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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFF615E6AFE7CF9DF" bold="true" box="[146,422,1633,1655]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Chilomycterus antennatus</emphasis>
(Cuvier, 1816)
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFF445E86FEB2F936" box="[183,360,1677,1696]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Diodon antennatus</emphasis>
Cuvier, 1816: 185
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, pl. 9 (unknown locality)*?
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<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D12FF81FF8CFF445EACFDB6F913" authority="Metzelaar, 1919: 173" authorityName="Metzelaar" authorityPageNumber="173" authorityYear="1919" box="[183,620,1703,1722]" family="Diodontidae" genus="Chilomycterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="84" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="briareos">
<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFF445EACFE4CF913" box="[183,406,1703,1722]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Chilomycterus briareos</emphasis>
Metzelaar, 1919: 173
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, fig. 55 (Lesser Antilles, St Eustatius)*
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<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D12FF81FF8CFF445ED7FDC9F946" authority="Breder, 1927: 81" authorityName="Breder" authorityPageNumber="81" authorityYear="1927" box="[183,531,1756,1775]" family="Diodontidae" genus="Lyosphaera" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="84" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="digitalis">
<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFF445ED7FEAFF946" box="[183,373,1756,1775]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Lyosphaera digitalis</emphasis>
Breder, 1927: 81
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, fig. 34 (locality unknown Western North Atlantic or W Indies)*
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*extant
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.
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Based on examination of 37 lots, including extant
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(see Leis and Bauchot, 1984, ref. 12539, for a discussion of the status of the
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of
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFC3358EDFB97FF52" box="[960,1101,230,251]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">D. antennatus</emphasis>
Cuvier
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[1816, ref. 993]). In spite of assertions to the contrary,
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFBC45908FB1FFEB1" box="[1079,1221,259,280]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
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can have spotted fins. Fin spotting in
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFC35592BFB89FE9C" box="[966,1107,288,309]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
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begins basally on all fins at about
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SL. The caudal fin becomes mostly or entirely spotted by
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SL. Spotting on other fins seems variable, but basal one-third to one-half of the P, D and A fins can be spotted in specimens as small as
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SL, whereas other specimens as large as
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may have spots only on the extreme base on these fins. Because many ichthyologists have assumed that any
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFCDD59E0FC1BFDA9" box="[814,961,491,512]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Chilomycterus</emphasis>
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with spotted fins is
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFB6359E7FAC1FDA9" box="[1168,1307,491,513]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. reticulatus</emphasis>
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(or one of its synonyms), this has led to many misidentifications of
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C.
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, and is probably the basis for
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and Evermannʼs (1998, ref. 2244) inclusion of what are apparently characteristics of
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFCBB5A6BFC0FFDDF" box="[840,981,608,630]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
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in their description of
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFB4A5A6BFAFAFDDF" box="[1209,1312,608,630]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. atringa</emphasis>
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.
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Aside from colour differences,
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFB535A76FAE9FD3A" box="[1184,1331,637,659]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
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has larger fleshy tentacles, particularly over the eye, than do the other “Atlantic
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFC635ABCFBFCFD65" box="[912,1062,695,716]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Chilomycterus</emphasis>
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” species. It clearly has a
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFADF5ABCFA7EFD65" box="[1324,1444,695,716]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Lyosphaera</emphasis>
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stage larva (
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).
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Cuvierʼs (1816, ref. 993) description and figure were diagnostic of the species, and what is probably the
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is extant in
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(see Leis and Bauchot, 1984, ref. 12539), leaving no doubt about the identity of this distinctive species
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.
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The description and figure of
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFB5A5B6DFA7FFCD2" box="[1193,1445,870,891]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Chilomycterus briareos</emphasis>
Metzelaar
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(1919 ref. 2982) clearly refers to C
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFAF35B8FFAA8FC30" box="[1280,1394,900,921]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">antennatus</emphasis>
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, and the
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is extant. The fish has spots on the fins, particularly on the caudal fin, which is common in larger individuals of
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFA7E5BB5FC7AFC59" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
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.
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In contrast,
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFC385BF3FB43FBA4" box="[971,1177,1016,1037]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Lyosphaera digitalis</emphasis>
Breder
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(1927, ref. 635), is the young ʻ
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFC515C1EFBC2FB83" box="[930,1048,1045,1066]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Lyosphaera</emphasis>
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stageʼ of this species, virtually lacking spines.
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have documented the transition of this distinctive ʻ
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFBA75C44FB10FBCD" box="[1108,1226,1103,1124]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Lyosphaera</emphasis>
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stageʼ to the juvenile of
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFCBA5C67FC0EFB2B" box="[841,980,1132,1154]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23691FF81FF8CFCDD5C93FAA3FB07" blockId="7.[814,1445,1176,1723]" box="[814,1401,1176,1198]" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">
<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFCDD5C93FC76FB04" box="[814,940,1176,1197]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Distribution</emphasis>
. Western Atlantic (possibly eastern Atlantic).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23691FF81FF8CFCA75CBDFA5DFB40" blockId="7.[814,1445,1176,1723]" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">
W Atlantic Key West Florida to
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,
<collectingCountry id="F35A7601FF81FF8CFAE55CBEFAA3FB62" box="[1302,1401,1205,1227]" name="Colombia" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Colombia</collectingCountry>
and
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,
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, and throughout Caribbean and Antilles.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23691FF81FF8CFCA75CFBFB27FAAF" blockId="7.[814,1445,1176,1723]" box="[852,1277,1264,1286]" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">E Atlantic no specimens, but see below.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BF23691FF81FF8CFCA75D06FA78F912" blockId="7.[814,1445,1176,1723]" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">
There are persistent reports of
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D12FF81FF8CFB5A5D06FAE1FA8A" authorityName="Cuvier" authorityYear="1816" box="[1193,1339,1293,1315]" family="Diodontidae" genus="Diodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="84" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antennatus">
<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFB5A5D06FAE1FA8A" box="[1193,1339,1293,1315]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
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from the eastern Atlantic, but I have seen no specimens from this area. Where published descriptions or illustrations of “
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFAE15D4CFC46FAD3" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">Chilomycterus antennatus</emphasis>
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” from the eastern Atlantic are diagnostic, they are usually of
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D12FF81FF8CFC565D89FB6EFA3E" baseAuthorityName="Le Danois" baseAuthorityYear="1954" box="[933,1204,1410,1431]" family="Diodontidae" genus="Chilomycterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="84" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="spinosus" subSpecies="mauretanicus">
<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFC565D89FB6EFA3E" box="[933,1204,1410,1431]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. spinosus mauretanicus</emphasis>
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, or in some cases
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFA7E5D89FC42FA1A" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. reticulatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. However, there is one published illustration of a fish from
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that does appear to be
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D12FF81FF8CFB4B5DB7FA98FA78" authorityName="Danois" authorityYear="1954" baseAuthorityName="Cuvier" baseAuthorityYear="1816" box="[1208,1346,1468,1489]" family="Diodontidae" genus="Chilomycterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="84" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="antennatus">
<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFB4B5DB7FA98FA78" box="[1208,1346,1468,1489]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, although it is identified in the publication as
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D12FF81FF8CFB795DD2FC0EF9A2" authority="(Linnaeus) (Seret and Opic, 1981)" authorityName="Seret and Opic" authorityYear="1981" baseAuthorityName="Linnaeus" family="Diodontidae" genus="Diodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="84" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atringa">
<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFB795DD2FB2BFA47" box="[1162,1265,1497,1518]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. atringa</emphasis>
(Linnaeus) (
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)
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. Unfortunately, the specimen was not retained (B. Séret, personal communication). When I requested a specimen for study, Séret, who was not in
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at the time, kindly arranged for a colleague to send me one: it was
<taxonomicName id="4C4D4D12FF81FF8CFA7E5E45FBC4F929" baseAuthorityName="Le Danois" baseAuthorityYear="1954" family="Diodontidae" genus="Chilomycterus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="84" phylum="Chordata" rank="subSpecies" species="spinosus" subSpecies="mauretanicus">
<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFA7E5E45FBC4F929" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. spinosus mauretanicus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Therefore, it is possible that
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<emphasis id="B939EA83FF81FF8CFA7E5E60FC46F934" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="84">C. antennatus</emphasis>
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does occur rarely in the eastern Atlantic, most likely as a waif from the west. Specimens are needed to confirm this.
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