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<paragraph id="2FF8448A24A283CACBD2F1386EA7BC77" pageNumber="2">(Fig. 1; Table 1)</paragraph>
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, 198.2mm SL, female, collected
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at
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Diagnosis. A species of
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with a long and slender body (body depth/SL = 4%), total dorsal-fin elements 72, anal-fin elements 65, and caudal vertebrae 35. Second dorsal and anal fins edged in black, caudal fin almost entirely black.
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<paragraph id="9480546580544AD48D11A288E90D4147" pageNumber="2">Description. Total dorsal-fin elements 72; first and second dorsal fins continous; first dorsal fin with six flexible spines; all rays of second dorsal fin segmented and branched; dorsal-fin base long and broadly joined with caudal fin. Total anal-fin rays 65, all segmented and branched; anal-fin height slightly less than second dorsal-fin height; anal-fin membrane narrowly joined with caudal fin. Pectoral fin with 20-21 rays, rounded posteriorly, pectoral-fin length 36% of pelvic-fin length; all pectoral-fin rays segmented and most are branched. Pelvic-fin rays I, 5, with well developed frenum and connecting membrane forming cup-shaped disc. Caudal fin very short, representing less than 5% of total length.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="4D9BF92F1C169479D5B40A46CC559153" pageNumber="2">Head and body compressed. Scales absent on both head and body. Teeth in outermost row of jaws enlarged, sharp and pointed; when mouth closed, outermost teeth interlock. Upper and lower jaws with 2 rows of teeth posterolaterally and 3-4 rows anteromedially. No caninoid teeth internal to symphysis of lower jaw. Outer-row teeth larger than teeth of inner row(s); outer row teeth of lower jaw longer than those of upper-jaw; 12 teeth in outer row of upper jaw; 9 teeth in outer row of lower jaw. No palatine nor vomerine teeth present.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BF4E08F2C211F00E544D2886596FD263" pageNumber="2">Mouth large and almost vertical. Tongue thick. Isthmus narrow.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="910E10FD188BF40D309DA26A2DBD53B1" pageNumber="2">Eye rudimentary, but distinct, covered by skin.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E0C8640C7BAC9172A55F26DE163EDFB1" pageNumber="2">Cephalic sensory canals and pores absent. Papillae on head located on raised dermal folds. Twenty-five vertical rows of papillae, some paired, extend from the pectoral-fin base to the caudal peduncle.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="433BB6E1B892A9D644ECF181C986041A" pageNumber="2">Five pairs of short, thin barbels on ventral surface of head. Spinous dorsal-fin pterygiophore formula 3-12210; Y-shaped, second anal fin pterygiophore present. Precaudal vertebrae 10, caudal vertebrae 35.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="CC223ABCF97B8EACEC301600615AB5A8" pageNumber="3">Selected morphometric measurements are as follows: SL/total length = 0.951; head length (HL)/SL = 0.121; pelvic-fin length (PEL)/SL = 0.070; PEL/HL = 0.575; pectoralfin length (PEC)/SL = 0.026; PEC/HL = 0.209; PEC/PEL = 0.363; head width/SL = 0.050; snout length/SL = 0.025; jaw length/SL = 0.030; interorbital width/SL = 0.018; nape width/SL = 0.042; body depth/SL = 0.040; predorsal length/SL = 0.157; prepelvic length/ SL = 0.144; and preanal length/SL = 0.250.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="BB3A9AD750061EC2A0F798E6A0D0A492" lastPageNumber="4" pageNumber="3">Coloration. Based on a color photograph of the only specimen after it had been collected, head and body bluish gray, darker posteriorly. No markings on head or body. Spinous dorsal fin translucent. Distal margin of soft dorsal and anal fins black with blackened area increasing posteriorly on both fins. Black continuing onto caudal fin with only a small basal portion of the caudal fin not being black. Basal portions of pectoral and pelvic fins yellowish, remainder of fins translucent.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5EB58BF0414B6AEAE3A51B6F56A85C56" pageNumber="4">Distribution. Type and only known locality is Ras Az Zawr Bay, north of Gulf coast of Jubail, Saudi Arabia. Holotype was collected at the mouth of its burrow on a tidally exposed mudflat.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="39C244BBF8C23E9DB5860D1060C1B821" pageNumber="4">Etymology. This species is named for Kent Allen, who collected and photographed the only known specimen.</paragraph>
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Comparison with congeners.
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is in need of revision. As such, we are aware of 13 nominal species that conform to the definition of
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(Birdsong et al. 1988) and none of them has been recorded from the Arabian Gulf (Kuronuma and Abe, 1986 and Table 1). Of these 13 nominal species, published information on selected meristic counts exists for 11 of them, and type specimens were available for seven. Radiographs were made and examined for the seven type specimens. We note that neither published data nor type material exists for
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T. hermannii
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(1800), which was synonymized with
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1758) by Koumans (1953) and Bauchot et al. (1991).
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Based on published data and/or data gleaned from radiographs of type specimens,
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has greater numbers of dorsal- and anal-fin elements, and vertebrae (72, 65, and 45, respectively) than any of the nominal species of
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for which we have data. With respect to the number of total dorsal-fin elements, the type of
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(RMNH 4806) comes closest to
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with 56 total dorsal-fin elements (16 fewer than
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); all other nominal species have 51 or fewer. For total anal-fin elements,
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,
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(holotype, RUSI 261) and
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(holotype, MNHN A.1465) come closest to
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(65) with 48; all other nominal species have 47 or fewer. For total vertebrae, the paralectotype of
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(CAS 106638) has 32, 13 fewer than
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; all other nominal species have 30 or fewer. As the numbers of dorsal- and anal-fin elements, and vertebrae in
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differ markedly from the other nominal species of
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, we believe it is appropriate to recognize
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as a valid species of
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even though we have only a single specimen and the genus is unresolved with respect to its constituent species.
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