senior synonym of Ateleopus schlegelii van der Hoeven 1855, Ateleopus purpureus Tanaka 1915, and Ateleopus tanabensis Tanaka 1918 with designation of a lectotype for A. japonicus and A. schlegelii (Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). Zootaxa, 4027 (3), 389 - 407. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4027.3.4" type="journal article" year="2015">
Kaga
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229EA4F93A2D3E5FCC" box="[1022,1070,1698,1724]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">et al</emphasis>
. 2015
</bibRefCitation>
; this study). The pelvic fin of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229DEFF95E28305F90" box="[181,288,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
resembles that of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229CB3F95E2B2A5F90" authorityName="Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[489,570,1735,1760]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229CB3F95E2B2A5F90" box="[489,570,1735,1760]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
but may be slightly longer. The pelvic fin of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229976F95F2D8A5F90" authorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" authorityYear="1846" box="[1068,1178,1734,1760]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229976F95F2D8A5F90" box="[1068,1178,1734,1760]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is soft and long, the tip extending to a point anywhere between the base of the pectoral fin and proximity of the anus (
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF1962299FBF9732DEA5E74" box="[1185,1274,1770,1796]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1197,1221]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetId="figure-127@5.[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pelvic fin of Ateleopodiformes. A. Guentherus katoi, KPM-NI 016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL; B. Parateleopus indicus, one of ZSI F456/1, F457/1, F460/1, 322.5 mm SL; C. Ijimaia antillarum, USNM392171, 685 mm SL; D. Ateleopus japonicus, BMNH 1984.1.1.52, 430 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876483/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 4D</figureCitation>
; also see
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF19622983BF97228015E59" author="Kaga, T. &amp; van Oijen, M. J. P. &amp; Kubo, Y. &amp; Kitagawa, E." pageId="4" pageNumber="180" pagination="389 - 407" refId="ref8581" refString="Kaga, T., van Oijen, M. J. P., Kubo, Y. &amp; Kitagawa, E. (2015) Redescription of Ateleopus japonicus Bleeker 1853, a senior synonym of Ateleopus schlegelii van der Hoeven 1855, Ateleopus purpureus Tanaka 1915, and Ateleopus tanabensis Tanaka 1918 with designation of a lectotype for A. japonicus and A. schlegelii (Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). Zootaxa, 4027 (3), 389 - 407. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4027.3.4" type="journal article" year="2015">
Kaga
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229DCDF89629D85E58" box="[151,200,1806,1832]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">et al</emphasis>
. 2015
</bibRefCitation>
:
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF196229C46F897284F5E58" box="[284,351,1806,1832]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="4.[151,250,1232,1256]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,777,1209]" captionTargetId="figure-306@4.[151,1436,777,1209]" captionTargetPageId="4" captionText="FIGURE 3. Protrusion of sphenotic. A. Parateleopus indicus BMNH 1900.1.20.2, 250 mm SL; B. Ijimaia dofleini OMNH-P 46032, 354 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876481" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876481/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF196229C31F89628FA5E59" author="Kaga, T." box="[363,490,1806,1833]" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" pagination="562 - 568" refId="ref8478" refString="Kaga, T. (2016) A new jellynose, Ateleopus edentatus, from the western Pacific Ocean (Teleostei: Ateleopodiformes: Ateleopodidae). Zootaxa, 4083 (4), 562 - 568. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4083.4.6" type="journal article" year="2016">Kaga 2016</bibRefCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF196229CA6F8972BA55E58" author="Radcliffe, L." box="[508,693,1806,1832]" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" pagination="105 - 140" refId="ref8899" refString="Radcliffe, L. (1912) Description of a new family, two new genera, and twenty-nine new species of anacanthine fishes from the Philippine Island and contiguous waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 43 (1924), 105 - 140, pls. 22 - 31. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.43 - 1924.105" type="journal article" year="1912">Radcliffe (1912)</bibRefCitation>
did not mention the posterior extent of the tip of the pelvic fin and the softness of the elongated ray in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229F7CF8AB2A415E3C" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[550,849,1842,1868]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229F7CF8AB2A415E3C" box="[550,849,1842,1868]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Parateleopus microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, the original figure (
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF1962299F4F8AA2DDA5E3C" box="[1198,1226,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">op</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229983F8AA2DE55E3C" box="[1241,1269,1843,1868]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">cit</emphasis>
., Fig. 11) of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF1962298D2F8AA28355E00" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF1962298D2F8AA28355E00" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">P. microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
appears to show a relatively short pelvic fin extending to the anterior quarter of the pectoral fin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF196229D9DF8E32C8C5EAD" blockId="4.[151,1437,1338,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF196229D9DF8E328D25EE5" author="Howell Rivero, L." box="[199,450,1914,1941]" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" pagination="91 - 106" refId="ref8393" refString="Howell Rivero, L. (1935) The family Ateleopodidae and its West Indian form. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 9 (2), 91 - 106, pl. 8." type="journal article" year="1935">Howell Rivero (1935)</bibRefCitation>
described the pelvic bones of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229E78F8E32A805EE4" authorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" authorityYear="1846" box="[802,912,1914,1940]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229E78F8E32A805EE4" box="[802,912,1914,1940]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229E90F8E22D2C5EE4" box="[970,1084,1914,1941]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229E90F8E22D2C5EE4" box="[970,1084,1914,1941]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">A. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as wide, compared to those of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229DCDF80629F85EC8" authorityName="Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[151,232,1951,1976]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229DCDF80629F85EC8" box="[151,232,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Based on our observation, the pelvic bone of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229FBDF8062A285EC8" authorityName="Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[743,824,1951,1976]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229FBDF8062A285EC8" box="[743,824,1951,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF196229E1CF8072A8B5EC9" box="[838,923,1950,1977]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1665,1689]" captionTargetBox="[157,1429,890,1638]" captionTargetId="figure-370@10.[151,1436,885,1642]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 7. Ventral view of pelvic girdle. A. Ateleopus japonicus, OMNH-P 48774, 295 mm SL; B. Ijimaia dofleini, BSKU 43335, 411 mm SL. Bar 5 mm. Dots indicate cartilage." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876489" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876489/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 7B</figureCitation>
) is also narrower than those in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF1962299A8F8072C705EC8" authorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" authorityYear="1846" box="[1266,1376,1950,1976]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF1962299A8F8072C705EC8" box="[1266,1376,1950,1976]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Ateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF196229835F80729AB5EAD" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="10.[151,250,1665,1689]" captionTargetBox="[157,1429,890,1638]" captionTargetId="figure-370@10.[151,1436,885,1642]" captionTargetPageId="10" captionText="FIGURE 7. Ventral view of pelvic girdle. A. Ateleopus japonicus, OMNH-P 48774, 295 mm SL; B. Ijimaia dofleini, BSKU 43335, 411 mm SL. Bar 5 mm. Dots indicate cartilage." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876489" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876489/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 7A</figureCitation>
) and
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229DAEF85B28995EAC" authorityName="Smith &amp; Radcliffe" authorityYear="1912" box="[244,393,1986,2012]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229DAEF85B28995EAC" box="[244,393,1986,2012]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Parateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF196229CCCF85B28C85EAD" box="[406,472,1986,2013]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1380,1404]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,181,1356]" captionTargetId="figure-28@9.[151,1436,181,1356]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 6. Pelvic girdle of Parateleopus indicus. One of ZSI F456457, 460, 291 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876487" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876487/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
). The pelvic bone of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF196229FE1F85B2A2E5EAC" authorityName="Osorio" authorityYear="1917" box="[699,830,1986,2012]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Guentherus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF196229FE1F85B2A2E5EAC" box="[699,830,1986,2012]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Guentherus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is also wide (
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF196229E94F85B2C555EAC" author="Da Franca, P. &amp; Lorete-Ferreira, M." box="[974,1349,1986,2013]" pageId="4" pageNumber="180" pagination="1 - 24" refId="ref8255" refString="Da Franca, P. &amp; Lorete-Ferreira, M. (1967) Contribuicao para o conhecimento dos Ateleopidae do Altantico Oriental Africano (Pisces, Teleostei, Ateleopiformes). Notas mimeografadas do Centro de Biologia aquatica tropical, Lisboa, 5, 1 - 24, 7 pls." type="journal article" year="1967">
da
<collectingCountry id="E799C68FFFF196229EB4F85A2D2A5EAD" box="[1006,1082,1987,2013]" name="France" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Franca</collectingCountry>
&amp; Lorete-Ferreira 1967
</bibRefCitation>
:
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF196229817F85B2C9E5EAD" box="[1357,1422,1986,2013]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,381,1894]" captionTargetId="figure-109@8.[151,1435,381,1914]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Lateral view of four genera of ateleopodids. A. The genus Parateleopus, P. indicus, one of BMNH 1939.5.24.574 576, 350 mm SL; B. The genus Ateleopus, A. japonicus, OMNH-P 10127, 395 mm SL; C. The genus Ijimaia, I. dofleini, BSKU 44320, 533 mm SL; D. The genus Guentherus, G. katoi, KPM-NI 016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876485" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876485/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="180">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF096239D9DFF0E2A875815" blockId="5.[151,1437,150,357]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">
From our study, we have determined the number of vertebrae in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239ED0FF0E2AE559C1" box="[906,1013,151,177]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239ED0FF0E2AE559C1" box="[906,1013,151,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is 2325+7881=101105. The count is slightly greater in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239CDAFF2228FE59A5" authorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" authorityYear="1846" box="[384,494,187,213]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239CDAFF2228FE59A5" box="[384,494,187,213]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Ateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2629+81107=109136), and much larger in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239955FF222D7059A4" authorityName="Sauter" authorityYear="1905" box="[1039,1120,187,212]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239955FF222D7059A4" box="[1039,1120,187,212]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2833+96116=125149). The number in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239C1BFF4628D45989" authorityName="Osorio" authorityYear="1917" box="[321,452,223,249]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Guentherus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239C1BFF4628D45989" box="[321,452,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Guentherus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(2429+5062=7691) is much less than in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239EECFF462D325989" box="[950,1058,223,249]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239EECFF462D325989" box="[950,1058,223,249]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and the number is reflected in the length of the tail (
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF096239C3BFE9A28B3586D" box="[353,419,258,285]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,381,1894]" captionTargetId="figure-109@8.[151,1435,381,1914]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Lateral view of four genera of ateleopodids. A. The genus Parateleopus, P. indicus, one of BMNH 1939.5.24.574 576, 350 mm SL; B. The genus Ateleopus, A. japonicus, OMNH-P 10127, 395 mm SL; C. The genus Ijimaia, I. dofleini, BSKU 44320, 533 mm SL; D. The genus Guentherus, G. katoi, KPM-NI 016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876485" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876485/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
ABCD), which in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239F2EFE9A2BE7586D" authorityName="Osorio" authorityYear="1917" box="[628,759,259,285]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Guentherus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239F2EFE9A2BE7586D" box="[628,759,259,285]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Guentherus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is much shorter than that of the other genera (
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). The number of vertebrae in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239CFAFEBE28A15830" box="[416,433,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239C9AFEBE2B5E5830" box="[448,590,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was not recorded by previous investigators and will remain unknown until the
<typeStatus id="403538BDFFF096239D9AFED228325815" box="[192,290,331,357]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
is found or other specimens of the species are captured.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF096239DCDFB342B4B5C7C" blockId="5.[151,1436,1197,1293]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239DCDFB3428045DB5" bold="true" box="[151,276,1197,1221]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Pelvic fin of
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. A.
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239FDEFB342A8C5DB4" authority=", KPM-NI" authorityName="KPM-NI" box="[644,924,1197,1221]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Guentherus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="katoi">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239FDEFB342A255DB5" box="[644,821,1197,1221]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Guentherus katoi</emphasis>
, KPM-NI
</taxonomicName>
016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL; B.
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF09623984FFB3429F05D99" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF09623984FFB3429F05D99" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Parateleopus indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, one of ZSI F456/1, F457/1, F460/1, 322.5 mm SL; C.
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239E78FB482D285D99" authority=", USNM" authorityName="USNM" box="[802,1080,1233,1257]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ijimaia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antillarum">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239E78FB482ACE5D99" box="[802,990,1233,1257]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Ijimaia antillarum</emphasis>
, USNM
</taxonomicName>
392171, 685 mm SL; D.
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239862FB4828425C7C" authority=", BMNH" authorityName="BMNH" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Ateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="japonicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239862FB4829EA5C7C" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Ateleopus japonicus</emphasis>
, BMNH
</taxonomicName>
1984.1.1.52, 430 mm SL.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="D794D594FFF096219D9DFAA22C9E5CB1" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="183" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF096239D9DFAA228195F5B" blockId="5.[151,1437,1339,2043]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239D9DFAA2285C5C25" bold="true" box="[199,332,1339,1365]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Discussion.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239C0EFAA22B525C25" box="[340,578,1339,1365]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239C0EFAA22B525C25" box="[340,578,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Parateleopus indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
possesses character states that differ from those of other ateleopodid genera especially in terms of mouth size, gill membrane attachment to isthmus, and protrusion of the sphenotic bone. The species closely resembles
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239C9BFA1A2BFD5CED" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[449,749,1411,1437]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239C9BFA1A2BFD5CED" box="[449,749,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Parateleopus microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by its small mouth, no sharp spine on sphenotic, and length of elongated pelvic-fin ray. The character states of gill membrane and vertebrae number in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF0962399C6FA3E2C5A5CB0" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[1180,1354,1447,1473]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF0962399C6FA3E2DBD5CB0" box="[1180,1197,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF0962399E6FA3E2C5A5CB0" box="[1212,1354,1447,1472]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
cannot be ascertained for want of specimens of that species. The three dorsal-fin rays of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF09623990FFA532DFA5C94" authorityName="Smith &amp; Radcliffe" authorityYear="1912" box="[1109,1258,1482,1508]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF09623990FFA532DFA5C94" box="[1109,1258,1482,1508]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Parateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
distinguish the species from all other ateleopodids. However, it is possibly an abnormality, a result of damage, or a degenerative condition.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF096239D9DF9AD2D945E8B" blockId="5.[151,1437,1339,2043]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">
The capture locality of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239C83F9AC28FA5F3E" box="[473,490,1589,1614]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239CA6F9AC2B9A5F3E" box="[508,650,1589,1614]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is near Makyan Island in
<collectingCountry id="E799C68FFFF096239E9AF9AD2D205F3E" box="[960,1072,1588,1614]" name="Indonesia" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Moluccas</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="E799C68FFFF096239964F9AD2DBE5F3E" box="[1086,1198,1588,1614]" name="Indonesia" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
, which is within the distributional range of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239CCCF9C028B75F02" box="[406,423,1625,1650]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239CEFF9C12B165F02" box="[437,518,1624,1650]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The number (91) of anal+caudal-fin rays in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239EA5F9C02DBB5F02" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[1023,1195,1624,1650]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239EA5F9C02D005F02" box="[1023,1040,1625,1650]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239947F9C02DBB5F02" box="[1053,1195,1625,1650]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF0962399E6F9C12DF65F02" box="[1212,1254,1624,1650]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">fide</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF0962399B6F9C12C845F02" author="Radcliffe, L." box="[1260,1428,1624,1650]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" pagination="105 - 140" refId="ref8899" refString="Radcliffe, L. (1912) Description of a new family, two new genera, and twenty-nine new species of anacanthine fishes from the Philippine Island and contiguous waters. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 43 (1924), 105 - 140, pls. 22 - 31. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.43 - 1924.105" type="journal article" year="1912">Radcliffe 1912</bibRefCitation>
) is also within the range (7092) of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239F7BF9E52B9E5FE5" box="[545,654,1659,1685]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P. indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<tableCitation id="D20CB3A4FFF096239FC7F9E22BE45FE5" box="[669,756,1659,1685]" captionStart="TABLE 2" captionStartId="6.[151,241,151,175]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="TABLE 2. Proportional measurements and counts in Parateleopus indicus." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/CBF1D697FFF396209DCDFF0E2AAC59DF" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" tableUuid="CBF1D697FFF396209DCDFF0E2AAC59DF">Table 2</tableCitation>
). There is a possibility that the two species are synonymous. Unfortunately, the
<typeStatus id="403538BDFFF096239C2BF90628B15FC9" box="[369,417,1695,1721]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">type</typeStatus>
and only specimen of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239FEBF9392A725FC9" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[689,866,1695,1721]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239FEBF9392BD25FC9" box="[689,706,1696,1721]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239F8EF9392A725FC9" box="[724,866,1696,1721]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is lost, and we cannot verify whether or not the small number of dorsal-fin rays is an anomaly. Therefore, we provisionally recognize two species in the genus
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239DCDF97F283C5E70" authorityName="Smith &amp; Radcliffe" authorityYear="1912" box="[151,300,1766,1792]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239DCDF97F283C5E70" box="[151,300,1766,1792]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Parateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239C1AF97F2B8C5E70" box="[320,668,1766,1792]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239C1AF97F28FD5F8F" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[320,493,1766,1791]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">P. microstomus</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239F76F97F2B8C5E70" box="[556,668,1766,1792]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">P. indicus</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
) until the
<typeStatus id="403538BDFFF096239E40F97F2A5A5E70" box="[794,842,1766,1792]" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">type</typeStatus>
specimen of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239EB0F97F2D875F8F" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[1002,1175,1766,1791]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239EB0F97F2D875F8F" box="[1002,1175,1766,1791]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P. microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is found or additional specimens of
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239C6FF89328F05E53" baseAuthorityName="Radcliffe" baseAuthorityYear="1912" box="[309,480,1802,1827]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstomus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239C6FF89328F05E53" box="[309,480,1802,1827]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">P. microstomus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
are obtained. That both species have a uniquely (for the family) small mouth and a consequent similarity in their overall head morphology, leads us to infer that they also have a similar gill-membrane attachment to the isthmus. This character can be only seen in the two species among the ateleopodids. Hence, we use the condition of gill membranes united ventrally and attached to the isthmus by soft tissue as another character state defining the genus
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF096239CFFF8002B2A5EC3" authorityName="Smith &amp; Radcliffe" authorityYear="1912" box="[421,570,1945,1971]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="181" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF096239CFFF8002B2A5EC3" box="[421,570,1945,1971]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="181">Parateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. We consider the count of anal+caudal-fin rays as another possible diagnostic feature of the genus, since the count in the two species fall within a fairly narrow range. However, because of limited data points and the potential for intraspecific variation, we have eschewed such an action.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF396209DCDFF0E2AAC59DF" blockId="6.[151,956,151,175]" box="[151,956,151,175]" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209DCDFF0E281C59DF" bold="true" box="[151,268,151,175]" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">TABLE 2.</emphasis>
Proportional measurements and counts in
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF396209F89FF0E2AA559DF" box="[723,949,151,175]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="182" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="indicus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209F89FF0E2AA559DF" box="[723,949,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Parateleopus indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF396209DFEFF592C245CFF" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
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<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFF592C2459A8" box="[164,1332,192,216]" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFF592AAA59A8" box="[625,954,192,216]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
Holotype of “
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209FA6FF592AA059A8" box="[764,944,192,216]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Ateleopus indicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
&quot;
</th>
<th id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFF592C2459A8" box="[1088,1332,192,216]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">non-types</th>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFF712C245870" box="[164,1332,232,256]" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFF7128F55870" box="[164,485,232,256]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Measurements</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFF712AAA5870" box="[625,954,232,256]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">ZSI 13069</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFF712C245870" box="[1088,1332,232,256]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">n=11</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFE892C245858" box="[164,1332,272,296]" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFE8928F55858" box="[164,485,272,296]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Total length (mm)</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFE892AAA5858" box="[625,954,272,296]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">269</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFE892C245858" box="[1088,1332,272,296]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">129.5375</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFEA12C245821" box="[164,1332,312,337]" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFEA128F55821" box="[164,485,312,337]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Standard length (mm)</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFEA12AAA5821" box="[625,954,312,337]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">260</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFEA12C245821" box="[1088,1332,312,337]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">122.3350</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFEF82C245809" box="[164,1332,353,377]" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFEF828F55809" box="[164,485,353,377]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Preanus length (mm)</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFEF82AAA5809" box="[625,954,353,377]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">93</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFEF82C245809" box="[1088,1332,353,377]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">38.9138.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFE102C2458D1" box="[164,1332,393,417]" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFE102C2458D1" box="[164,1332,393,417]" colspan="3" colspanRight="2" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">As % of SL</th>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFE282C2458B9" box="[164,1332,433,457]" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFE2828F558B9" box="[164,485,433,457]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Head length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFE282AAA58B9" box="[625,954,433,457]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">17.8</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFE282C2458B9" box="[1088,1332,433,457]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">15.919.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFE402C245882" box="[164,1332,473,498]" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFE4028F55882" box="[164,485,473,498]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Head width</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFE402AAA5882" box="[625,954,473,498]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">10</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFE402C245882" box="[1088,1332,473,498]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">7.712.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFD9B2C245B6A" box="[164,1332,514,538]" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFD9B28F55B6A" box="[164,485,514,538]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Body depth at dorsal-fin origin</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFD9B2AAA5B6A" box="[625,954,514,538]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">13.7</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFD9B2C245B6A" box="[1088,1332,514,538]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">10.915.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFDB32C245B32" box="[164,1332,554,578]" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFDB328F55B32" box="[164,485,554,578]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Snout to dorsal-fin</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFDB32AAA5B32" box="[625,954,554,578]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">21.1</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFDB32C245B32" box="[1088,1332,554,578]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">18.624.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFDCB2C245B1A" box="[164,1332,594,618]" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFDCB28F55B1A" box="[164,485,594,618]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Preanus length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFDCB2AAA5B1A" box="[625,954,594,618]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">35.8</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFDCB2C245B1A" box="[1088,1332,594,618]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">30.639.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFDE32C245BE2" box="[164,1332,634,658]" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFDE328F55BE2" box="[164,485,634,658]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Tail length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFDE32AAA5BE2" box="[625,954,634,658]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">63.6</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFDE32C245BE2" box="[1088,1332,634,658]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">58.269.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFD3A2C245BCB" box="[164,1332,675,699]" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFD3A28F55BCB" box="[164,485,675,699]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Trunk length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFD3A2AAA5BCB" box="[625,954,675,699]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">19.6</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFD3A2C245BCB" box="[1088,1332,675,699]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">1622.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFD522C245B93" box="[164,1332,715,739]" gridrow="13" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFD522C245B93" box="[164,1332,715,739]" colspan="3" colspanRight="2" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">As % of PAL (pre-anal length)</th>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFD6A2C245A7B" box="[164,1332,755,779]" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFD6A28F55A7B" box="[164,485,755,779]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Snout length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFD6A2AAA5A7B" box="[625,954,755,779]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">18</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFD6A2C245A7B" box="[1088,1332,755,779]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">16.626.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFC822C245A44" box="[164,1332,795,820]" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFC8228F55A44" box="[164,485,795,820]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Eye diameter</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFC822AAA5A44" box="[625,954,795,820]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">12.3</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFC822C245A44" box="[1088,1332,795,820]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">7.712.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFCDD2C245A2C" box="[164,1332,836,860]" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFCDD28F55A2C" box="[164,485,836,860]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Interorbital length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFCDD2AAA5A2C" box="[625,954,836,860]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">15.9</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFCDD2C245A2C" box="[1088,1332,836,860]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">10.317.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFCF52C245AF4" box="[164,1332,876,900]" gridrow="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFCF528F55AF4" box="[164,485,876,900]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Upper-jaw length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFCF52AAA5AF4" box="[625,954,876,900]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">12.4</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFCF52C245AF4" box="[1088,1332,876,900]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">11.217.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFC0D2C245ADC" box="[164,1332,916,940]" gridrow="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFC0D28F55ADC" box="[164,485,916,940]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Lower-jaw length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFC0D2AAA5ADC" box="[625,954,916,940]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">18.3</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFC0D2C245ADC" box="[1088,1332,916,940]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">15.622.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFC252C245AA5" box="[164,1332,956,981]" gridrow="19" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFC2528F55AA5" box="[164,485,956,981]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Pectoral-fin length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFC252AAA5AA5" box="[625,954,956,981]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">43.3</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFC252C245AA5" box="[1088,1332,956,981]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">33.255.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFC7C2C245A8D" box="[164,1332,997,1021]" gridrow="20" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFC7C28F55A8D" box="[164,485,997,1021]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Pectoral-fin base</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFC7C2AAA5A8D" box="[625,954,997,1021]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">10.4</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFC7C2C245A8D" box="[1088,1332,997,1021]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">6.89.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFB942C245D55" box="[164,1332,1037,1061]" gridrow="21" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFB9428F55D55" box="[164,485,1037,1061]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Pelvic-fin length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFB942AAA5D55" box="[625,954,1037,1061]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">12.4+</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFB942C245D55" box="[1088,1332,1037,1061]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">20.931.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFBAC2C245D3E" box="[164,1332,1077,1102]" gridrow="22" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFBAC28F55D3E" box="[164,485,1077,1102]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Longest dorsal-fin length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFBAC2AAA5D3E" box="[625,954,1077,1102]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">36.6+</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFBAC2C245D3E" box="[1088,1332,1077,1102]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">33.468.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFBC42C245D05" box="[164,1332,1117,1141]" gridrow="23" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFBC428F55D05" box="[164,485,1117,1141]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Dorsal-fin base</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFBC42AAA5D05" box="[625,954,1117,1141]" gridcol="1" gridrow="23" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">15.1</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFBC42C245D05" box="[1088,1332,1117,1141]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">11.916.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFB1F2C245DEE" box="[164,1332,1158,1182]" gridrow="24" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFB1F28F55DEE" box="[164,485,1158,1182]" gridcol="0" gridrow="24" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Longest anal-fin length</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFB1F2AAA5DEE" box="[625,954,1158,1182]" gridcol="1" gridrow="24" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">17.2</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFB1F2C245DEE" box="[1088,1332,1158,1182]" gridcol="2" gridrow="24" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">1629</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFB372C245DB6" box="[164,1332,1198,1222]" gridrow="25" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFB372C245DB6" box="[164,1332,1198,1222]" colspan="3" colspanRight="2" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Counts</th>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFB4F2C245D9F" box="[164,1332,1238,1263]" gridrow="26" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFB4F28F55D9F" box="[164,485,1238,1263]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Dorsal-fin rays</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFB4F2AAA5D9F" box="[625,954,1238,1263]" gridcol="1" gridrow="26" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">9</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFB4F2C245D9F" box="[1088,1332,1238,1263]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">810</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFB672C245C67" box="[164,1332,1278,1303]" gridrow="27" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFB6728F55C67" box="[164,485,1278,1303]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Pectoral-fin rays</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFB672AAA5C67" box="[625,954,1278,1303]" gridcol="1" gridrow="27" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">13</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFB672C245C67" box="[1088,1332,1278,1303]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">1114</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFABF2C245C4F" box="[164,1332,1318,1343]" gridrow="28" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFABF28F55C4F" box="[164,485,1318,1343]" gridcol="0" gridrow="28" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Anal+caudal-fin rays</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFABF2AAA5C4F" box="[625,954,1318,1343]" gridcol="1" gridrow="28" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">76</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFABF2C245C4F" box="[1088,1332,1318,1343]" gridcol="2" gridrow="28" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">7092</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFAD62C245C17" box="[164,1332,1359,1383]" gridrow="29" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFAD628F55C17" box="[164,485,1359,1383]" gridcol="0" gridrow="29" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Gill rakers</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFAD62AAA5C17" box="[625,954,1359,1383]" gridcol="1" gridrow="29" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">0+7=7</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFAD62C245C17" box="[1088,1332,1359,1383]" gridcol="2" gridrow="29" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">0+68=68</td>
</tr>
<tr id="21BE845DFFF369D99DFEFAEE2C245CFF" box="[164,1332,1399,1423]" gridrow="30" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">
<th id="626FED21FFF369D99DFEFAEE28F55CFF" box="[164,485,1399,1423]" gridcol="0" gridrow="30" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Vertebrae (abdominal+caudal)</th>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D99F2BFAEE2AAA5CFF" box="[625,954,1399,1423]" gridcol="1" gridrow="30" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">no data available</td>
<td id="626FED21FFF369D9991AFAEE2C245CFF" box="[1088,1332,1399,1423]" gridcol="2" gridrow="30" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">2325+7881=101105</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
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<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF396209D9DFA2628D05CA9" author="Howell Rivero, L." box="[199,448,1470,1497]" pageId="6" pageNumber="182" pagination="91 - 106" refId="ref8393" refString="Howell Rivero, L. (1935) The family Ateleopodidae and its West Indian form. Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Natural, 9 (2), 91 - 106, pl. 8." type="journal article" year="1935">Howell Rivero (1935)</bibRefCitation>
used the number of foramina in the pelvic bone for classifying the genera in the family
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. He stated that the genus
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</taxonomicName>
has one foramen in the pelvic girdle (
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209914FA7A2D7A5C8C" box="[1102,1130,1507,1532]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">op</emphasis>
.
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.,
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), and
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209874FA7A2C8C5C8D" box="[1326,1436,1507,1533]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Ateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="588EFD9CFFF396209D96F99E28715F51" authorityName="Smith &amp; Radcliffe" authorityYear="1912" box="[204,353,1543,1569]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ateleopodidae" genus="Parateleopus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ateleopodiformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="182" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209D96F99E28715F51" box="[204,353,1543,1569]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Parateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
have two foramina (
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209F05F99E2B6B5F50" box="[607,635,1543,1568]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">op</emphasis>
.
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209FD4F99E2BBA5F50" box="[654,682,1543,1568]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">cit</emphasis>
.,
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF396209F9EF99E2A195F51" box="[708,777,1543,1569]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="2.[151,250,1927,1951]" captionTargetBox="[276,1342,228,1841]" captionTargetId="figure-19@2.[246,1342,181,1903]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="FIGURE 1. Head of ateleopodids.A. Parateleopus indicus (Holotype of Ateleopus indicus), ZSI 13069, 260 mm SL; B. Ijimaia loppei, NSMT-P101176, 584 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876477" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876477/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). He erected the subfamilies Ateleopinae and Ijimainae diagnosing them by “pelvis wide, with two foramina and two ossified lamina” and “pelvis narrow, with one median foramen and no ossified lamina”, respectively, although no recent researcher has recognized the subfamilies (e.g.,
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF396209DCDF9EA287D5FFD" author="Nelson, J. S. &amp; Grande, T. S. &amp; Wilson, M. V. H." box="[151,365,1650,1677]" pageId="6" pageNumber="182" refId="ref8775" refString="Nelson, J. S., Grande, T. S. &amp; Wilson, M. V. H. (2016) Fishes of the world. John Wiley &amp; Sons, New Jersey, 707 pp. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / 9781119174844" type="book" year="2016">
Nelson
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209DB5F9EA28315FFD" box="[239,289,1651,1677]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">et al</emphasis>
. 2016
</bibRefCitation>
). Howell Rivero noted that
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has two foramina in the pelvic bone in his key to the genera. He implied that the
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specimen of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209FCCF90E2BB75FC0" box="[662,679,1687,1712]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">P</emphasis>
.
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(USNM 72951) had been seen and it was female. He also reported that a specimen of
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(USNM
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TL) had been observed (probably by Dr. Ethelwynn Trewavas). The belly of that specimen had already been cut open when we examined it. However, the pelvic bone could not be readily observed for the presence of a foramen. Owing to its small size, it is likely that the foramen had yet to be developed, and damaged to cartilage of the bone rendered further exploration fruitless. Regans figure of the pelvic bone in his specimen (1911:
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) shows two small foramina in the pelvic bone, but he did not record them, nor the size of the specimen, or the specimen accession number. We examined
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of
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(BMNH 1900.1.20.2,
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SL, and
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from lot ZSI F456457 and
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SL) that had previously opened bellys; the specimens had one wide central foramen in their pelvic bone (
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).
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF396209DE7F84228505E85" box="[189,320,2011,2037]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="182">Guentherus</emphasis>
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has one median foramen on the ventral side of the pelvic bone (
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da
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&amp; Lorete-Ferreira 1967
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:
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and
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), but the foramen of the dorsal side opens at the posterior part of the bone (
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF2962199D1FF0E2C3B59C1" author="Barnard, K. H." box="[1163,1323,151,177]" pageId="7" pageNumber="183" pagination="341 - 406" refId="ref8181" refString="Barnard, K. H. (1948) Further notes on South African marine fishes. Annals of the South African Museum, 36, 341 - 406." type="journal article" year="1948">Barnard 1948</bibRefCitation>
:
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). The location of these foramina in
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differs from those of other genera, which are situated at the center of the pelvic bone. From our studies, the number of pelvic-bone foramina in
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(
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SL) is one at the center and two small foramina at the anterior part of the pelvic bone (
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).
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, using a small specimen of
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.
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(
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TL) reported the foramen number at the center as two. It appears that in
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the two foramina at the center of the pelvis in small specimens become one foramen with growth.
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219811FED22C8C5814" box="[1355,1436,331,356]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ijimaia</emphasis>
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has one foramen at the center of the pelvis (
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), but may also have two foramina when small, as evidenced by small specimens we examined having the posterior corner of the foramen with vestiges of one convex foramen at the center and two hollows on the sides that likely represent vestiges of two foramina. Our finding of intraspecific variation in the number of the foramina of the pelvic girdle precluded our use of this character in our diagnosis.
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recorded no ossified lamina in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219FA5FE662A405B68" box="[767,848,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ijimaia</emphasis>
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, but we observed two such lamina on the pelvis of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219DCDFDBA29F85B4C" box="[151,232,547,572]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF296219D88FDDF2B7D5A49" blockId="7.[151,1437,150,1473]" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219D88FDDF28DC5B10" bold="true" box="[210,460,582,608]" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ecological inference.</emphasis>
From our anatomical study, the spinal nerve in
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innervates approximately seven-eighth the length of the pelvic-fin ray internally, after which it emerges to course externally and completely cover the filamentous tip (
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) (the external fin-ray nerve was probably broken at the tip of the fin ray in the specimen figured). The same innervation pattern of the spinal nerve in the pelvic-fin ray was reported in fishes of the family
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by
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: Fig. 84). The sillaginids are engybenthic (
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219EADFD4E2D255B80" box="[1015,1077,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">sensu</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF296219961FD4E2DAA5B81" author="Mead, G. W." box="[1083,1210,727,753]" pageId="7" pageNumber="183" pagination="236 - 251" refId="ref8725" refString="Mead, G. W. (1970) A history of South Pacific fishes. In: Wooster, W. S., (Ed.), Scientific exploration of the South Pacific. National Academy of Sciences, Washington, pp. 236 - 251." type="book chapter" year="1970">Mead 1970</bibRefCitation>
) and active foragers in their mode of life, which is near the bottom where they search for benthic organisms using their first soft pelvicfin ray as a sensory receptor (
<bibRefCitation id="FB1FFBEEFFF296219CBBFC862B715A49" author="Kaga, T." box="[481,609,799,825]" pageId="7" pageNumber="183" pagination="1" refId="ref8432" refString="Kaga, T. (2013) Phylogenetic systematics of the family Sillaginidae (Percomorpha: order Perciformes). Zootaxa, 3642 (1), 001 - 105. [Monograph] https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 3642.1.1" type="journal article" year="2013">Kaga 2013</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="9F31861FFFF296219D96FCDA2C9E5CB1" blockId="7.[151,1437,150,1473]" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">
We observed snails, bivalves, echinoderms (sand dollars and brittle stars), and crustaceans in the stomachs of the
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. They are all indicators of a benthic feeding mode in these fishes. It is inferred that ateleopodids maintain neutral buoyancy over the deep-sea bottom by way of their gelatinous, watery body and reduced skeletal ossification. They likely use their pelvic-fin ray as a sensory receptor in their search for prey.
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spp.
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have a long, soft pelvic-fin ray with a swollen, slightly flattened tip (
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Kaga
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219EE1FC4A2AFE5A9D" box="[955,1006,979,1005]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">et al</emphasis>
. 2015
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;
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;
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). This swollen tip is formed by the external fin-ray nerve and the tapered tip of the fin ray. Cartilage was found between the segments of the tip of the pelvic fin in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219F20FB822BF85D45" box="[634,744,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). The tip of that ray of the
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219928FB822DF05D45" box="[1138,1248,1051,1077]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ateleopus</emphasis>
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is soft, movable and durable. A similar condition was also observed in two of three free rays of the pelvic fin in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF29621998BFBA62C445D29" box="[1233,1364,1087,1113]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Guentherus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF29621983EFBA629A85D0D" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1197,1221]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetId="figure-127@5.[151,1436,381,1173]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 4. Pelvic fin of Ateleopodiformes. A. Guentherus katoi, KPM-NI 016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL; B. Parateleopus indicus, one of ZSI F456/1, F457/1, F460/1, 322.5 mm SL; C. Ijimaia antillarum, USNM392171, 685 mm SL; D. Ateleopus japonicus, BMNH 1984.1.1.52, 430 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876483" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876483/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Figs. 4A</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="07B59A9AFFF296219DA8FBFB28085D0D" box="[242,280,1122,1149]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1937,1961]" captionTargetBox="[151,1435,381,1894]" captionTargetId="figure-109@8.[151,1435,381,1914]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 5. Lateral view of four genera of ateleopodids. A. The genus Parateleopus, P. indicus, one of BMNH 1939.5.24.574 576, 350 mm SL; B. The genus Ateleopus, A. japonicus, OMNH-P 10127, 395 mm SL; C. The genus Ijimaia, I. dofleini, BSKU 44320, 533 mm SL; D. The genus Guentherus, G. katoi, KPM-NI 016647 (holotype), 605 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5876485" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5876485/files/figure.png" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">5D</figureCitation>
). The structure and use of the two free rays in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219E6CFBFA2AA95D0D" box="[822,953,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Guentherus</emphasis>
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are probably the same as in
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF29621985CFBFA2C645D0D" box="[1286,1396,1123,1149]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ateleopus</emphasis>
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. In contrast,
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219DA4FB1E285F5DD0" box="[254,335,1159,1184]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ijimaia</emphasis>
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has a short stiff pelvic-fin ray with a tip that appears to lack an external fin-ray nerve and cartilage between segments (
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), although the spinal nerve does innervate the fin ray. The pelvic-fin ray of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF29621985DFB322C8C5DB5" box="[1287,1436,1195,1221]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Parateleopus</emphasis>
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resembles that fin ray of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219CECFB562B175D98" box="[438,519,1231,1256]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ijimaia</emphasis>
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. Therefore, it is inferred that
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219E01FB562ACE5D99" box="[859,990,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Guentherus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF29621994DFB562D955D99" box="[1047,1157,1231,1257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ateleopus</emphasis>
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use their pelvic-fin rays more for searching benthic animals than do
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219F22FB6A2BD95C7C" box="[632,713,1267,1292]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ijimaia</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219FA6FB6A2A815C7D" box="[764,913,1267,1293]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Parateleopus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. But in addition to feeding on benthos,
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reported the probable scales of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219F13FA8E2A515C40" box="[585,833,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Photichthys argenteus</emphasis>
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in the stomachs of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219947FA8E2DAC5C41" box="[1053,1212,1303,1329]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ijimaia loppei</emphasis>
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, suggesting that the fish may eat live fish or merely scavenge them. We can infer that in their search for food,
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF2962199DAFAA22DC15C24" box="[1152,1233,1339,1364]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Ijimaia</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF29621985DFAA22C8C5C25" box="[1287,1436,1339,1365]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">Parateleopus</emphasis>
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use other sensory organs, such as olfactory organ, eye, lateral line, and their sensory canal-bearing bony ossicles in their head (
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Sasaki
<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF296219C3EFA1A28855CED" box="[356,405,1411,1437]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">et al</emphasis>
. 2006
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:
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).
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recorded the contents of the stomach of
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<emphasis id="ADFA5A0DFFF2962199B5FA1A2DE85CEC" box="[1263,1272,1411,1436]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="183">I</emphasis>
.
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as sea urchins, brittle stars, and grains of sand. The sand grains were likely ingested during their feeding on the benthos.
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