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<figureCitation id="AB3A4214412F9FE9897B42645F9C3948" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Image showing the head pores and anterior lateral-line pores. a. Ariosoma gracile sp. nov., NBFGR / CONACOM, holotype (241 mm TL); b. Ariosoma kannani sp. nov., NBFGR / CONAKAN, holotype, (171 mm TL)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.116611.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974584" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Figs 1b</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="B1512411E8E7518E66D8401117384BFE" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Dentition of upper jaw. a. Ariosoma gracile sp. nov., NBFGR / CONACOM, holotype (241 mm TL); b. Ariosoma kannani sp. nov., NBFGR / CONAKAN, holotype, (171 mm TL)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.116611.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974585" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">, 2b</figureCitation>
<figureCitation id="40D35E697D5C2CB17806C1BB475DE01A" captionStart="Figure 5" captionStartId="F5" captionText="Figure 5. Ariosoma kannani sp. nov., NBFGR / CONAKAN, holotype, (171 mm TL). a. Lateral view; b. Lateral; c. Dorsal; d. Ventral view of anterior portion of head." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.116611.figure5" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974588" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">, 5</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="AA4AC8A97663455180B7CE5C3145608A" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Type material.</paragraph>
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NBFGR/CONAKAN (171 mm TL), Rameshwaram Fish Landing Centre, Tamil Nadu, Gulf of Mannar, east coast of India, Bay of Bengal (
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,
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), Coll. P. Kodeeswaran and A. Kathirvelpandian, 4 February 2022.
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EBRC/ZSI/F15710 (157 mm TL) taken with holotype, EBRC/ZSI/F15711 (201 mm TL), Shankarpur Fish Landing Centre, West Bengal, Coll. Dipanjan Ray, 10 November, 2021.
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<paragraph id="D3A1A92938FB26C780B9AAD933821828" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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A small-sized slender eel species of
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distinguished from all other species by the following combination of the characters: dorsal-fin origin behind pectoral-fin insertion, pre-anal length 46.0-47.2% of TL, smaller eye, 20.7-21.1% HL, smaller interorbital distance, 8.9-10.7% HL, no distinct bands on head, pre-opercle whitish, teeth on jaw small, pointed, intermaxillary and vomerine teeth continuous, short vomerine tooth patch; SO canal with 6 pores; 3 pores on ST canal; pre-dorsal vertebrae 10 (10); pre-anal vertebrae 45 (45); total vertebrae 116 (118).
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<paragraph id="EE33A44E0968C519CF6DC9E4B75625F9" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Body stout, anterior portion cylindrical, laterally compressed in tail region; caudal fin tip rounded; anus positioned at mid-point of body, pre-anal length 46.0-47.2% of TL; dorsal-fin origin behind pectoral-fin insertion, above tenth to eleventh lateral-line pores. Pectoral-fin developed, with a narrow base and round or blunt distally. Gill opening small, smaller than eye diameter, interbranchial width larger than gill opening and smaller than eye diameter.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B41175BE35D5E38ED254E3414A27F17" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Head moderately large 6.0 (5.5) in TL, snout short, anteriorly pointed in dorsal view, its length 1.1 times eye diameter, projecting beyond lower jaw; snout length shorter than lower jaw; fleshy portion of snout projecting anteriorly beyond the end of intermaxillary tooth patch; rictus positioned just behind middle length of eye. Tubular anterior nostril moderate in size at snout tip and posterior nostril relatively large elliptical pore, in front of mid-eye orbit diameter. Upper and lower jaw with reduced flange.</paragraph>
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Head pores medium or small. SO canal pores 6; first pore (ethmoidal) smaller, on snout tip; second pore medium, just before anterior nostril; third pore enlarged, on dorsal surface of snout just behind anterior nostril; fourth pore moderate, behind posterior nostril; fifth pore smaller, at anterior interorbital space; sixth pore small at posterior interorbital space. IO canal pores 8 (4+4), first pore moderate, behind anterior nostril; second pore below posterior nostril; third pore below just before orbit eye-orbit margin; fourth pore at slightly before rictus, fifth pore behind rictus and 3 pores at infraorbital canal behind eye. POM pores 10; mandibular section with 7, pre-opercular section with 3 pores in a longitudinal row. ST pores 3, 1 median pore and 1 lateral pore on each side just behind median pore (Fig.
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Teeth on jaws small, pointed; continuous maxillary and intermaxillary teeth; intermaxillary and vomerine teeth continuous; vomerine teeth pointed anteriorly and blunt posteriorly, reach beyond mid-maxillary teeth row (Fig.
<figureCitation id="365682D57B037A81FAE6DD682620EA2D" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Dentition of upper jaw. a. Ariosoma gracile sp. nov., NBFGR / CONACOM, holotype (241 mm TL); b. Ariosoma kannani sp. nov., NBFGR / CONAKAN, holotype, (171 mm TL)." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.116611.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974585" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">2b</figureCitation>
).
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<paragraph id="B1FB30701F5F9381922D2EE9FAFE5956" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Pre-dorsal vertebrae 10, pre-anal vertebrae 45-48; total vertebrae 116-118.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="7A9D6AC0D9AE032C56CABD1402696EC6" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Colouration.</paragraph>
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Dorsal body pale brownish; ventral half above anus whitish; dorsal fin margin black; anal fin clear; pre-opercle whitish; head brownish; interorbital region black; pectoral-fin translucent; ventral surface of lower jaw whitish without any black pigmentation (Fig.
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).
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<emphasis id="9687AF8695D1C1455880763E697321E7" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Figure 5.</emphasis>
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sp. nov., NBFGR/CONAKAN, holotype, (171 mm TL).
<emphasis id="095E1CD4951AB3F61AB530AD9D678DD4" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">a.</emphasis>
Lateral view;
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Lateral;
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Dorsal;
<emphasis id="560D37C159E1602384433ADEEF8736BA" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">d.</emphasis>
Ventral view of anterior portion of head.
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<paragraph id="5D750567327935117286DC6BBD0C6703" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Distribution.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8CDD79B2B4ADB9EB9AA0C429DAA5EB46" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Indian Ocean: Gulf of Mannar, Bay of Bengal probably widespread in the east coast of India, but rare in catch.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="33A914E5F93CA4A29AFC48CE83E093E3" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C075200A33989ACC1D1F2D0A6A149FDC" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">The species was named after the late Prof. Dr. L. Kannan, Former Director, CAS in Marine Biology, Annamalai University and Former Vice Chancellor, Thiruvalluvar University for his contribution in Marine Science.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="E4FD185E5786D3D237441AE52B3A7B37" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="8F811A8084F9A8D7A7EBB1BE83246A43" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Comparison.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="097A152D4162B88A5E5BF26C1ABED32D" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">
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<emphasis id="211FA15760B86E0C67BF7FE458A59AE0" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Ariosoma kannani</emphasis>
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is closely related to
<taxonomicName id="62A93F2613D05532B343F8F6CD932AC6" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1938" family="Congridae" genus="Ariosoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ariosoma megalops" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
<emphasis id="B014A232930DBA67003F065FA8D5978D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Ariosoma megalops</emphasis>
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from China, Taiwan and Vietnam waters in having the dorsal-fin origin behind the pectoral-fin insertion and similar vertebral counts, but the new species readily differs by having smaller interorbital distance (8.9-10.7% HL vs. 12.1-18.4% HL in
<taxonomicName id="3B79C246B25EAC3B53A682CDA24D4951" lsidName="A. megalops" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" rank="species" species="megalops">
<emphasis id="AA627AAD76DAE01044E83EAF9465CF29" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. megalops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) and smaller mean eye diameter (20.9% HL vs. 22.8-22.9% HL) and the new species show 10.8% genetic divergence from
<taxonomicName id="97B4876F8A8B31EC995EB0652A987FD3" lsidName="A. megalops" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" rank="species" species="megalops">
<emphasis id="F8F411966536976E28FD71FFE2A3D7FF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. megalops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Taiwan waters. The new species shares similar vertebral counts with
<taxonomicName id="20480C74C094FFEF1DB3A4A432EB7333" baseAuthorityName="Stromman" baseAuthorityYear="1896" family="Congridae" genus="Ariosoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ariosoma scheelei" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="scheelei">
<emphasis id="7106B90146C8C9B9CA558F98F54A2D96" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Ariosoma scheelei</emphasis>
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, a widely distributed species in Indo-West Pacific, but
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<emphasis id="359717D0FF91BE9337E8E510EE645DEE" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. kannani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be easily distinguished from
<taxonomicName id="0451F835DF8A91E65E48066CC61FF063" lsidName="A. scheelei" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" rank="species" species="scheelei">
<emphasis id="B9D9A03FE3A81EA2E963336F6F2F5BB7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. scheelei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by having fewer POM pores (10 vs. 12 in
<taxonomicName id="F8CFABD9635C2812FC8A41BBDEEDB3AC" lsidName="A. scheelei" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" rank="species" species="scheelei">
<emphasis id="E4A5136AB4FE4B2C67B9A15C6FFE758C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. scheelei</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (
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) and shows 19.4% genetic differences. Further,
<taxonomicName id="6299A687CF0CB41255638861765F335E" lsidName="A. kannani" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" rank="species" species="kannani">
<emphasis id="CC1D3BBA0BD801B2400D7710B0DD34BA" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. kannani</emphasis>
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differs from all the Indian water congeners by having fewer total vertebrae (116-118 vs. 121-164 in others) and dorsal-fin origin behind pectoral-fin insertion (
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).
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<subSubSection id="AC07FDCEE18DBFC55AF3AC8D16BBBAEE" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" type="molecular analyses">
<paragraph id="A65999A8FA3A6D9520EF2222999CCADE" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Molecular analyses</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7ED3F50DE0D5DEB46539FB752EE8E360" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Out of 548 bp studied, conserved and variable sites were found to be 348 bp, 200 bp long, respectively. Amongst variable sites, parsimony informative sites constitute 190 bp, wherein a singleton with 10 bp. The nucleotide composition was found to be A = 26.1%; T = 30%; C = 25.2%; G = 18.7. The transition and transversion bias (R) was documented using substitution patterns and rates were ascertained using the Kimura 2 Parameter model. The obtained R value of 7.48, clearly indicate the sequences of the species used for analyses are delineated in a proper manner. The R value supports the findings of genetic divergence values and phylogenetic tree analyses.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8C1E17B16D017381A21939CEDDDFCCFA" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">
The Maximum Likelihood tree (Fig.
<figureCitation id="2201A49E33BBFF19F05D5AF28700CF57" captionStart="Figure 6" captionStartId="F6" captionText="Figure 6. Maximum Likelihood phylogeny tree of the genus Ariosoma from analysis of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene, including new species, Ariosoma kannani collected from the south Indian coast, based on the IQ-Tree. The ML tree was plotted with the HKY + F + I + G 4 model using ModelFinder (Kalyaanamoorthy et al. 2017). Each node is labelled with a GenBank accession number and support values (bootstrap probability) are indicated along branches." figureDoi="10.3897/zse.100.116611.figure6" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/974589" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">6</figureCitation>
), obtained using the sequences generated for the new species
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<emphasis id="8780B62426FAFDDB1D30012030CA1251" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Ariosoma kannani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
along with other sister species, confirms the species identification as the new species forms a separate cluster and is closely related to the sequences of
<taxonomicName id="6C370C169A11E2B5FF627B45C352F082" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1938" family="Congridae" genus="Ariosoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ariosoma megalops" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
<emphasis id="213588D66B586ABB8A8CD2D8EC08D8AD" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Ariosoma megalops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the Taiwan waters with 10.8% genetic divergence. Further, the new species
<taxonomicName id="F8924964911C203C733CD4B23524247E" lsidName="A. kannani" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" rank="species" species="kannani">
<emphasis id="B54C279BBEE8F2FB709742CA1B87FDA6" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. kannani</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
exhibits 16.3% distance with the sequences of
<taxonomicName id="CD0EFCFB8482CCCA97E732D4944A6BAB" baseAuthorityName="Castle" baseAuthorityYear="1990" family="Congridae" genus="Ariosoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Ariosoma kapala" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kapala">
<emphasis id="C3D9F06AB3E0DBEF10FEC920684E886B" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Ariosoma kapala</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 17.6% with
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<emphasis id="C365E29BF798F4D7B0DD0E9C9AD9C694" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. bowersi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 18.9% with
<taxonomicName id="1A7321B3419C12308E0841D99E830B15" lsidName="A. shiroanago" pageId="0" pageNumber="119" rank="species" species="shiroanago">
<emphasis id="DA1E65323C0FCF33730B8D7E5ABC7027" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. shiroanago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 19.2% with
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<emphasis id="1809FA2C0A6A2C25C371EF7067455089" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. balearicum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 19.3% with
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<emphasis id="B2375EC4FE791EC2D358A870C91DF47E" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">A. anago</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="BEF398C0EB356374A6C04EB97CEADD1F" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">
<emphasis id="664F04F32B7453C6FEED7DBEAE126CF5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Figure 6.</emphasis>
Maximum Likelihood phylogeny tree of the genus
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<emphasis id="81F6113EBB22952A4EB5C98629BB44AC" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Ariosoma</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from analysis of cytochrome c oxidase subunit I gene, including new species,
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<emphasis id="211870AE906F3190DFA88C67FE1A7285" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="119">Ariosoma kannani</emphasis>
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collected from the south Indian coast, based on the IQ-Tree. The ML tree was plotted with the HKY+F+I+G4 model using ModelFinder (
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). Each node is labelled with a GenBank accession number and support values (bootstrap probability) are indicated along branches.
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