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<mods:title id="BB1B7A1A3127EAFBF46F4C643EAD5067">Taxonomy of the catfish genus Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker (Siluriformes: Pimelodidae) with recognition of eight species.</mods:title>
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<taxonomicName id="5D907A399B73CFB3A11F7931A4998403" ID-CoL="735X" ID-ENA="309910" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D25A861B-8DAE-4D3E-93DE-9BBB19B28535" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker 1862:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker, 1862</taxonomicName>
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<paragraph id="237D0B048083B836CC1A093D2A238809" pageNumber="3">
<taxonomicName id="01B206D58632FFE3EE3A311EAB841DE2" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D25A861B-8DAE-4D3E-93DE-9BBB19B28535" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker 1862:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker, 1862</taxonomicName>
:10. Type species:
<taxonomicName id="DD016A9E3CCA61F83B44773306656E61" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B2B53908-5031-484D-9783-35ABC9111271" family="Siluridae" genus="Silurus" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Silurus fasciatus Linnaeus 1766:505" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciatus">Silurus fasciatus Linnaeus, 1766</taxonomicName>
. Type by original designation. Gender: neuter. Lundberg and Littmann (2003) stated that
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is a valid name by first reviser action of Eigenmann and Eigenmann (1888).
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<taxonomicName id="B371B403DF079DF08B4A54FFC2CEBAF5" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:6302E002-B050-450E-ADB0-E797476E6FEC" class="Actinopterygii" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Hemiplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Hemiplatystoma Bleeker 1862:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Hemiplatystoma Bleeker, 1862</taxonomicName>
:10. Type species:
<taxonomicName id="1FE2F0CA6EC1A67AABA6A4DA49CCE853" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01DF72E1-6947-4D0E-B598-2780D54AFC38" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Platystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes 1840:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="3" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrinum">Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes, 1840</taxonomicName>
. Type by original designation. Gender: neuter.
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The etymology of
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is as follows: pseudes, (Greek) for false, platys (Greek), flat and stoma (Greek), mouth.
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<paragraph id="3F6FBBD76AAA80B312C031F5B212883F" pageNumber="3">Bleeker used a combination of characters to diagnose his new genus as follows (words in parentheses are ours)</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5F7CFE12B46B77392C8ADADD929979DC" pageNumber="3">&quot;Snout strongly depressed. Superior maxilla non -prominent. Intermaxillary (premaxillary) teeth minute, vomero -palatine teeth in four patches. Eyes in dorsal position. Nares anterior and tubulated. Long barbels. Spine (pectoral?) serrated, dorsal (spine?) slender. Anal fin short”.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="7DE68C7DAE162581EB13B2819BCF9B5A" pageNumber="3">Other features noted in the literature (e.g., Ringuelet et al., 1967; Dahl, 1971; Mees, 1974) include: flat head with occipital region covered by thin skin; posterior occipital process contacting predorsal plate; fontanel of skull extends from middle of snout to posterior line of eyes, at this point it becomes a groove that reaches the occipital; pectoral fins have one spine and 8 rays; anal fin has one spine and 9 rays; caudal fin is forked with branched rays; branchiostegal rays 14-15. We reevaluated these features.</paragraph>
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We found six unique characters to support the monophyly of
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: foramen formed by the epioccipital process and pterotic (Fig. 2); the articular has a flange or platform on its proximal lateral side (Fig. 3C); the articular presents a large fossa where a novel muscle originates (see Buitrago -
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, 2006 and Fig. 3A); the entopterygoid forms a straight angle (Figs. 4A and B); presence of a foramen between the parhypural and hypural at the joint with the compound centrum (Fig. 5); swim bladder expanded anteriorly with one appendicle departing from the anterolateral region on each side (Fig. 6A -C); spotted caudal fin (Figs. 13 and 14).
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2. Posteroventral view of the skull of
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, BMNH 1971-29-92-93. Boc, basioccipital; ep, epioccipital; ex, exoccipital; f, frontal; hy-f, hyomandibular fossa; par, parasphenoid; pro, prootic; pt, pterotic; pt-ep, pteroticepioccipital fossa; sph, sphenotic. Thick arrows point to the superficial extension of the lapillus (inner ear otolith), and small arrow points to the exit of the facial nerve. Scale 1 cm.
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FIGURE 3. A, posterodistal view of the lower jaw,
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, BMNH 1971-299293. afq, articular facet of the quadrate; ar, articular; com, minute coronomeckelian bone; d, dentary. B, posteroproximal view of the lower jaw. C, posteroventral view (note the flange on the latero-proximal side). Arrow points to a fossa where a novel muscle originates (see
<normalizedToken id="9B6528F0EFDD2DB1F29FC322F8C86256" originalValue="Buitrago-Suárez">Buitrago-Suarez</normalizedToken>
, 2006). Scale 1 cm.
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4. A, laterodistal view of the suspensorium,
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, USNM 225437. br, branchiostegal rays; dmet, dermo -metapterygoid; ent, entopterygoid; fhnf, foramen for the hyomandibular ramus of the facial nerve; hc, hyomandibular condyle; hy, hyomandibula; ih, interhyal; iop, interopercle, op, opercle; po, preopercle; pth, posterohyal; q, quadrate; qc, quadrate condyle; syc, symplectic cartilage. B, anterior suspensorium; C, interopercle and associated bones. Scale 1 cm.
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FIGURE 5. Caudal skeleton,
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, USNM 225437. e, epural; h1-5, hypurals 1-5; hp, hypohyal; hs, haemal spine; ph, parhypural; pu1+u2, (pu1, preural 1) compound centrum; shp, secondary hypurapophysis; un, uroneural. Arrowhead marks a unique foramen between the parhypural and hypural 1 in
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. Arrow points to a variable depression in the species of
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. Scale 1 cm.
</paragraph>
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6. Ventral view of the swim bladder, A &amp; B,
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, ANSP, 149541; C,
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, INHS 62069. Arrowheads point to the antero lateral branch or appendicle (see text, diagnosis of
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). Scale 5 cm.
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<paragraph id="3D82A9FEFDBDBC6D8D42576869B0EAA9" pageNumber="6">
As recognized here, the genus contains at least 8 species:
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restricted to the Guyana region;
<taxonomicName id="09B78FE651E910D7D75E093961D40C7E" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctifer">P. punctifer</taxonomicName>
(formerly recognized as
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from the Amazon River);
<taxonomicName id="BE681A1DB3BC011F80103451D89E1D5C" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orinocoense">P. orinocoense</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C50C8229E687B1385B8F1E7DA3D99C39" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, (formerly
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from the Orinoco basin);
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,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="884661E65C16FF96B28D216B2073EE89" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, (formerly
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from the Magdalena River);
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(formerly
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from the Amazon and
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rivers);
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(from the
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and
<normalizedToken id="1E95DDF51D3008A55627AAC4847031EF" originalValue="São">Sao</normalizedToken>
Francisco rivers),
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, restricted to the Amazon basin, and
<taxonomicName id="8DF7B0A5FFA57B9D485672D59B7E7883" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="metaense">P. metaense</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicNameLabel id="FC6CB15DD0B5411834BDAB8D4ED25EC6" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
(formerly
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from the Orinoco River).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="D0F129491E89F8AF5AD2E9E7121DF061" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="3545AEA1581020D3D0E6AB02B177AB39" pageNumber="6">
Additionally, we recognize two clades of
<taxonomicName id="C2E075D57C09E093F1EDAD609E64C922" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:D25A861B-8DAE-4D3E-93DE-9BBB19B28535" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplatystoma Bleeker 1862:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Pseudoplatystoma</taxonomicName>
(see
<normalizedToken id="56244A64213ED92BD5A1F127384F9BC5" originalValue="Buitrago-Suárez">Buitrago-Suarez</normalizedToken>
, 2005), both supported by anatomical characters. In the
<taxonomicName id="238E7CFD4CF89DEB0A24580E13F84D11" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciatum">P. fasciatum</taxonomicName>
clade (
<taxonomicName id="338FEE49D6B4CDED58EFAFD3DFE2093B" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciatum">P. fasciatum</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="B9CDA44C6A934DA3E1B585C989FDEF15" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="punctifer">P. punctifer</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="0CE4B7593F783D37F03130705B8203BB" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orinocoense">P. orinocoense</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="4393A397D5DC88C131F9BC2CFFF9A68F" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magdaleniatum">P. magdaleniatum</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="BC5D4C2354582F4E3132A807AC87428E" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:DF7C11A1-A4A8-4292-80C2-8758CB3C5408" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum reticulatum Eigenmann &amp; Eigenmann 1889:30" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="reticulatum">P. reticulatum</taxonomicName>
, and
<taxonomicName id="14A43CB756E29DC039499F8DDC5939F5" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4273BD59-A1D7-4FA9-9831-1E9B2891DEFA" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Platystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Platystoma corruscans Spix &amp; Agassiz 1829:26" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="corruscans">P. corruscans</taxonomicName>
) the anterior fontanel is almost entirely surrounded by the mesethmoid and frontals. The fontanel is surrounded by the mesethmoid, frontal, and supraoccipital in the
<taxonomicName id="5435F6F845B9BA7C0A949EBA5756493D" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01DF72E1-6947-4D0E-B598-2780D54AFC38" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Platystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes 1840:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrinum">P. tigrinum</taxonomicName>
clade (
<taxonomicName id="52415845890E7EED01EC2CF777FCDE6A" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="metaense">P. metaense</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="98D865262E5B3BE4993B9C3AE56E21AC" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01DF72E1-6947-4D0E-B598-2780D54AFC38" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Platystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes 1840:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrinum">P. tigrinum</taxonomicName>
only) (Figs. 7 and 8). A tooth patch covers the dorsal surface of ceratobranchial5 and extends beyond 1/3 of the ventral region in the
<taxonomicName id="4BCA074FD46CE5BC65FD792336C0AC59" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciatum">P. fasciatum</taxonomicName>
clade. The tooth patch on ceratobranchial5 covers only the dorsal surface in the
<taxonomicName id="D8098B2FF3250563FAB59946346D2B34" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01DF72E1-6947-4D0E-B598-2780D54AFC38" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Platystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes 1840:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrinum">P. tigrinum</taxonomicName>
clade (Fig. 9). In the
<taxonomicName id="7070EA1AD3F32B2650567473AD096910" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01DF72E1-6947-4D0E-B598-2780D54AFC38" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Platystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes 1840:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrinum">P. tigrinum</taxonomicName>
clade, the lateral ethmoid bears a small process anteriorly (Fig. 8). The process develops from a ventral elevation that serves as the site for a connection of a bundle of ligaments coming from the entopterygoid. The
<taxonomicName id="9D0D2E04CFF200649CA3B622121F7EBE" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciatum">P. fasciatum</taxonomicName>
clade lacks this process.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="61D77BD3A8D05501BA7D33EC524C2559" pageNumber="6">
The presence of a median crest in the posterior process of the supraoccipital is uncommon in pimelodines. This feature does not distinguish unambiguously between the two clades, but is present in
<taxonomicName id="C1D791401156C5BE8928B613A58667DB" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01DF72E1-6947-4D0E-B598-2780D54AFC38" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Platystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes 1840:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrinum">P. tigrinum</taxonomicName>
,
<taxonomicName id="A3C9C350BAB1D85BE7893F2F409A3112" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="metaense">P. metaense</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="5D2ECA607B6BAA8E304DBFD724E172DF" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="6" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="magdaleniatum">P. magdaleniatum</taxonomicName>
(Fig. 7).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="68D7E8C5651190D25C1063758126E3CD" type="multiple">
<caption id="0DDA3900DD9B420B2E6FE31F58BD8FFD">
<paragraph id="FC093084117C6CF313118B8865D6BA63" pageNumber="7">
<pageStartToken id="22CDA414536AD4698FA7E30A6BF9CB5C" pageNumber="7">FIGURE</pageStartToken>
7. Posterodorsal region of the skull,
<taxonomicName id="4786DAB03EDD4F8D6FDB1CBC6FC54992" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:01DF72E1-6947-4D0E-B598-2780D54AFC38" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Platystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Platystoma tigrinum Valenciennes 1840:10" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tigrinum">P. tigrinum</taxonomicName>
, SIUC 39229. ep, epioccipital; f, frontal; ff, frontal fontanel; so, supraoccipital; sop, supraocciptal process; pst, posttemporal; and pt, pterotic. Arrow points to a groove, arrowhead marks the small posterior fontanel. Scale 1 cm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="204E7C1EB23E4AAE1036C5A188D21A37">
<paragraph id="F83F67FBF5CAA6106CF958EA42D48595" pageNumber="7">
FIGURE 8. Anterodorsal view of the skull of
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, SIUC 39229. f, frontal; io1+2, infraorbital 1+2 (lacrimal sensu Lundberg &amp; McDade 1986); let, lateral ethmoid; max, maxilla; mes, mesethmoid; n, nasal; pal, palatine; pre, premaxilla. Note the well developed process of the let. Scale 1 cm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="BE98C36129C733E7881C456A2630DEC2">
<paragraph id="9AB51559EFBD65353E945951CE61B637" pageNumber="8">
<pageStartToken id="2C10D0DE879A92CEEB04970D91DDB31D" pageNumber="8">FIGURE</pageStartToken>
9. Anteroventral elements of the branchial apparatus (A),
<taxonomicName id="EF4661736CC1B048EF5F364A03C1D70F" family="Pimelodidae" genus="Pseudoplatystoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageNumber="8" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fasciatum">P. fasciatum</taxonomicName>
, ANSP 177346. B, ventral view of ceratobranchial5,
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, USNM 225437. bb3, basibranchial 3; cb3, ceratobranchial 3; cb4, ceratobranchial 4; cb5, ceratobranchial 5 and hb3, hypobranchial 3. Curved arrows point to the cb5 tooth patch. Scale 1 cm.
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</caption>
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