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,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B3285C0FD0044029CA7" box="[1016,1120,718,740]" name="Thailand" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Thailand</collectingCountry>
)
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610336FD4D316B328510FCC245189D03" blockId="12.[808,1423,779,832]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328510FCC2447D9D63" box="[808,1055,779,801]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">
<typeStatus id="BE07885F4D316B328510FCC243EF9D62" box="[808,909,780,801]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="syntype">Syntypes</typeStatus>
examined:
</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="07ADAE384D316B328215FCC2441C9D62" box="[1069,1150,780,801]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">BMNH</collectionCode>
1860.3.19.568-69, 2 undet., 65.0
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328588FCE743DE9D03" box="[944,956,809,832]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328584FCE444429D7C" box="[956,1056,810,832]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.779999999999999" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="67.8">67.8 mm</quantity>
SL, Sea of
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B32829EFCE4449C9D7C" box="[1190,1278,810,831]" country="Malaysia" name="Pulau Pinang" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Penang</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B328332FCE445179D03" box="[1290,1397,810,832]" name="Malaysia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610336FD4D316B328510FCA945099DF9" blockId="12.[808,1423,871,954]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328510FCA943C39DD9" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">
Other type material examined:
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D316B3282E1FCA943C39DD9" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1935" family="Gobiidae" genus="Apocryptichthys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="livingstoni">Apocryptichthys livingstoni</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
<typeStatus id="BE07885F4D316B328592FC4B446C9DD8" box="[938,1038,901,923]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
: ANSP 63091, male,
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B3282C6FC4B45029DD8" box="[1278,1376,901,923]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.32" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="73.2">73.2 mm</quantity>
SL, mouth of Me Nam Chao Praya, Paknam,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B3282C7FC6A450A9DF9" box="[1279,1384,932,954]" name="Thailand" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Thailand</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610336FD4D316B328510FC2F449498D4" blockId="12.[808,1423,993,1687]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328510FC2F44149DB5" box="[808,1142,993,1014]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Other material examined:</emphasis>
Sixty-four specimens,
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328510FBCE43AA9A56" box="[808,968,1022,1045]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.025" metricValueMax="8.059999999999999" metricValueMin="1.9899999999999998" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="50.25" valueMax="80.6" valueMin="19.9">
19.9
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328560FC3043069A56" box="[856,868,1022,1045]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
80.6 mm
</quantity>
SL. RMNH.PISC 12091, male (
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328508FBD043FA9A77" box="[816,920,1054,1076]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.68" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="66.8">66.8 mm</quantity>
),
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B328594FBD0447B9A77" box="[940,1049,1054,1076]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="female">2 females</specimenCount>
(65.9
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328261FBD344079A77" box="[1113,1125,1053,1076]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
73.0 mm), east coast
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B328361FBD145ED9A77" box="[1369,1423,1055,1076]" country="Indonesia" name="Jawa Timur" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Java</collectingRegion>
Island,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B3285B6FBF344629A10" box="[910,1024,1085,1107]" name="Indonesia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
; RMNH.PISC 12092,
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B328310FBF245ED9A10" box="[1320,1423,1084,1107]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="male">5 males</specimenCount>
(63.0
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328558FB94430E9A32" box="[864,876,1114,1137]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328554FB9543B69A32" box="[876,980,1115,1137]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.64" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="76.4">76.4 mm</quantity>
),
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B3285CEFB95441F9A32" box="[1014,1149,1115,1137]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="female">14 females</specimenCount>
(60.0
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B3282F3FB9444B59A32" box="[1227,1239,1114,1137]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B3282EFFB95455D9A32" box="[1239,1343,1115,1137]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.99" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="79.9">79.9 mm</quantity>
), east coast
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B32854BFBB443CB9ACC" box="[883,937,1146,1167]" country="Indonesia" name="Jawa Timur" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Java</collectingRegion>
Island,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B328221FBB444E99AD3" box="[1049,1163,1146,1168]" name="Indonesia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
; RMNH.PISC 12433, female (
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B32859DFB56446F9AED" box="[933,1037,1176,1198]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.56" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="55.6">55.6 mm</quantity>
),
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B32827AFB57441A9AED" box="[1090,1144,1177,1198]" country="Indonesia" name="Jawa Timur" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Java</collectingRegion>
Island,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B328321FB5645E99AED" box="[1305,1419,1176,1198]" name="Indonesia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
; RMNH.PISC 12750, female (
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B3282ACFB79449E9A8F" box="[1172,1276,1207,1228]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.94" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="79.4">79.4 mm</quantity>
), Surabaya,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B328510FB1B43F89AA8" box="[808,922,1237,1259]" name="Indonesia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
; RMNH.PISC 33844, female (
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328323FB1B45E19AA8" box="[1307,1411,1237,1259]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.76" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="57.6">57.6 mm</quantity>
),
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B328510FB3A43F89B49" box="[808,922,1268,1290]" name="Indonesia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
; RMNH.PISC 17382, female (72.0 mm), Pulau Weh,
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B3285F5FADD44519B6B" box="[973,1075,1299,1320]" country="Indonesia" name="Sumatera Utara" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Sumatra</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B328273FADD44DF9B6A" box="[1099,1213,1299,1321]" name="Indonesia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Indonesia</collectingCountry>
;
<collectionCode id="07ADAE384D316B3282EDFADD45469B6B" box="[1237,1316,1299,1320]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
119547, female (64.0 mm), off Tachalon, Gulf of
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B328319FAFF45E99B04" box="[1313,1419,1329,1351]" name="Thailand" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Thailand</collectingCountry>
;
<collectionCode id="07ADAE384D316B328510FA9E43159B26" box="[808,887,1360,1381]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
278447, female (
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328273FA9E44D19B26" box="[1099,1203,1360,1382]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.36" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="43.6">43.6 mm</quantity>
), southern side of river mouth, Muar river,
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B32825BFAA044D09BC7" box="[1123,1202,1390,1412]" country="Malaysia" name="Johor" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Johore</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B3282FCFAA0454D9BC7" box="[1220,1327,1390,1412]" name="Malaysia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
;
<collectionCode id="07ADAE384D316B328378FAA045ED9BC0" box="[1344,1423,1390,1411]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
279359,
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B3285B4FA4343949BE0" box="[908,1014,1421,1443]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="male">12 males</specimenCount>
(19.9
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328201FA4244279BE0" box="[1081,1093,1420,1443]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
50.0 mm; 1 C&amp;S,
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328324FA4345E19BE1" box="[1308,1411,1421,1443]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.57" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="35.7">35.7 mm</quantity>
),
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B328510FA6243C69B82" box="[808,932,1451,1473]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="female">14 females</specimenCount>
(
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B32858EFA62443B9B82" box="[950,1113,1450,1473]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.68" metricValueMax="3.15" metricValueMin="2.21" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="26.8" valueMax="31.5" valueMin="22.1">
22.1
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B3285DEFA6443909B82" box="[998,1010,1450,1473]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
31.5 mm
</quantity>
; 1 C&amp;S,
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B3282FBFA6245499B82" box="[1219,1323,1452,1473]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.79" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="47.9">47.9 mm</quantity>
);
<collectionCode id="07ADAE384D316B328378FA6245ED9B82" box="[1344,1423,1452,1473]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="Museum">USNM</collectionCode>
288662,
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B3285A8FA0443819BA3" box="[912,995,1482,1504]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="male">1 male</specimenCount>
(C&amp;S,
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B32827EFA0444CC9B9C" box="[1094,1198,1482,1503]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.97" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="39.7">39.7 mm</quantity>
),
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B3282F0FA04455E9BA3" box="[1224,1340,1482,1504]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="female">2 females</specimenCount>
(C&amp;S,
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328510FA2643AE9BBD" box="[808,972,1511,1534]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.42" metricValueMax="2.68" metricValueMin="2.16" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="24.2" valueMax="26.8" valueMin="21.6">
21.6
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328560FA2943069BBD" box="[856,868,1511,1534]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
26.8 mm
</quantity>
), southern side of river mouth, Muar river,
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B328548F9C943DD985E" box="[880,959,1543,1565]" country="Malaysia" name="Johor" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Johore</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B3285F4F9C94455985E" box="[972,1079,1543,1565]" name="Malaysia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
; ZRC 39777, male (
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B328323F9C945E1985E" box="[1307,1411,1543,1565]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.059999999999999" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="80.6">80.6 mm</quantity>
), Sungai Selising, Matang mangroves,
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B32837CF9E845E8987F" box="[1348,1418,1574,1596]" country="Malaysia" name="Perak" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Perak</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B328510F98A43F19819" box="[808,915,1604,1626]" name="Malaysia" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
; ZRC 53919,
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B32827FF98A44CB9819" box="[1095,1193,1604,1626]" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="male">3 males</specimenCount>
(
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B3282F9F98A45079819" box="[1217,1381,1603,1626]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.175" metricValueMax="5.32" metricValueMin="5.029999999999999" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="51.75" valueMax="53.2" valueMin="50.3">
50.3
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B3282C9F98D449F9819" box="[1265,1277,1603,1626]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
53.2 mm
</quantity>
),
<specimenCount id="77BAFD744D316B3283B9F98A431D983A" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" type="female">3 females</specimenCount>
(
<quantity id="A6449B184D316B3285AFF9AD445E983B" box="[919,1084,1634,1657]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.334999999999999" metricValueMax="5.33" metricValueMin="3.34" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" unit="mm" value="43.349999999999994" valueMax="53.3" valueMin="33.4">
33.4
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B3285F0F9AC43B6983A" box="[968,980,1634,1657]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207"></emphasis>
53.3 mm
</quantity>
), Matla mudflats, Jharkali, South 24 Parganas,
<collectingRegion id="A378F81F4D316B32822AF94C44C798D4" box="[1042,1189,1665,1687]" country="India" name="West Bengal" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">West Bengal</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D316B32828AF94F449098D4" box="[1202,1266,1665,1687]" name="India" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">India</collectingCountry>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610336FD4D316B338510F97042049F7B" blockId="12.[808,1423,1726,1901]" lastBlockId="13.[166,781,199,312]" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="208" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B328510F97045389897" box="[808,1370,1726,1748]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">
Differential diagnosis:
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D316B328276F97045389897" baseAuthorityName="Cantor" baseAuthorityYear="1849" box="[1102,1370,1726,1748]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nexipinnis">Oxuderces nexipinnis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
is differentiated from
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D316B32821BF91344CB98B1" authorityName="Eydoux &amp; Souleyet" authorityYear="1848" box="[1059,1193,1757,1778]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="207" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D316B32821BF91344CB98B1" box="[1059,1193,1757,1778]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="207">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the following characters: first hemal spine terminating above midlength of first anal-fin pterygiophore (vs. extending ventrally below mid-length of first anal-fin pterygiophore;
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); mouth superior (vs. terminal); conspicuous dermal invagination posterior to the point of attachment of pelvic-fin base (vs. dermal invagination absent;
<figureCitation id="F9872A784D306B3387C6FECA42219F59" box="[510,579,260,282]" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="9.[166,245,730,749]" captionTargetBox="[173,774,198,697]" captionTargetId="figure-567@9.[173,774,198,697]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="Figure 6. Dermal invagination or pouch (arrow) at point of attachment of the pelvic-fin base in Oxuderces nexipinnis (ZRC 53919, 53.2 mm SL). Anterior is to the right." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5710958" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5710958/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
); head relatively long (27.3
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B33872FFEEF41419F7B" box="[279,291,289,312]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208"></emphasis>
30.3%SL vs. 25.1
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B3387DEFEEF41909F7B" box="[486,498,289,312]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208"></emphasis>
27.7%SL).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="35C366754D306B338505F9E1439E9925" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5710963" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5710963" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5710963/files/figure.png" pageId="13" pageNumber="208" startId="13.[829,908,1583,1602]" targetBox="[173,774,345,1855]" targetPageId="13">
<paragraph id="610336FD4D306B338505F9E1439E9925" blockId="13.[829,1445,1583,1894]" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B338505F9E143C59801" bold="true" box="[829,935,1583,1602]" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">Figure 8.</emphasis>
Line drawings of the hyoid bar in (A)
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D306B33835CF9E14385981C" baseAuthorityName="Cantor" baseAuthorityYear="1849" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="13" pageNumber="208" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nexipinnis">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B33835CF9E14385981C" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">Oxuderces nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 279359), (B)
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D306B3382EEF98245C6981C" box="[1238,1444,1612,1631]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Apocryptodon" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="13" pageNumber="208" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="wirzi">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B3382EEF98245C6981C" box="[1238,1444,1612,1631]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">Apocryptodon wirzi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 287292) and (C)
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D306B33827FF9A74489983E" box="[1095,1259,1641,1661]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Gnatholepis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="13" pageNumber="208" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B33827FF9A744A7983F" box="[1095,1221,1641,1660]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">Gnatholepis</emphasis>
sp.
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(USNM 287166). The anterior ceratohyal posterior to insertion of the fourth branchiostegal ray is elongate and notched (arrow) in
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B338559F90F438C9890" box="[865,1006,1729,1748]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">O. nexipinnis</emphasis>
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, elongate and not notched (arrow) in
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B338505F91043F398B2" box="[829,913,1758,1777]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">A. wirzi</emphasis>
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, and not elongate and not notched in
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B33831EF91045C698B2" box="[1318,1444,1758,1777]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">Gnatholepis</emphasis>
sp.
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Branchiostegal rays 3
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5 are distinctly thinner in A and B. Bone is stippled, cartilage is represented by open circles. Only the proximal portion of the five branchiostegal rays is drawn.
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B338505FF0943A49E9F" box="[829,966,199,220]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208">Description:</emphasis>
Head markedly depressed, wider than deep, head length 27.3
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30.3%SL, head width 32.6
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44.4%HL, head depth 30.4
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42.7%HL. Eye diameter 8.7
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16.3%HL; interorbital distance 3.0
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4.8%HL, eye without dermal cup. Snout profile pointed, snout length 12.0
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15.5%HL. Mouth superior, lower jaw terminating just anterior to upper jaw, gape wide; jaw length 41.3
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B3385D7FE5543999FF1" box="[1007,1019,411,434]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208"></emphasis>
59.7%HL; distinct notch in middle of upper lip between two medial teeth. Teeth in both jaws caninoid, unevenly spaced, in single row; one or two prominent and elongate canines on each side of premaxillary symphysis, canine teeth extending slightly anteroventrally and reaching beyond lower jaw when mouth closed, teeth decreasing in length posteriorly; teeth in lower jaw more uniform in size, teeth all shorter than medial canine teeth of upper jaw, teeth absent posteriorly, no canine tooth on each side of symphysis internal to anterior margin of lower jaw. Body compressed and gracile; body depth at anus 8.6
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12.9%SL, body width at anus 4.5
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7.3% SL. Predorsal long, predorsal length 28.2
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31.6%SL. D1 and D2 connected by membrane for entire height, base of D1 and D2 54.9
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59.4%SL; base of anal fin 35.9
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D306B338555FC4A431B9DD8" box="[877,889,900,923]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="208"></emphasis>
40.4%SL. No membrane connecting D2 or A to caudal fin. Pelvic fin short and rounded, not reaching genital papilla, pelvic-fin length 14.0
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18.2% SL. Pectoral-fin length moderate, 14.0
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19.2%SL. Caudal fin long, lanceolate, 20.8
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24.8%SL. D1 with six spinous dorsal rays (VI); all elements of D2 and A fins segmented; D2 with 25
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26 elements, A fin with 24
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26 elements; pectoral rays 21
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24; caudal fin segmented rays 17; dorsal procurrent rays 5, ventral procurrent rays 4. Two epural bones. Lateral longitudinal scale count 50
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54, scales on body small and embedded in skin anteriorly, and increasing in size posteriorly. All specimens without scales on dorsal region anterior to D1, ventral region of the head, cheek, operculum and pectoral-fin base except for largest specimen examined (ZRC 39777,
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) which has cheek scales and 14 predorsal midline scales; all scales small and embedded. Raised and distinct free-neuromast rows on head. Conspicuous dermal invagination posterior to point
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610336FD4D336B30869FFF0242929EBC" blockId="14.[167,752,204,255]" box="[167,752,204,255]" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">A First dorsal-fin anterior elements</paragraph>
<paragraph id="610336FD4D336B308510FF0944FB9EB8" blockId="14.[808,1423,199,251]" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">
of attachment of pelvic-fin base, invagination deep and appearing as a pit (
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).
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<subSubSection id="29A665764D336B308510FEEC4412987F" pageId="14" pageNumber="209" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="610336FD4D336B308510FEEC4412987F" blockId="14.[808,1424,290,1596]" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B308510FEEC43C59F74" box="[808,935,290,311]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">Coloration:</emphasis>
Preserved specimens uniformly light to dark brown with black spots on dorsal region of head and nape. Darkened brown to black upper lip and pectoral-fin base. Dark brown spot between 20
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and penultimate rays, positioned at mid-height of D2.
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based his description of live coloration on material from Peninsular
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that he had identified as
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B308269FE3744B59C4E" box="[1105,1239,504,526]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(=
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B3082CEFE3745ED9C4D" box="[1270,1423,505,526]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
here): Head and trunk greyish blue; 7 greyish-blue spots along lateral midline starting at a point equal to origin of first dorsal fin and ending at a point equal to about 75% of the length of D2; a suffusion of shiny, bluish scales on posterior half of trunk; 6 dusky, saddle-like blotches on dorsum starting at terminus of D1 with 4 across the base of D2 and 1 on caudal peduncle; D1 translucent; D2 translucent except for a thin, faint dusky stripe through the median part of fin and a large black ocellus near distal tips of last 4 rays; caudal, anal and pelvic fins translucent; pectoral fin translucent but with a large, dusky blotch on upper base; nape with dusky reticulations; anterior nostril with a black anterior margin; venter shiny white. In the
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Straits, along the western coast of Peninsular
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,
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identified
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B308510FBD143DD9A77" box="[808,959,1055,1076]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(reported as
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B3082B7FBD145709A70" box="[1167,1298,1054,1076]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. dentatus</emphasis>
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) by the characteristic ...bright green eyes and depressed head, and a dark spot posteriorly on the dorsal fin. They reported that
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B3085F2FBB444039AD3" box="[970,1121,1146,1168]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. nexipinnis</emphasis>
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occurs on the mudflats of Bengkalis and
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islands in Peninsular
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, at sites facing the sea and not influenced by freshwater inflow (
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D336B3085BFFB18440D9AAF" author="Takita T &amp; Agusnimar A &amp; Ali AB" box="[903,1135,1238,1260]" pageId="14" pageNumber="209" pagination="131 - 138" refId="ref13467" refString="Takita T, Agusnimar A, Ali AB. 1999. Distribution and habitat requirements of oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae) along the Straits of Malacca. Ichthyological Research 46: 131 - 138." type="journal article" year="1999">
Takita
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B3085DCFB18447F9AA8" box="[996,1053,1238,1259]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">et al.</emphasis>
, 1999
</bibRefCitation>
). At Teluk Bahang in
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Island, this species was found low on the intertidal zone, an area which was exposed for only several days per lunar cycle, prompting the hypothesis that
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B308554FA9E44619B26" box="[876,1027,1360,1381]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is probably active underwater (
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Takita
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B3085B9FAA143D89BC0" box="[897,954,1390,1412]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">et al.</emphasis>
, 1999
</bibRefCitation>
). This hypothesis is corroborated by
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who found larger individuals of
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B30857DFA6243B99B82" box="[837,987,1452,1473]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(reported as
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B30824BFA6244949B82" box="[1139,1270,1452,1473]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) in the lower intertidal zones (more aquatic) and smaller individuals in higher intertidal zones (more terrestrial) at their study site in Tanjung Piai,
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, along the western coast of Peninsular
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.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B3086AAF9E3409E9803" bold="true" box="[146,252,1581,1600]" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">Figure 9.</emphasis>
Line drawings of several anterior vertebrae and associated elements of the first dorsal fin in (A)
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B3086AAF9A641E99839" box="[146,395,1640,1659]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">Oxuderces nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 279359) and (B)
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B3086AAF94B417298DB" box="[146,272,1669,1688]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">Gnatholepis</emphasis>
sp.
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(USNM 287166). The neural spine of the fourth vertebra (arrow) is broad and spatulate and directed posteriorly in
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B30878AF90E425D9891" box="[434,575,1728,1747]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">O. nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and relatively thin and pointed and directed dorsally in
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B30844CF913429098B3" box="[628,754,1757,1776]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">Gnatholepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Bone is stippled, cartilage is represented by open circles.
</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="29A665764D336B308510F990444E98F2" pageId="14" pageNumber="209" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B308510F99043C49830" box="[808,934,1630,1651]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">Etymology:</emphasis>
Latin,
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B30822CF99044389830" box="[1044,1114,1630,1651]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">nexus</emphasis>
meaning tied together and
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B30854DF9B343DF98D1" box="[885,957,1661,1682]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">pinnis</emphasis>
meaning fins, referring to the continuous dorsal fins.
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<paragraph id="610336FD4D336B308510F91645ED9968" blockId="14.[808,1423,1752,1835]" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D336B308510F91643FC994F" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="209">
Distribution and ecological note:
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</emphasis>
is distributed in the Indo-West Pacific, here reported from the southern part of the South
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318505F98E43D69810" bold="true" box="[829,948,1600,1619]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Figure 10.</emphasis>
Line drawings of the last precaudal and the first two caudal vertebrae and associated elements of the anal fin in (A)
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B3185E2F9B544CA98CD" box="[986,1192,1659,1678]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Oxuderces dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 86954) and (B)
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B318505F956444798E9" baseAuthorityName="Cantor" baseAuthorityYear="1849" box="[829,1061,1688,1707]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nexipinnis">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318505F956444798E9" box="[829,1061,1688,1707]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Oxuderces nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(USNM 279359). In
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B31831AF95645FC98E8" box="[1314,1438,1688,1707]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, the hemal spine extends to a point at about mid-length of the first anal-fin pterygiophore; in
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B3182DBF91D451298A6" baseAuthorityName="Cantor" baseAuthorityYear="1849" box="[1251,1392,1747,1766]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nexipinnis">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B3182DBF91D451298A6" box="[1251,1392,1747,1766]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">O. nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
the hemal spine terminates closer to the proximal tip of the first anal-fin pterygiophore. Bone is stippled; cartilage is represented by open circles.
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<paragraph id="610336FD4D326B318505FF0944C09CCB" blockId="15.[829,1444,199,648]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D326B318505FF0943E09E9E" box="[829,898,199,221]" name="China" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">China</collectingCountry>
Sea, Gulf of
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D326B31820CFF0944FC9E9E" box="[1076,1182,199,221]" name="Thailand" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Thailand</collectingCountry>
, Java Sea, Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal (
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). This species lives on intertidal soft-bottom habitats, predominantly mudflats. Adults have been observed to swim through the muddy substrate with only a thin film of water above them, through which they would occasionally poke their heads (
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D326B318298FEB045549FD0" author="Murdy EO" box="[1184,1334,382,404]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" pagination="1 - 93" refId="ref12918" refString="Murdy EO. 1989. A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Records of the Australian Museum 11 (Supplement): 1 - 93." type="journal article" year="1989">Murdy, 1989</bibRefCitation>
, reported as
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B31855CFE5343889FF1" authorityName="Eydoux &amp; Souleyet" authorityYear="1848" box="[868,1002,413,434]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B31855CFE5343889FF1" box="[868,1002,413,434]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). This species has been reported to store air in its burrows, especially in the spawning chambers (
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D326B3185F5FE1444929FAC" author="Ishimatsu A &amp; Hishida Y &amp; Takita T &amp; Kanda T &amp; Oikawa S &amp; Takeda T &amp; Khoo KH" box="[973,1264,474,496]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" pagination="237 - 238" refId="ref12691" refString="Ishimatsu A, Hishida Y, Takita T, Kanda T, Oikawa S, Takeda T, Khoo KH. 1998. Mudskippers store air in their burrows. Nature 391: 237 - 238." type="journal article" year="1998">
Ishimatsu
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318264FE1444F49FAC" box="[1116,1174,474,495]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">et al.</emphasis>
, 1998
</bibRefCitation>
, reported as
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B318505FE3743A19C4E" authorityName="Eydoux &amp; Souleyet" authorityYear="1848" box="[829,963,504,526]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318505FE3743A19C4E" box="[829,963,504,526]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). In
<collectingCountry id="19AB766D4D326B318230FE3644119C4D" box="[1032,1139,504,526]" name="Malaysia" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Malaysia</collectingCountry>
, it is a common prey of homalopsine snakes such as
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B318295FDD945049C6F" box="[1197,1382,535,556]" class="Reptilia" family="Homalopsidae" genus="Bitia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hydroides">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318295FDD945049C6F" box="[1197,1382,535,556]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Bitia hydroides</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D326B318505FDF8441E9C08" author="Jayne BC &amp; Ward TJ &amp; Voris HK" box="[829,1148,565,587]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" pagination="800 - 808" refId="ref12768" refString="Jayne BC, Ward TJ, Voris HK. 1995. Morphology, reproduction and diet of the marine homalopsine snake Bitia hydroides in Peninsula Malaysia. Copeia 1995: 800 - 808." type="journal article" year="1995">Jayne, Ward &amp; Voris, 1995</bibRefCitation>
, reported as
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B31832EFDF845FE9C09" authorityName="Eydoux &amp; Souleyet" authorityYear="1848" box="[1302,1436,565,587]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B31832EFDF845FE9C09" box="[1302,1436,565,587]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B31854DFD9A442F9C2A" baseAuthorityName="Schneider" baseAuthorityYear="1799" box="[885,1101,596,617]" class="Reptilia" family="Homalopsidae" genus="Cerberus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Squamata" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rynchops">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B31854DFD9A442F9C2A" box="[885,1101,596,617]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Cerberus rynchops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D326B3182AAFD9A43149CCB" author="Jayne BC &amp; Voris HK &amp; Heang KB" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" pagination="1 - 15" refId="ref12728" refString="Jayne BC, Voris HK, Heang KB. 1988. Diet, feeding behavior, growth and numbers of a population of Cerberus rynchops (Serpentes: Homalopsinae) in Malaysia. Fieldiana 50: 1 - 15." type="journal article" year="1988">Jayne, Voris &amp; Heang, 1988</bibRefCitation>
, reported as
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B318234FDBD44F09CC4" authorityName="Eydoux &amp; Souleyet" authorityYear="1848" box="[1036,1170,626,648]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318234FDBD44F09CC4" box="[1036,1170,626,648]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318505FD6144D29C86" box="[829,1200,687,709]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">
Remarks:
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B31858FFD7E44D29C86" authorityName="Cantor, 1849:" authorityYear="1170" box="[951,1200,688,709]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Apocryptes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nexipinnis">Apocryptes nexipinnis</taxonomicName>
</emphasis>
, described by
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D326B31836DFD7E43E59CA7" author="Cantor T" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" pagination="983 - 1443" refId="ref12023" refString="Cantor T. 1849. Catalog of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18: 983 - 1443." type="journal article" year="1849">Cantor (1849)</bibRefCitation>
, was classified in the genus
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<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B3182C8FD0045079CA0" box="[1264,1381,718,739]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Oxuderces</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and synonymized with
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B318222FD2344C29D41" authorityName="Eydoux &amp; Souleyet" authorityYear="1848" box="[1050,1184,749,770]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentatus">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318222FD2344C29D41" box="[1050,1184,749,770]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">O. dentatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D326B3182E8FD2345139D40" author="Murdy EO" box="[1232,1393,749,771]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" pagination="1 - 93" refId="ref12918" refString="Murdy EO. 1989. A taxonomic revision and cladistic analysis of the oxudercine gobies (Gobiidae: Oxudercinae). Records of the Australian Museum 11 (Supplement): 1 - 93." type="journal article" year="1989">Murdy (1989)</bibRefCitation>
. We resurrect this name from synonymy as
<taxonomicName id="A6BC4D7E4D326B318317FCC543D19D7C" baseAuthorityName="Cantor" baseAuthorityYear="1849" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Oxuderces" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nexipinnis">
<emphasis id="53C8EAEF4D326B318317FCC543D19D7C" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Oxuderces nexipinnis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. The BMNH
<typeStatus id="BE07885F4D326B318259FCE444A79D7C" box="[1121,1221,810,831]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
are the left sides (heads and bodies) of two individuals that have been dried, filleted and stuffed with cotton wool (
<figureCitation id="F9872A784D326B31837CFCA945FA9D3E" box="[1348,1432,871,893]" captionStart="Figure 14" captionStartId="18.[146,225,1675,1694]" captionTargetBox="[153,1415,198,1641]" captionTargetId="figure-93@18.[153,1415,198,1642]" captionTargetPageId="18" captionText="Figure 14. Apocryptes nexipinnis Cantor, 1849, syntypes, BMNH1860.3.19.568-69 (2), dried, filleted and stuffed with cotton wool. Anterior is to the left. Top: the larger of the two syntypes, approximately 67.8 mm SL. Middle: the same specimen as the top, rotated on the horizontal axis. Bottom: the smaller of the two syntypes, approximately 65 mm SL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5710977" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5710977/files/figure.png" pageId="15" pageNumber="210">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D326B318505FC4843889DDF" author="Cantor T" box="[829,1002,902,924]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" pagination="983 - 1443" refId="ref12023" refString="Cantor T. 1849. Catalog of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18: 983 - 1443." type="journal article" year="1849">Cantor (1849)</bibRefCitation>
did not indicate the number of specimens he had on hand and reported the total length of the specimen (or specimens) on which he based his description as 3 3/
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, or
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TL. He further indicated that the caudal fin comprised 1/5 of the TL, which would mean that the specimen (or specimens) was approximately
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SL. The BMNH
<typeStatus id="BE07885F4D326B3185AFFB9243999A32" box="[919,1019,1116,1137]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" type="syntype">syntypes</typeStatus>
measure approximately
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SL (possibly a male) and
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SL (possibly a female). Although the larger specimen is closer in size to that given by
<bibRefCitation id="052D4B0C4D326B318594FB79442D9A8E" author="Cantor T" box="[940,1103,1207,1229]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" pagination="983 - 1443" refId="ref12023" refString="Cantor T. 1849. Catalog of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 18: 983 - 1443." type="journal article" year="1849">Cantor (1849)</bibRefCitation>
, we do not designate it as a
<typeStatus id="BE07885F4D326B318505FB1843C19AAF" box="[829,931,1238,1260]" pageId="15" pageNumber="210" type="lectotype">lectotype</typeStatus>
because both specimens are extremely distorted, as well as incomplete, and we cannot identify either with certainty as the primary specimen on which the description was based.
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