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, Jean Louis Rose,
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A species of nemophin with dorsal fin IX, 19; gill opening extending ventrally to opposite 5th or 6th dorsalmost pectoral-fin ray; and total vertebrae 32.
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Dorsal fin IX, 19; last ray broadly attached by membrane to caudal peduncle; first spine distinctly shorter than second spine, and spines 2–4 subequal in length. Anal fin II, 19; last ray broadly attached by membrane to caudal peduncle. Caudal fin with 6 procurrent rays (3 dorsal + 3 ventral), 11 segmented rays (6 dorsal + 5 ventral), all rays unbranched; ventral hypural plate fused to urostylar centrum and hypural 5 absent; epurals 1. Pectoral-fin rays 13 (both sides). Pelvic fin I, 3. Vertebrae: precaudal 13 + caudal 19. Dorsal-fin spine pterygiophores broadly contacting robust vertebral neural spines. Posteriormost epineurals and pleural ribs on vertebra 12. Upper and lower jaws each with posterior recurved canines (premaxillary canines much smaller than dentary canines) on each side. Incisor teeth broad based and firmly attached,
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upper jaw and
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lower jaw. Cranial bones ornamented with numerous small pits. Dentaries connected by tight interdigitating joint at ventral midline. Infraorbital bones 3, including dermophenotic (
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A); second infraorbital slender, elongate and tapering to a point posteriorly; wide gap between second infraorbital and dermosphenotic indicating loss of an infraorbital, which corresponds to absence of infraorbital pores in postorbital region of head. Gill opening with lateral flap only; ventral margin of gill opening opposite level of dorsalmost 5th or 6th pectoral-fin ray. The cephalic sensory pore system (
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) includes 4 dentary pores, 3 preopercular pores, 2 ventral infraorbital pores and the absence of posterior infraorbital pores, 2 supraorbital pores, 1 pair of interorbital pores, 1 median and 1 lateral supratemporal pore, and 1 posttemporal pore. No lateral line tubes or associated pores. Short palmate cirrus associated with 1st (right side) or 1st and 2nd (left side) dentary sensory canal pores; no cirri associated with preopercular, supraorbital or temporal pores. No supraorbital cirrus. Anterior nostril consisting of very short tube with small flap on posterior margin; posterior nostril with slightly raised rim. Swim bladder not apparent but possibly present; the dead
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was not fixed in formalin for several hours and in such specimens the delicate swim bladder of nemophins tends to collapse and is then virtually impossible to detect.
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Measurements in mm (and as percent SL): Standard length
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; head length 8.2 (23.2); eye diameter 2.8 (7.9); preanal length 22.3 (62.8); depth at pelvic-fin origin 4.3 (12.1); depth at anal-fin origin 3.7 (10.5); longest outer (upper) caudal-fin ray 12.6 (35.6); inner caudal-fin ray 6.1 (17.2); pelvic fin 2.4 (6.8); length of first dorsal-fin spine 2.7 (7.6); second spine 4.5 (12.8); third spine 4.9 (13.8) forth spine 4.7 (13.4), spine length measurements only approximate because of small size and curvature of spines.
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, holotype, USNM 402770, 35.4 mm SL, adult female, Red Sea, Egypt (Anal fin and most of dorsal fin tightly pressed against body.). Photo by Jean Louis Rose.
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Partial radiograph of
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, holotype. Digital radiograph by Sandra J. Raredon.
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Fresh coloration (
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) is essentially the same as the preserved coloration, consisting of brown blotches or small speckles and spots on a tan to white background; iris brown. The most prominent feature of the color pattern is a dark mid-lateral stripe, approximately width of pupil, extending from base of caudal fin through middle of eye on to snout and superimposed by about eight darker blotches with paler interspaces bordered below by indistinct pale spots approximately diameter of pupil; stripe upturned on opercle and forming a point at upper end of gill opening; remainder of body speckled with various shades of brown, except cheeks, opercle and abdomen mostly white; dorsal fin dusky with pale distal margin (wider anteriorly), posteriorly proximal half of fin mostly pale and rays each with several dark spots; anal fin uniformly dusky; caudal fin mostly pale with dusky basicaudal blotch, rays darkly outlined and elongate outer rays brown; pelvic fin white and pectoral fin translucent. Peritoneal lining dark, heavily speckled with large melanophores.
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<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF1FFD8FF4454DAFF70EB1D" blockId="2.[151,1436,1601,2037]" lastBlockId="3.[151,1436,152,514]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="42" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF1FFD9FF4454DAFEDAEECF" bold="true" box="[199,372,1974,2000]" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">Comparisons.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF1FFD9FEFF54DAFDA1EED0" box="[380,527,1974,1999]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF1FFD9FEFF54DAFDA1EED0" box="[380,527,1974,1999]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from other nemophins (except
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF1FFD9FC5554DAFB90EED0" box="[982,1086,1974,1999]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="41" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF1FFD9FC5554DAFB90EED0" box="[982,1086,1974,1999]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="41">Xiphasia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) primarily in the nature of its dorsal-fin spine pterygiophores and associated vertebral neural spines, with the pterygiophores broadly contacting robust vertebral neural spines. In the other genera (except
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FC1653F4FC53E9AE" box="[917,1021,152,177]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FC1653F4FC53E9AE" box="[917,1021,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Xiphasia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) these pterygiophores either do not contact the usually more slender vertebral neural spines or do so only very slightly. These structural differences are not simply the result of a slender body. The corresponding pterygiophores and neural spines of the very elongate
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FEBE5264FD31E83D" authority="Gill 1865" authorityName="Gill" authorityYear="1865" box="[317,671,264,290]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Plagiotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spilus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FEBE5264FD88E83E" box="[317,550,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Plagiotremus spilus</emphasis>
|
||
Gill 1865
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
or
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FD455264FBCEE83D" authority="Bleeker 1853" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1853" box="[710,1120,264,290]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thepassi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FD455264FC14E83E" box="[710,954,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Petroscirtes thepassi</emphasis>
|
||
Bleeker 1853
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(
|
||
<figureCitation id="07B94DC2FFF0FFD8FBF35264FB18E83D" box="[1136,1206,264,290]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1606,1629]" captionTargetBox="[163,1424,590,1565]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,569,1582]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Precaudal vertebrae 7 – 11 (epineurals and pleural ribs not shown) and associated pterygiophores, traced from digital radiographs, in two nemophin species: (A) Adelotremus leptus, holotype and (B) Petroscirtes thepassi, USNM 205296, male, 51.3 mm SL." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/213223/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
B), one of the more slender species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FEFA5241FDABE859" box="[377,517,301,326]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FEFA5241FDABE859" box="[377,517,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Petroscirtes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, do not closely resemble those of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FC2D5241FBEFE859" box="[942,1089,301,326]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FC2D5241FBEFE859" box="[942,1089,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The new genus also differs from other nemophins in having only three infraorbital bones, including the small dermosphenotic, with infraorbital pores absent behind the eye near where the 3rd infraorbital bone would normally be located; the other genera have four infraobitals (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FB132CB6FFF0FFD8FDF252F1FCFFE8A8" author="Smith-Vaniz" box="[625,849,413,439]" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" refString="Smith-Vaniz, W. F. (1976) The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces: Blenniidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph, 16, 1 - 196." type="journal article" year="1976">Smith-Vaniz, 1976</bibRefCitation>
|
||
, Fig. 93), except the subgenera
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FB4E52F1FA32E8A9" box="[1229,1436,413,438]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Holomeiacanthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FB4E52F1FA32E8A9" box="[1229,1436,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Holomeiacanthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FF4A52AEFE20E8C4" box="[201,398,450,475]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Allomeiacanthus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FF4A52AEFE20E8C4" box="[201,398,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Allomeiacanthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which apparently lack a dermosphenotic, and all have a complete series of infraorbital pores.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="CBFD01CFFFF0FFD8FF14552AFEF4EF86" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/213223/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" targetBox="[163,1424,590,1565]" targetPageId="3">
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF0FFD8FF14552AFEF4EF86" blockId="3.[151,1436,1606,1690]" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FF14552AFEBCEF44" bold="true" box="[151,274,1606,1629]" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
|
||
Precaudal vertebrae 7–11 (epineurals and pleural ribs not shown) and associated pterygiophores, traced from digital radiographs, in two nemophin species: (A)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FD015509FCE8EF64" box="[642,838,1637,1659]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leptus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FD015509FCE8EF64" box="[642,838,1637,1659]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Adelotremus leptus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, holotype and (B)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FB91550AFB46EF64" box="[1042,1256,1637,1659]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thepassi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FB91550AFB46EF64" box="[1042,1256,1637,1659]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Petroscirtes thepassi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, USNM 205296, male, 51.3 mm SL.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D79802CCFFF0FFDEFF44558EFED9EB88" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="44" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" type="reference_group">
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF0FFD8FF44558EFAF1EEC3" blockId="3.[151,1436,1762,2012]" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FF44558EFEF4EFE4" ID-CoL="P42" box="[199,346,1762,1787]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FF44558EFEF4EFE4" box="[199,346,1762,1787]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
superficially resembles
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FDFA558EFCABEFE4" ID-CoL="6M66" box="[633,773,1762,1787]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FDFA558EFCABEFE4" box="[633,773,1762,1787]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Petroscirtes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but, in addition to the characters mentioned above, differs in having the gill opening extending ventrally to opposite the dorsalmost 5th or 6th pectoral-fin rays (versus ventral margin of gill opening above pectoral fin); absence of lateral-line tubes (vs. lateral line extending to near rear of spinous dorsal fin); lateral temporal canal without an associated cirrus (vs. small cirrus present, except in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FE8B5414FD52EE8D" ID-CoL="76WDL" authority="Smith-Vaniz 1976" authorityName="Smith-Vaniz" authorityYear="1976" box="[264,764,1912,1938]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="marginatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FE8B5414FD8FEE8E" box="[264,545,1912,1937]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">Petroscirtes marginatus</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FB132CB6FFF0FFD8FDAB5414FD52EE8D" author="Smith-Vaniz" box="[552,764,1912,1938]" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" refString="Smith-Vaniz, W. F. (1976) The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces: Blenniidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph, 16, 1 - 196." type="journal article" year="1976">Smith-Vaniz 1976</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF0FFD8FCB65414FBC4EE8D" ID-CoL="6V8DP" authority="Smith-Vaniz 2005" authorityName="Smith-Vaniz" authorityYear="2005" box="[821,1130,1912,1938]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="42" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pylei">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF0FFD8FCB65414FC25EE8E" box="[821,907,1912,1937]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="42">P. pylei</emphasis>
|
||
Smith-Vaniz 2005
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
); no orbital cirrus (vs. cirrus typically present in 7 of 11 species); dorsal-fin spines 9 (vs. 10–12 spines, typically 11; in species with 10 spines the frequency of specimens with 10 is usually 4 percent or less); interorbital pores 4 (vs. 2 pores).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="CBFD01CFFFF7FFDFFF145140FC5FEB7E" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/213224/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" targetBox="[164,1429,186,508]" targetPageId="4">
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF7FFDFFF145140FC5FEB7E" blockId="4.[151,1436,556,610]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFF145140FEBDEB5D" bold="true" box="[151,275,556,579]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
|
||
Infraorbital bones (not drawn to same scale) in two nemophin species: (A)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF7FFDFFB935141FB7CEB5C" ID-CoL="9YGZ" box="[1040,1234,557,579]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leptus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFB935141FB7CEB5C" box="[1040,1234,557,579]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Adelotremus leptus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, holotype (reversed right infraorbital) and (B)
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF7FFDFFE235120FDDDEB7E" box="[416,627,587,609]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thepassi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFE235120FDDDEB7E" box="[416,627,587,609]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Petroscirtes thepassi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, USNM 205296, male, 46.6. mm SL.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="CBFD01CFFFF7FFDFFF1455CAFAFAEFA3" box="[151,1364,1702,1725]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/213225/files/figure.png" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" targetBox="[319,1256,669,1650]" targetPageId="4">
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF7FFDFFF1455CAFAFAEFA3" blockId="4.[151,1364,1702,1725]" box="[151,1364,1702,1725]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFF1455CAFEBCEFA3" bold="true" box="[151,274,1702,1725]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
|
||
Cephalic sensory pores in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF7FFDFFDA755CAFD48EFA3" ID-CoL="9YGZ" box="[548,742,1702,1724]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leptus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFDA755CAFD48EFA3" box="[548,742,1702,1724]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Adelotremus leptus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, holotype; some lateral temporal pores possibly not detected.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF7FFDFFF44546EFA32EEC8" blockId="4.[151,1436,1794,2007]" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">
|
||
The two species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF7FFDFFE39546EFD92EE04" ID-CoL="344L" box="[442,572,1794,1819]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Aspidontus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFE39546EFD92EE04" box="[442,572,1794,1819]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Aspidontus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
agree with
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF7FFDFFD51546EFCCBEE04" ID-CoL="P42" box="[722,869,1794,1819]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFD51546EFCCBEE04" box="[722,869,1794,1819]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having gill openings that extend below the upper margin of the pectoral fin; lateral temporal canal without an associated cirrus; and dorsal-fin spines 9–12 (9 spines present only in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF7FFDFFE785421FC2CEE78" authority="Valenciennes 1836" authorityName="Valenciennes" authorityYear="1836" box="[507,898,1869,1895]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dussumieri">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFE785421FD32EE79" box="[507,668,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">A. dussumieri</emphasis>
|
||
Valenciennes 1836
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF7FFDFFC165421FBB9EE79" ID-CoL="344L" box="[917,1047,1869,1894]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Aspidontus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFC165421FBB9EE79" box="[917,1047,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Aspidontus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF7FFDFFB325421FAEAEE79" ID-CoL="P42" box="[1201,1348,1869,1894]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF7FFDFFB325421FAEAEE79" box="[1201,1348,1869,1894]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="43">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having more segmented dorsal- and anal-fin rays, 26–34 and 25–30, respectively (vs.
|
||
<quantity id="587AFCA2FFF7FFDFFBDA541EFB3BEE93" box="[1113,1173,1906,1932]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.826" pageId="4" pageNumber="43" unit="in" value="19.0">19 in</quantity>
|
||
each fin); pectoral-fin rays 13–15, exceptionally 13 (vs. 13); more total vertebrae 40–48 (vs. 32); interorbital pores 4 (vs. 2 pores); and caudal fin of adults truncate or lanceolate (vs. one very elongate outer dorsal and ventral caudal-fin ray).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF6FFDEFF1453F4FCABE873" blockId="5.[151,1436,152,663]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFF1453F4FEB7E9AE" ID-CoL="344L" box="[151,281,152,177]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Aspidontus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFF1453F4FEB7E9AE" box="[151,281,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Aspidontus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
also is the only nemophin known to have two distinct
|
||
<typeStatus id="4039EFE5FFF6FFDEFC2753F4FC4CE9AD" box="[932,994,152,178]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">types</typeStatus>
|
||
of dentary canines (see
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FB132CB6FFF6FFDEFA8153F4FF78E9C8" author="Smith-Vaniz" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" refString="Smith-Vaniz, W. F. (1976) The saber-toothed blennies, tribe Nemophini (Pisces: Blenniidae). Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Monograph, 16, 1 - 196." type="journal article" year="1976">Smith-Vaniz, 1976</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: Fig. 29), strongly hooked in prejuveniles with canines of adults only moderately recurved. Although prejuveniles of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFECD538EFE4FE9E4" ID-CoL="P42" box="[334,481,226,251]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFECD538EFE4FE9E4" box="[334,481,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are unknown, it is unlikely they undergo a similar ontogenetic change in dentary canines. The other three genera of nemophins (
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFD655264FB9AE83D" ID-CoL="5N7Y" authority="Norman 1943" authorityName="Norman" authorityYear="1943" box="[742,1076,264,290]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Meiacanthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFD655264FCD3E83E" box="[742,893,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Meiacanthus</emphasis>
|
||
Norman 1943
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFBC55264FACBE83D" ID-CoL="6RBM" authority="Gill 1865" authorityName="Gill" authorityYear="1865" box="[1094,1381,264,290]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Plagiotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFBC55264FB4DE83E" box="[1094,1251,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Plagiotremus</emphasis>
|
||
Gill 1865
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFF145241FE13E858" ID-CoL="649LJ" authority="Swainson 1839" authorityName="Swainson" authorityYear="1839" box="[151,445,301,327]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFF145241FF51E859" box="[151,255,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Xiphasia</emphasis>
|
||
Swainson 1839
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) differ from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFDDB5241FD45E859" ID-CoL="P42" box="[600,747,301,326]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFDDB5241FD45E859" box="[600,747,301,326]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in so many other characters (see following key to genera) that a sister relationship with any of them is unlikely.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF6FFDEFF445214FED9EB88" blockId="5.[151,1436,152,663]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">
|
||
In the absence of a cleared and stained specimen, a cladistic analysis and hypothesis of the sister-group relationship of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFECF52F1FE71E8A9" ID-CoL="P42" box="[332,479,413,438]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFECF52F1FE71E8A9" box="[332,479,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
would be premature. However, if external similarity and overlap in numbers of segmented dorsal- and anal-fin rays and total vertebrae is any indication, the most likely candidate is
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFAD152AEFF4DEB1E" ID-CoL="6M66" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFAD152AEFF4DEB1E" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Petroscirtes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. We observed a small nubin of bone opposite the prezygapophysis of some precaudal vertebral neural spines (
|
||
<figureCitation id="07B94DC2FFF6FFDEFF735161FE9DEB38" box="[240,307,525,551]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="3.[151,250,1606,1629]" captionTargetBox="[163,1424,590,1565]" captionTargetId="figure@3.[151,1436,569,1582]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="FIGURE 3. Precaudal vertebrae 7 – 11 (epineurals and pleural ribs not shown) and associated pterygiophores, traced from digital radiographs, in two nemophin species: (A) Adelotremus leptus, holotype and (B) Petroscirtes thepassi, USNM 205296, male, 51.3 mm SL." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/213223/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
|
||
A) in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFEFB5161FDA5EB39" ID-CoL="P42" box="[376,523,525,550]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFEFB5161FDA5EB39" box="[376,523,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Based entirely on examination of radiographs, we also found these structures present, but not consistently, in some species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFD52515EFCF3EB54" ID-CoL="6M66" box="[721,861,562,587]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFD52515EFCF3EB54" box="[721,861,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Petroscirtes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The possible phylogenetic significance of these structures would require study of developmental series of cleared and stained specimens and is beyond the scope of this study.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<caption id="CBFD01CFFFF6FFDEFF1455CBFAB7EFA2" box="[151,1305,1703,1726]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/213226/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" targetBox="[151,1436,718,1678]" targetPageId="5">
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF6FFDEFF1455CBFAB7EFA2" blockId="5.[151,1305,1703,1726]" box="[151,1305,1703,1726]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFF1455CBFEBCEFA3" bold="true" box="[151,274,1703,1726]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFE9A55CBFE74EFA2" box="[281,474,1703,1725]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leptus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFE9A55CBFE74EFA2" box="[281,474,1703,1725]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Adelotremus leptus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, holotype, with head protruding from polychaete tube. Photo by Jean Louis Rose.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<subSubSection id="D79802CCFFF6FFDDFF445585FDA7EF90" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="45" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF6FFDDFF445585FBEEE9C8" blockId="5.[151,1436,1769,2020]" lastBlockId="6.[151,1436,152,738]" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="45" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFF445585FEEEEE1C" bold="true" box="[199,320,1769,1795]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
The slender body of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFDC15586FD7BEE1C" box="[578,725,1770,1795]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFDC15586FD7BEE1C" box="[578,725,1770,1795]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is well suited for utilization of abandoned calcareous polychaete tubes as shelter (
|
||
<figureCitation id="07B94DC2FFF6FFDEFE2E5463FE5BEE36" box="[429,501,1807,1833]" captionStart="FIGURE 6" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1703,1726]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,718,1678]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,718,1679]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 6. Adelotremus leptus, holotype, with head protruding from polychaete tube. Photo by Jean Louis Rose." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/213226/files/figure.png" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Fig. 6</figureCitation>
|
||
), especially in habitats where other protective cover is scarce. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="4039EFE5FFF6FFDEFA895463FA92EE36" box="[1290,1340,1807,1833]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality consisted mostly of sand, broken shells and rubble with occasional seagrass beds present. Some of the more commonly observed fishes in the immediate area and typical of such habitat were
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFBD75436FE8BEE86" authority="Smith 1958" authorityName="Smith" authorityYear="1958" class="Actinopterygii" family="Microdesmidae" genus="Gunnellichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="monostigma">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFBD75436FA35EE6C" box="[1108,1435,1882,1907]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Gunnellichthys monostigma</emphasis>
|
||
Smith 1958
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFEB65413FCBAEE86" authority="Bleeker 1855" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1855" box="[309,788,1919,1945]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Microdesmidae" genus="Ptereleotris" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="heteroptera">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFEB65413FDFCEE87" box="[309,594,1919,1944]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Ptereleotris heteroptera</emphasis>
|
||
(Bleeker 1855)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFCA75413FA90EE86" authority="Fourmanoir 1957" authorityName="Fourmanoir" authorityYear="1957" box="[804,1342,1919,1945]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Vanderhorstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ambanoro">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFCA75413FBE5EE87" box="[804,1099,1919,1944]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Vanderhorstia ambanoro</emphasis>
|
||
(Fourmanoir 1957)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFACE5413FF71EEA1" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">V. d e l - agoae</emphasis>
|
||
(Barnard 1937),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFE2B54C9FD57EEA1" authority="Klausewitz 1974" authorityName="Klausewitz" authorityYear="1974" box="[424,761,1956,1982]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Gobiidae" genus="Vanderhorstia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mertensi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFE2B54C9FD84EEA1" box="[424,554,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">V. mertensi</emphasis>
|
||
Klausewitz 1974
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFC8654C9FCFDEEA1" box="[773,851,1957,1982]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Fao fo</emphasis>
|
||
Evermann and Seale 1905 and the rare
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF6FFDEFAA654C9FDD9EEFB" authority="Kossman and Rauber 1877" authorityName="Kossman and Rauber" authorityYear="1877" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Enchelyurus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="petersi">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF6FFDEFAA654C9FEBBEEFC" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">Enchelyurus petersi</emphasis>
|
||
(Kossman and Räuber 1877)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
; the only other sabertooth blennies seen near the
|
||
<typeStatus id="4039EFE5FFF6FFDEFB4454A6FB57EEFB" box="[1223,1273,1994,2020]" pageId="5" pageNumber="44">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality were
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFF1453F4FE0CE9AE" box="[151,418,152,177]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Aspidontus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dussumieri">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFF1453F4FE0CE9AE" box="[151,418,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Aspidontus dussumieri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFE3053F4FD05E9AE" box="[435,683,152,177]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mitratus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFE3053F4FD05E9AE" box="[435,683,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Petroscirtes mitratus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFD6453F4FBCAE9AD" authority="Swainson 1839" authorityName="Swainson" authorityYear="1839" box="[743,1124,152,178]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="setifer">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFD6453F4FC0CE9AE" box="[743,930,152,177]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Xiphasia setifer</emphasis>
|
||
Swainson 1839
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. Rose and Rose (in press) provide a checklist of the fish species known from the Sharm el Sheikh vicinity.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF5FFDDFF44538EFF4BEBFD" blockId="6.[151,1436,152,738]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">
|
||
Two other nemophin genera,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFDA4538EFD07E9E4" box="[551,681,226,251]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Aspidontus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFDA4538EFD07E9E4" box="[551,681,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Aspidontus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFD64538EFC2AE9E4" box="[743,900,226,251]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Plagiotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFD64538EFC2AE9E4" box="[743,900,226,251]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Plagiotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, primarily utilize vacant holes in corals produced by serpulid worms for protective shelter.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFD695264FC57E83E" box="[746,1017,264,289]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Aspidontus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dussumieri">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFD695264FC57E83E" box="[746,1017,264,289]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Aspidontus dussumieri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
was also observed by the second author and Jean Louis Rose at the
|
||
<typeStatus id="4039EFE5FFF5FFDDFDBF5241FDC1E858" box="[572,623,301,327]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">type</typeStatus>
|
||
locality occupying polychaete tubes. At least one species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFAD15241FF4DE874" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFAD15241FF4DE874" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Petroscirtes</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFF77523EFD2FE873" authority="Valenciennes 1836" authorityName="Valenciennes" authorityYear="1836" box="[244,641,338,364]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Petroscirtes" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="breviceps">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFF77523EFE2CE874" box="[244,386,338,363]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">P. breviceps</emphasis>
|
||
(Valenciennes 1836)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, has been observed by the first author hiding in a worm tube on a heavily encrusted pier support. The very elongate
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFD675214FBF7E88D" authority="Swainson 1839" authorityName="Swainson" authorityYear="1839" box="[740,1113,376,402]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="setifer">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFD675214FC33E88E" box="[740,925,376,401]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Xiphasia setifer</emphasis>
|
||
Swainson 1839
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is the only other nemophin known to hide in worm tubes or holes on sandy substrates (
|
||
<figureCitation id="07B94DC2FFF5FFDDFCE252F1FC05E8A8" box="[865,939,413,439]" captionStart="FIGURE 7" captionStartId="6.[151,250,1435,1458]" captionTargetBox="[264,1322,774,1415]" captionTargetId="figure@6.[264,1323,772,1417]" captionTargetPageId="6" captionText="FIGURE 7. Xiphasia setifer, adult with head protruding from polychaete tube near vicinity of type locality of Aldelotremus leptus. Photo by Jean Louise Rose." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/213227/files/figure.png" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Fig. 7</figureCitation>
|
||
). Unlike
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFB9852F1FB00E8A9" box="[1051,1198,413,438]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFB9852F1FB00E8A9" box="[1051,1198,413,438]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Adelotremus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, the gill opening of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFF1452AEFF51E8C4" box="[151,255,450,475]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFF1452AEFF51E8C4" box="[151,255,450,475]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Xiphasia</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is protected by both a lateral and mesial fleshy flap, which probably functions as a one-way valve to prevent sand and fine sediment from entering the gill cavity.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="FB132CB6FFF5FFDDFCFA5284FB13EB1D" author="Fridman" box="[889,1213,488,514]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" refString="Fridman D. & Masry, D. (1971) Xiphasia setifer Swainson, a blenniid fish new for the Gulf of Elat. The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Marine Biological Laboratory Scientific Newsletter, 1, 6." type="journal article" year="1971">Fridman and Masry (1971)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
observed and collected a
|
||
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|
||
SL
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFE0F5161FDEBEB39" box="[396,581,525,550]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="setifer">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFE0F5161FDEBEB39" box="[396,581,525,550]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Xiphasia setifer</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
at El-Hamira Bay, Gulf of Elat, positioned vertically in
|
||
<quantity id="587AFCA2FFF5FFDDFB5F5161FA8EEB38" box="[1244,1312,525,551]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" unit="m" value="2.5">2.5 m</quantity>
|
||
depth that slowly retreated tail first into the sand with only its head protruding from a tube opening. The vertically positioned tube,
|
||
<quantity id="587AFCA2FFF5FFDDFEAF5134FED0EB6D" box="[300,382,600,626]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" unit="cm" value="2.5">2.5 cm</quantity>
|
||
in diameter and at least
|
||
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|
||
in length, was retrieved and illustrated (unnumbered figure). Kuiter and Debelius (1992:244) reported that
|
||
<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFC825111FCC3EB89" box="[769,877,637,662]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="setifer">
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFC825111FCC3EB89" box="[769,877,637,662]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">X. setifer</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
"lives in vertical holes in mud made by other creatures." Their unnumbered color photograph shows a puff of fine sediment produced by a fish backing into a hole.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF5FFDDFF1456F7FE54ECCC" blockId="6.[151,1436,1435,1491]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFF1456F7FEBAECAE" bold="true" box="[151,276,1435,1458]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFE9F56F7FE13ECAE" box="[284,445,1435,1457]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Xiphasia" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="setifer">
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<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFE9F56F7FE13ECAE" box="[284,445,1435,1457]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Xiphasia setifer</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, adult with head protruding from polychaete tube near vicinity of type locality of
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<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFA9556F7FF7DECCC" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Aldelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leptus">
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<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFA9556F7FF7DECCC" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Aldelotremus leptus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. Photo by Jean Louise Rose.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF5FFDDFF445568FDA7EF90" blockId="6.[151,1436,1539,1753]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">
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<taxonomicName id="58822AC4FFF5FFDDFF445568FE07EF02" box="[199,425,1540,1565]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Blenniidae" genus="Adelotremus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="leptus">
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<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFF445568FE07EF02" box="[199,425,1540,1565]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Adelotremus leptus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
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may prove to be a Red Sea endemic but considering its recent discovery, it could be more widely distributed. Its small size would prevent it from being caught with most bottom trawls, the species' color pattern makes it difficult to visually detect, and the mostly sand and rubble habitat near reefs has not been inadequately sampled.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="D79802CCFFF5FFDDFF4455F6FEEBEFC6" pageId="6" pageNumber="45" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="9F3D5147FFF5FFDDFF4455F6FEEBEFC6" blockId="6.[151,1436,1539,1753]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">
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<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFF4455F6FEFAEFAB" bold="true" box="[199,340,1690,1716]" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
The specific epithet is from the Greek
|
||
<emphasis id="ADF68D55FFF5FFDDFC9F55F6FCCCEFAC" box="[796,866,1690,1715]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="45">leptos</emphasis>
|
||
(thin or slender) in reference to the slender body of this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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