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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF36F9F3C298F989" box="[151,510,1552,1574]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Caecula (Sphagebranchus) monodi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF36F9AEC2F4F9CC" box="[151,402,1613,1635]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Sphagebranchus monodi</emphasis>
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Blache
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF36F98EC24CF92D" box="[151,298,1644,1666]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Verma monodi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF36F969C238F90F" box="[151,350,1674,1696]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Apterichtus monodi</emphasis>
:
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF36F92EC26CF949" bold="true" box="[151,266,1741,1766]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. An elongate species with: tail 1.61.7, head 1620, and body depth
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total length; 3 preopercular pores and 7 pores in supratemporal canal; teeth conical, uniserial on jaws and vomer; 02 vomerine teeth; body coloration in alcohol pale ochre ventrally, slightly darker dorsally; and total vertebrae 147151 (mean 148.6)(n= 5).
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF66F8BEC391F8D9" bold="true" box="[199,247,1885,1910]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Size</emphasis>
. The largest specimen reported is
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, sex unknown.
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF66F862C23FF835" bold="true" box="[199,345,1921,1946]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Distribution</emphasis>
. Known from between
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depth from
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Islands off
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,
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, and Biafra.
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:178) report that it is distributed from
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to
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, however they do not provide a listing of their specimens.
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD46FFD4FF66FF74C25DFF1F" bold="true" box="[199,315,151,176]" pageId="21" pageNumber="70">Remarks.</emphasis>
This entry is based on the treatment of
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.
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stated that the larvae identified as
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