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Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of holotype of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (USNM 51940, adult male, 420 mm DW)." captionText-1="FIGURE 12. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (paratype, USNM 440342, adult male, 370 mm DW)." captionText-2="FIGURE 13. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (paratype, USNM 440342, adult male, 342 mm DW)." captionText-3="FIGURE 14. Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (paratype, USNM 440342, juvenile female, 280 mm DW)." captionText-4="FIGURE 15. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., dorsal view. A) Adult male, 440 mm DW (AMS IA- 78); B) Adult female, 695 mm DW (FLMNH 29981); C) Juvenile male, 244 mm DW (CAS 19835); D) Juvenile female, 296 mm DW (CAS 19834)." captionText-5="FIGURE 16. Ventral view of pelvic fin of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Male (AMNH 84277, unregistered size); B) Female (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW)." captionText-6="FIGURE 17. Morphological details of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Dorsal view of head (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); B) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing straight contour of inner margin of spiracle (CSIRO H 7511.01); C) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing concave contour of inner margin of spiracle (AMNH 84277); D) Ventral view of head (paratype, USNM 440342, 280 mm DW)." captionText-7="FIGURE 18. Clasper of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Illustration in dorsal view, right clasper, showing external morphology; B) Radiograph, dorsoventral view (holotype, USNM 51940) showing skeleton. Abbreviations: ap, apopyle; at, accessory terminal cartilage; ax, axial cartilage; B, beta cartilage; b 1, first basal segment; b 2, second basal segment; cg, clasper groove; dp, dorsal pseudosiphon; DT 1, dorsal terminal 1 cartilage; DT 2, dorsal terminal 2 cartilage; hpp, hypopyle; pf, pelvic fin; VM, ventral marginal cartilage; vp, ventral pseudosiphon; VT, ventral terminal cartilage." captionText-8="FIGURE 19. Dorsal view of disc of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in vermiculate color pattern. B, D, F and H are amplifications of the white squares in A, C, E and G, respectively. A. NCSM 49395, 292 mm DW; C. AMNH 84277, 308 mm DW; E. CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW; G. FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW." captionText-9="FIGURE 20. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in dorsal color. A) Dorsal view of anterolateral disc region showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); B) Dorsal view of head showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Detail of central region of dorsal disc showing vermiculate pattern (USNM 26551, 327 mm DW); D) Tail cross-banded (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); E) Tail of a larger specimen, with diffuse, less distinct bands (FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW)." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/1052063/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/1052065/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/1052067/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/1052069/files/figure.png" httpUri-4="https://zenodo.org/record/1052071/files/figure.png" httpUri-5="https://zenodo.org/record/1052073/files/figure.png" httpUri-6="https://zenodo.org/record/1052075/files/figure.png" httpUri-7="https://zenodo.org/record/1052077/files/figure.png" httpUri-8="https://zenodo.org/record/1052079/files/figure.png" httpUri-9="https://zenodo.org/record/1052081/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Figs. 11–20</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8EFFD4A3408AE434A7FD37" box="[361,404,734,759]" captionStart="FIGURE 36" captionStartId="52.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,225,1896]" captionTargetId="figure@52.[204,1386,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="52" captionText="FIGURE 36. Outline of dorsal cranial fontanelle, dorsal view. A) Gymnura micrura (ANSP 120086, 185 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (USNM 155734, 336 mm DW); C – D) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (C. BMNH 1963.8. 9.3, 337 mm DW; D. FMNH 118133, 368 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052113/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">36b</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8EFFD4A38D8AE434FDFD37" box="[420,462,734,759]" captionStart="FIGURE 38" captionStartId="54.[151,250,1842,1864]" captionTargetBox="[340,1247,568,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@54.[340,1247,568,1813]" captionTargetPageId="54" captionText="FIGURE 38. Mandibular arches, radiograph, dorsoventral view. A) Gymnura micrura (USNM 222622, 323 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (USNM 25452, 390 mm DW) C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 193741, 383 mm DW). Abbreviations: ap, anterior process; hyo, hyomandibula; mc, Meckel’s cartilage; pq, palatoquadrate; tb, tooth band. Black arrows indicate the most convex dorsal portion of the palatoquadrate; white arrow indicates the furrow at the ventral border of palatoquadrate of G. lessae." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052117/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">38b</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8EFFD4A3F08AE43737FD37" box="[473,516,734,759]" captionStart="FIGURE 42" captionStartId="57.[151,250,1590,1612]" captionTargetBox="[264,1323,807,1569]" captionTargetId="figure@57.[264,1323,807,1569]" captionTargetPageId="57" captionText="FIGURE 42. Synarcual cartilage (radiograph, dorsolateral view). A) Gymnura micrura (USNM 222622, 323 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (SU 14336, 312 mm DW); C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 193741, 383 mm DW). Abbreviations: assp, articular surface for scapular process; isv, intersynarcual vertebrae; lap, lateral anterior process; ls, lateral stay; mdc, medial crest; op, odontoid process; sc, suprasynarcual cartilage; snf, spinal nerve foramina; sp, scapular process; scp, scapulocoracoid. Arrows indicate the point where the synarcual base projects laterally and extends posteriorly." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052125/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">42b</figureCitation>
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<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8EFFD4A03A8AE4370DFD37" box="[531,574,734,759]" captionStart="FIGURE 44" captionStartId="59.[151,250,1885,1907]" captionTargetBox="[451,1141,193,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@59.[451,1141,193,1868]" captionTargetPageId="59" captionText="FIGURE 44. Scapulocoracoid (radiograph, dorsoventral view). A) Gymnura micrura (USNM 222622, 323 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 193741, 383 mm DW). Abbreviations: adf, anterodorsal fenestra; avf, anteroventral fenestra; co, coracoid cartilage; fmes, fragments of mesopterygium; mes 1, mesopterygium 1; mes 2, mesopterygium 2; met, metapterygium; msc, mesocondyle; mtc, metacondyle; pc, procondyle; pdf, postdorsal fenestra; pro, propterygium; S, synarcual; ssc, suprascapular cartilage." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052129/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">44b</figureCitation>
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(description, North and Middle America, distributional range including 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A6F98B7C300EFC9C" box="[1232,1341,838,860]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">G. micrura</emphasis>
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); 
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A77B8B7F35CEFCBA" author="Linton" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Linton, E. (1905) Parasites of fishes of Beaufort, North Carolina. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, 24, 321 - 428." type="journal article" year="1905">Linton, 1905</bibRefCitation>
: 348
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(stomach contents, Beaufort, N. Carolina); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A1278B5E3688FCBA" author="Smith" box="[782,955,868,890]" page="45" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1907">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A1278B5E36A0FCBA" author="Smith" box="[782,915,868,890]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Smith, H. M. (1907) The fishes of North Carolina. North Carolina Geological and Economical Survey, 2, 1 - 453. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 56126" type="journal article" year="1907">Smith, 1907</bibRefCitation>
: 45
</treatmentCitation>
(description, North Carolina, maximum size probably wrong); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3A98BB9370EFC59" author="Wilson" box="[384,573,899,921]" page="626" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1908">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3A98BB9373FFC59" author="Wilson" box="[384,524,899,921]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Wilson, C. B. (1908) North American parasitic copepods: new genera and species of Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 33 (1580), 593 - 627." type="journal article" year="1908">Wilson, 1908</bibRefCitation>
: 626
</treatmentCitation>
(parasites, North Carolina); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A14D8BB9317BFC59" author="Weymouth" box="[868,1096,899,921]" page="135" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1910">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A14D8BB93124FC59" author="Weymouth" box="[868,1047,899,921]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Weymouth, F. W. (1910) Notes on a collection of fishes from Cameron, Louisiana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 38 (1734), 135 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.38 - 1734.135" type="journal article" year="1910">Weymouth, 1910</bibRefCitation>
: 135
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(Louisiana); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A6FA8BB93047FC59" author="Coles" box="[1235,1396,899,921]" page="94" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1915">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A6FA8BB93063FC59" author="Coles" box="[1235,1360,899,921]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Coles, R. J. (1915) Notes on the sharks and rays of Cape Lookout, N. C. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 28, 89 - 94." type="journal article" year="1915">Coles, 1915</bibRefCitation>
: 94
</treatmentCitation>
(C. Lookout, North Carolina); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3F18B9B37C3FC77" author="Nichols" box="[472,752,929,951]" page="27" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1927">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3F18B9B37FDFC77" author="Nichols" box="[472,718,929,951]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Nichols, J. T. &amp; Breder, C. M. (1927) The marine fishes of New York and southern New England. New York Zoological Society, New York, 192 pp." type="book" year="1927">Nichols &amp; Breder, 1927</bibRefCitation>
: 27
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(Sandy Hook Bay and Woods Hole).
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A2BE8BFA345BFC16" box="[151,360,960,982]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Pteroplatea maclura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in part): 
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3E48BFA3782FC16" author="Muller" box="[461,689,960,982]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Muller, J. &amp; Henle, F. G. J. (1841) Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin, 200 pp." type="book" year="1841">Müller &amp; Henle, 1841</bibRefCitation>
: 169
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(description, only specimen(s) from 
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); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A6FC8BFA30AFFC16" author="Dumeril" box="[1237,1436,960,982]" page="614" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1865">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A6FC8BFA305FFC16" author="Dumeril" box="[1237,1388,960,982]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Dumeril, A. H. A. (1865) Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie generale. Tome Premier. I. Elasmobranches. Plagiostomes et Holocephales ou Chimeres, 1, 1 - 720 + pp. 1 - 8 (Atlas)." type="journal article" year="1865">Duméril, 1865</bibRefCitation>
: 614
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(description, only specimens from 
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, size probably erroneous as the 
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FF8EFFD4A1868BDA312BFC35" box="[943,1048,991,1013]" country="United States of America" name="New York" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">New York</collectingRegion>
specimen recorded with a width of 2 meters is the same analyzed by 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A02D8BC737D3FBD3" author="Muller" box="[516,736,1021,1043]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Muller, J. &amp; Henle, F. G. J. (1841) Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin, 200 pp." type="book" year="1841">Müller &amp; Henle 1841</bibRefCitation>
, who had earlier termed it as small); 
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A67A8BC731D4FBD3" author="Gunther" box="[1107,1255,1021,1043]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Gunther, A. (1870) Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Volume Eight. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 549 pp." type="book" year="1870">Günther, 1870</bibRefCitation>
: 487
</treatmentCitation>
(description, only specimen from 
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).
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8EFFD4A2BE8C01310DFB0B" blockId="19.[151,1436,807,1933]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A2BE8C013454FB91" box="[151,359,1083,1105]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Pteroplatea micrura</emphasis>
: 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A35C8C01370DFB91" author="Garman" box="[373,574,1083,1105]" page="414" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1913">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A35C8C013739FB91" author="Garman" box="[373,522,1083,1105]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Garman, S. (1913) The Plagiostomia. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology of Harvard College, 36 (1), 1 - 515." type="journal article" year="1913">Garman, 1913</bibRefCitation>
: 414
</treatmentCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, pl. 33, figs. 3–4 (description, color, illustration); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A6168C0131C9FB91" author="Fowler" box="[1087,1274,1083,1105]" page="146" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1920">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A6168C0131FAFB91" author="Fowler" box="[1087,1225,1083,1105]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Fowler, H. W. (1920) A list of the fishes of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 33, 139 - 170." type="journal article" year="1920">Fowler, 1920</bibRefCitation>
: 146
</treatmentCitation>
(listed, C. May County, New Jersey); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3808C633638FBAF" author="Hildebrand" box="[425,779,1113,1135]" page="67" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1928">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3808C6337D6FBAF" author="Hildebrand" box="[425,741,1113,1135]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Hildebrand, S. F. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1928) Fishes of Chesapeake Bay. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, 43 (1), 1 - 366." type="journal article" year="1928">Hildebrand &amp; Schroeder, 1928</bibRefCitation>
: 67
</treatmentCitation>
, fig. 37 (description, Chesapeake Bay); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A68D8C63307CFBAF" author="Breder" box="[1188,1359,1113,1135]" page="39" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1931">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A68D8C63301FFBAF" author="Breder" box="[1188,1324,1113,1135]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Breder, C. M. (1931) Fishes notes for 1929 and 1930 from Sandy Hook Bay. Copeia, 2, 39 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1435744" type="journal article" year="1931">Breder, 1931</bibRefCitation>
: 39
</treatmentCitation>
(listed, Sandy Hook Bay, New Jersey); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A0338C4237FEFB4E" author="Fowler" box="[538,717,1144,1166]" page="46" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1931">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A0338C423794FB4E" author="Fowler" box="[538,679,1144,1166]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Fowler, H. W. (1931) A collection of fishes from the Texas coast. Copeia, 2, 46 - 50. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1435746" type="journal article" year="1931">Fowler, 1931</bibRefCitation>
: 46
</treatmentCitation>
(listed, Port Aransas, Texas); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A6268C4231F5FB4E" author="Beltran" box="[1039,1222,1144,1166]" page="10" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1934">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A6268C423193FB4E" author="Beltran" box="[1039,1184,1144,1166]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Beltran, H. (1934) Lista de peces mexicanos. Instituto Biotecnico, Mexico City, 13 pp." type="book" year="1934">Beltran, 1934</bibRefCitation>
: 10
</treatmentCitation>
(listed, Mexico, not seen); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3238CAD3485FB6D" author="Gunter" box="[266,438,1175,1197]" page="39" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1935">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3238CAD34A0FB6D" author="Gunter" box="[266,403,1175,1197]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Gunter, G. (1935) Records of fishes rarely caught in shrimp trawls in Louisiana. Copeia, 1, 39 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1436635" type="journal article" year="1935">Gunter, 1935</bibRefCitation>
: 39
</treatmentCitation>
(listed, Louisiana &amp; Gulf of Mexico); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A16B8CAD36CFFB6D" author="Fowler" box="[834,1020,1175,1197]" page="132" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1936">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A16B8CAD36FFFB6D" author="Fowler" box="[834,972,1175,1197]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Fowler, H. W. (1936) The marine fishes of West Africa based on the collection of the American Museum Congo expedition, 1909 - 1915. Part 1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 70 (1), 1 - 605." type="journal article" year="1936">Fowler, 1936</bibRefCitation>
: 132
</treatmentCitation>
(West Africa references for 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A7368CA2305CFB6D" box="[1311,1391,1176,1197]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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, description of mid-Atlantic U.S. specimen); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A0E88C8F364BFB0B" author="Gunter" box="[705,888,1205,1227]" page="196" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1941">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A0E88C8F367BFB0B" author="Gunter" box="[705,840,1205,1227]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Gunter, G. (1941) Relative numbers of shallow water fishes of the northern Gulf of Mexico with some records of rare fishes from the Texas coast. The American Midland Naturalist Journal, 26 (1), 194 - 200. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2420766" type="journal article" year="1941">Gunter, 1941</bibRefCitation>
: 196
</treatmentCitation>
(listed, Louisiana).
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8EFFD4A2BE8CEE374DFAC9" blockId="19.[151,1436,807,1933]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB1E118AFF8EFFD4A2BE8CEE374DFAC9" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A2BE8CEE3455FB2A" box="[151,358,1236,1258]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Pteroplatea micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in part): 
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3E28CEE37EBFB2A" author="Meek" box="[459,728,1236,1258]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Meek, S. E. &amp; Hildebrand, S. F. (1923) The marine fishes of Panama. Part I. Field Museum of Natural History Publication Zoological Series, 15, 1 - 330." type="journal article" year="1923">Meek &amp; Hildebrand, 1923</bibRefCitation>
: 87
</treatmentCitation>
(no Panama record, color description matching 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A6CB8CEF3008FB2A" box="[1250,1339,1236,1258]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">G. lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF8EFFD4A7618CEF30ABFB2A" box="[1352,1432,1237,1258]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">nov. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
, probable area of occurrence of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A02B8CC9375CFAC9" box="[514,623,1267,1289]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
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</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8EFFD4A2BE8D283028F976" blockId="19.[151,1436,807,1933]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB1E118AFF8EFFD4A2BE8D283028F976" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8EFFD4A2BE8D283788FAE7" ID-CoL="3HVQ5" authority=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder, 1953: 408" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityPageNumber="408" authorityYear="1953" box="[151,699,1297,1319]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A2BE8D283462FAE7" box="[151,337,1298,1319]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Gymnura micrura</emphasis>
: 
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: 408
</treatmentCitation>
</taxonomicName>
–416, figs. 97, 98 (description, illustrations, U.S. [Gulf of Mexico and North Coast] and Mexico); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3C08D0A363EFA86" author="Joseph" box="[489,781,1328,1350]" page="119" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1956">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3C08D0A37EFFA86" author="Joseph" box="[489,732,1328,1350]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Joseph, E. B. &amp; Yerger, R. W. (1956) The Fishes of Alligator Harbor, Florida, with Notes on their Natural History. Papers from the Oceanographic Institute, Florida State University Study, 22, 111 - 156." type="journal article" year="1956">Joseph &amp; Yerger, 1956</bibRefCitation>
: 119
</treatmentCitation>
(biological notes, Alligator Harbor, Florida); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A6C48D0A3400FAA5" author="Daiber" page="138" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1960">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A6C48D0A35CEFAA5" author="Daiber" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Daiber, F. C. &amp; Booth, R. A. (1960) Notes on the biology of the butterfly rays, Gymnura altavela and Gymnura micrura. Copeia, 1960 (2), 137 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1440209" type="journal article" year="1960">Daiber &amp; Booth, 1960</bibRefCitation>
: 138
</treatmentCitation>
–139 (biological notes, Delaware and Chincoteague Bays); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A1EB8D753191FAA5" author="Schwartz" box="[962,1186,1359,1381]" page="390" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1961">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A1EB8D753158FAA5" author="Schwartz" box="[962,1131,1359,1381]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Schwartz, F. J. (1961) Fishes of Chincoteague and Sinepuxent Bays. The American Midland Naturalist, 65 (2), 384 - 408. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2422962" type="journal article" year="1961">Schwartz, 1961</bibRefCitation>
: 390
</treatmentCitation>
(size, embryos, listed, Chincoteague &amp; Sinepuxent Bays); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A01A8D5437D6FA43" author="Hoese" box="[563,741,1389,1411]" page="170" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1962">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A01A8D543786FA43" author="Hoese" box="[563,693,1389,1411]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Hoese, H. D. (1962) Sharks and Rays of Virginia's Seaside Bays. Chesapeake Science, 3 (3), 166 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1350994" type="journal article" year="1962">Hoese, 1962</bibRefCitation>
: 170
</treatmentCitation>
–171 (occurrence, Virginia’s Seaside); 
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: 6
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, 8 (biological notes, Florida); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3C58DB637EFFA62" author="Schmid" box="[492,732,1420,1442]" page="123" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1988">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3C58DB6379DFA62" author="Schmid" box="[492,686,1420,1442]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Schmid, T. H., Ehrhart, L. M. &amp; Snelson, F. F. (1988) Notes on the occurrence of rays (Elasmobranchii, Batoidea) in the Indian River Lagoon System, Florida. Florida Scientist, 51 (2), 121 - 128." type="journal article" year="1988">
Schmid 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A0698DB7375FFA62" box="[576,620,1420,1442]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">et al</emphasis>
. 1988
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: 123
</treatmentCitation>
–124 (biological notes, Florida); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A6008DB731C2FA62" author="Wourms" box="[1065,1265,1420,1442]" page="271" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1993">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A6008DB731F3FA62" author="Wourms" box="[1065,1216,1420,1442]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Wourms, J. P. (1993) Maximization of evolutionary trends for placental viviparity in the spadenose shark, Scoliodon laticaudus. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 38 (1 - 3), 269 - 294. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / BF 00842922" type="journal article" year="1993">Wourms, 1993</bibRefCitation>
: 271
</treatmentCitation>
, 283 (embryonic development, South Carolina); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A0278D9137E6FA01" author="Maruska" box="[526,725,1451,1473]" page="52" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2001">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A0278D91379EFA01" author="Maruska" box="[526,685,1451,1473]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Maruska, K. P. (2001) Morphology of the mechanosensory lateral line system in elasmobranch fishes: ecological and behavioral considerations. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 60 (1 - 3), 47 - 75. https: // doi. org / 10.1023 / A: 1007647924559" type="journal article" year="2001">Maruska, 2001</bibRefCitation>
: 52
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, 55–57, 59, 62, figs. 6, 9b (lateral line canal system); 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A73E8D913435FA1F" author="Rosenberger" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Rosenberger, L. J. (2001 b) Pectoral fin locomotion in batoid fishes: undulation versus oscillation. Journal of Experimental Biology, 204 (2), 379 - 394." type="journal article" year="2001" yearSuffix="b">Rosenberger, 2001b</bibRefCitation>
(locomotion, pectoral fin); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A00F8DF33606FA1F" author="Gonzalez-Isais" box="[550,821,1481,1503]" page="260" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2003">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A00F8DF33632FA1F" author="Gonzalez-Isais" box="[550,769,1481,1503]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Gonzalez-Isais, M. (2003) Anatomical Comparison of the Cephalic Musculature of Some Members of the Superfamily Myliobatoidea (Chondrichthyes): Implications for Evolutionary Understanding. The Anatomical Record, 271 A, 259 - 272. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / ar. a. 10031" type="journal article" year="2003">González-Isáis, 2003</bibRefCitation>
: 260
</treatmentCitation>
, 262, 264–266, 269–271, figs. 2a, 5 (cephalic musculature; Veracruz, Mexico); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3B88DD23759FA3E" author="Wigley" box="[401,618,1512,1534]" page="7" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2003">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3B88DD23762FA3E" author="Wigley" box="[401,593,1512,1534]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Wigley, S. E., McBride, H. M. &amp; McHugh, N. J. (2003) Length-Weight Relationships for 74 Fish Species Collected during NEFSC Research Vessel Bottom Trawl Surveys, 1992 - 99. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE- 171. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, 36 pp." type="book chapter" year="2003">
Wigley 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A3C88DD3373DFA3E" box="[481,526,1512,1534]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">et al</emphasis>
. 2003
</bibRefCitation>
: 7
</treatmentCitation>
, 17 (length-weight relationships, Northeast Coast of the U.S.); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A6C28DD23485F9DD" author="Gonzalez-Isais" page="518" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2004">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A6C28DD234B1F9DD" author="Gonzalez-Isais" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Gonzalez-Isais, M. &amp; Dominguez, M. M. (2004) Comparative anatomy of the superfamily Myliobatoidea (Chondrichthyes) with some comments on phylogeny. Journal of Morphology, 262, 517 - 535. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / jmor. 10260" type="journal article" year="2004">González-Isáis &amp; Domínguez, 2004</bibRefCitation>
: 518
</treatmentCitation>
, 521–524, 527, 528, 530, 532, tab. 1, figs. 3a, 4b, 5b, 6b, 7a, 9a (skeletal morphology, cephalic musculature; Veracruz, Mexico); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A00B8E1F3617F9FB" author="Kobelkowsky" box="[546,804,1573,1595]" page="185" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2004">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A00B8E1F37C0F9FB" author="Kobelkowsky" box="[546,755,1573,1595]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Kobelkowsky, A. (2004) El sistema excretor de la raya mariposa Gymnura micrura (Pisces: Rajiformes). Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Serie Zoologia, 75 (1), 185 - 192." type="journal article" year="2004">Kobelkowsky, 2004</bibRefCitation>
: 185
</treatmentCitation>
–192, figs. 1–3 (morphology of urogenital system; Veracruz, Mexico); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3038E7E37A0F99A" author="McEachran" box="[298,659,1604,1626]" page="87" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2004">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3038E7E375CF99A" author="McEachran" box="[298,623,1604,1626]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="McEachran, J. D. &amp; Aschliman, N. (2004) Phylogeny of Batoidea. In: Carrier, J. C., Musick, J. A. &amp; Heithaus, M. R. (Eds.), Biology of Sharks and their Relatives. Chapter 3. CRC Press, Boca Raton, pp. 79 - 113. https: // doi. org / 10.1201 / 9780203491317. ch 3" type="book chapter" year="2004">McEachran &amp; Aschliman, 2004</bibRefCitation>
: 87
</treatmentCitation>
, fig. 3.8 (clasper; Florida, Gulf of Mexico); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A6798E7E30BDF99A" author="Shepherd" box="[1104,1422,1604,1626]" page="1097" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2005">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A6798E7E3067F99A" author="Shepherd" box="[1104,1364,1604,1626]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Shepherd, T. D. &amp; Myers, R. A. (2005) Direct and indirect fishery effects on small coastal elasmobranchs in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Ecology Letters, 8, 1095 - 1104. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1461 - 0248.2005.00807. x" type="journal article" year="2005">Shepherd &amp; Myers, 2005</bibRefCitation>
: 
<date id="FFB01064FF8EFFD4A7758E7E30BDF99A" box="[1372,1422,1604,1626]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" value="1097" valueMax="1100">1097</date>
</treatmentCitation>
– 1100, 1102 (population decline, Gulf of Mexico); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A0FB8E5936F0F9B9" author="Smith" box="[722,963,1635,1657]" page="761" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2009">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A0FB8E5936A2F9B9" author="Smith" box="[722,913,1635,1657]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Smith, W. D., Bizarro, J. J., Richards, V. P, Nielsen, J., Marquez-Farias, F. &amp; Shivji, M. S. (2009) Morphometric convergence and molecular divergence: the taxonomic status and evolutionary history of Gymnura crebripunctata and Gymnura marmorata in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Journal of Fish Biology, 75, 761 - 783. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1095 - 8649.2009.02300. x" type="journal article" year="2009">
Smith 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A13E8E5E367EF9B9" box="[791,845,1635,1657]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">et al.</emphasis>
, 2009
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: 761
</treatmentCitation>
–763, 765, 766, 768, 772–778 (morphometry, molecular data); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3518EBB3773F957" author="Schwartz" box="[376,576,1665,1687]" page="35" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2011">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3518EBB3728F957" author="Schwartz" box="[376,539,1665,1687]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Schwartz, F. J. (2011) Status of stingrays (order Myliobatiformes) captured 1972 - 2010 at two sites in Oslow Bay, Atlantic Ocean, North Carolina. Journal of the North Carolina Academy of Science, 127 (1), 35 - 37." type="journal article" year="2011">Schwartz, 2011</bibRefCitation>
: 35
</treatmentCitation>
–36 (distributional pattern, North Carolina); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A63B8EBB303FF957" author="Kobelkowsky" box="[1042,1292,1665,1687]" page="36" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2012">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A63B8EBB31D7F957" author="Kobelkowsky" box="[1042,1252,1665,1687]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Kobelkowsky, A. (2012) Anatomy of the heart and afferent branchial arteries of the rays (Chondrichthyes: Batoidea). Hidrobiologica, 22 (1), 35 - 41." type="journal article" year="2012">Kobelkowsky, 2012</bibRefCitation>
: 36
</treatmentCitation>
, 38–41 (heart anatomy, Mexico); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3A58E9A3792F976" author="Cu-Salazar" box="[396,673,1696,1718]" page="109" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2014">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3A58E9A3740F976" author="Cu-Salazar" box="[396,627,1696,1718]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Cu-Salazar, N., Perez-Jimenez, J. C., Mendez-Loeza, I., Mendoza-Carranza, M. (2014) Reproductive parameters of females of butterfly ray Gymnura micrura (Elasmobranchii) in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Hidrobiologica, 24 (2), 109 - 117." type="journal article" year="2014">
Cu-Salazar 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A02A8E9B3705F976" box="[515,566,1696,1718]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">et al.</emphasis>
2014
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: 109
</treatmentCitation>
–117 (reproductive biology; Tabasco and Campeche, Mexico).
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A2BE8EFA347DF915" box="[151,334,1728,1749]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Gymnura micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(in part): 
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A39D8E8537AEF915" author="McEachran" box="[436,669,1727,1749]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="McEachran, J. D., Dunn, K. A. &amp; Miyake, T. (1996) Interrelationships of the batoid fishes (Chondrichthyes: Batoidei). In: Stiassny, M. L. J., Parenti, L. R. &amp; Johnson, G. D. (Eds.), Interrelationships of fishes. Academic Press, San Diego / London, pp. 63 - 84. https: // doi. org / 10.1016 / B 978 - 012670950 - 6 / 50005 - 9" type="book chapter" year="1996">
McEachran 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A0078EFA3768F915" box="[558,603,1727,1749]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">et al</emphasis>
. 1996
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: 67
</treatmentCitation>
–68, 70–75, 83 (lateral line, skeletal morphology, cephalic and branchial musculature; only specimen TCWC 642.08 [
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, Gulf of 
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<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FF8EFFD4A1618EE736A9F933" box="[840,922,1757,1779]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
],?TCWC [uncataloged specimen]); 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A73E8EE73409F8D2" author="Rosenberger" page="615" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="2001">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A73E8EE7343AF8D2" author="Rosenberger" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Rosenberger, L. J. (2001 a) Phylogenetic relationships within the stingray genus Dasyatis (Chondrichthyes: Dasyatidae). Copeia, 3, 615 - 627." type="journal article" year="2001" yearSuffix="a">Rosenberger, 2001a</bibRefCitation>
: 615
</treatmentCitation>
, 616, 618, 620, 621, 623–627 (in systematics analysis; only specimen FMNH 46250 [
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, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FF8EFFD4A76F8EC630A5F8D2" box="[1350,1430,1788,1810]" name="Mexico" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FF8EFFD4A76F8EC630A5F8D2" box="[1350,1430,1788,1810]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
] and probably FMNH 40363 [
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],?FMNH 89992); 
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<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A1BE8F2131E0F8F1" author="McEachran" box="[919,1235,1819,1841]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="McEachran, J. D. &amp; Carvalho, M. R. de (2002) Gymnuridae: Butterfly Rays. In: Carpenter, K. E. (Ed.), The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Atlantic. Volume 1: Introduction, Mollusks, Crustaceans, Hagfishes, Sharks, Batoid fishes and Chimaeras. FAO, Rome, pp. 575 - 577." type="book chapter" year="2002">McEachran &amp; Carvalho, 2002</bibRefCitation>
: 577
</treatmentCitation>
(identification guide, illustration, Western Central Atlantic, 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A0A78F0037C8F88F" box="[654,763,1850,1871]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">G. micrura</emphasis>
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also included).
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<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8EFFD4A2BE8F633768F84D" blockId="19.[151,1436,807,1933]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="AB1E118AFF8EFFD4A2BE8F633768F84D" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8EFFD4A2BE8F633720F8AE" ID-CoL="3HVPT" authority=": Fowler, 1945: 162" authorityName=": Fowler" authorityPageNumber="162" authorityYear="1945" box="[151,531,1880,1902]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="altavela">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A2BE8F63347DF8AE" box="[151,334,1880,1902]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Gymnura altavela</emphasis>
: 
<treatmentCitation id="0AAF10B5FF8EFFD4A3728F623720F8AE" author="Fowler" box="[347,531,1880,1902]" page="162" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" year="1945">
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF8EFFD4A3728F6234D0F8AE" author="Fowler" box="[347,483,1880,1902]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" refString="Fowler, H. W. (1945) A study of the fishes of the southern Piedmont and coastal plain. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 7, 1 - 408." type="journal article" year="1945">Fowler, 1945</bibRefCitation>
: 162
</treatmentCitation>
</taxonomicName>
(embryos, 
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FF8EFFD4A0AD8F62362CF8AE" box="[644,799,1880,1902]" country="United States of America" name="South Carolina" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
South 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8EFFD4A0EC8F62362CF8AE" authority=", Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityName="Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" box="[709,799,1880,1902]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Carolina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Carolina</taxonomicName>
</collectingRegion>
, Bigelow &amp; Schroeder analyzed the specimens and found them to be 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8EFFD4A2D68F423459F84D" ID-CoL="3HVQ5" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[255,362,1912,1933]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A2D68F423459F84D" box="[255,362,1912,1933]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
[= 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A3B98F4234DAF84D" box="[400,489,1911,1933]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">G. lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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]).
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<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8EFFD4A2BE8F8336BFF836" blockId="19.[151,1437,1977,2038]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8EFFD4A2BE8F833438F812" bold="true" box="[151,267,1977,2002]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
<typeStatus id="54B58806FF8EFFD4A2BE8F833435F812" box="[151,262,1977,2002]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
.
</emphasis>
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FF8EFFD4A3388F803451F812" box="[273,354,1978,2002]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">USNM</collectionCode>
51940 (
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DW, adult male), 
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FF8EFFD4A0C18F8336A0F812" box="[744,915,1977,2002]" country="United States of America" name="North Carolina" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">
North 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8EFFD4A1198F8336A0F812" authority=", Beaufort, Collector" authorityName="Beaufort, Collector" box="[816,915,1977,2002]" class="Insecta" family="Scarabaeidae" genus="Carolina" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Coleoptera" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Carolina</taxonomicName>
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, Beaufort, Collector: G. Bean, Accession num. 0 43551, 
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440342 recatalogued from 
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51940 (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF89FFD3A2EE88AD3134FF38" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
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.
</emphasis>
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440342 (
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: adult male, 
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DW; adult male, 
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DW; juvenile female, 
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DW; skeleton of a dissected specimen), 
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North 
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, Beaufort, collector: G. Bean, accession num. 0 43551, date cat: 0 
<date id="FFB01064FF89FFD3A34588DA34DEFF38" box="[364,493,223,248]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" value="2017-02-09">9 Feb 2017</date>
, recatalogued from 
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51940 (
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)
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<subSubSection id="C314652FFF89FFD3A2EE893E3483FBF4" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF89FFD3A2EE893E3483FBF4" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A2EE893E3472FEDD" bold="true" box="[199,321,260,285]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A medium size butterfly ray occurring in the central and northwestern Atlantic Ocean. 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A71B893E35E8FE80" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A71B893E35E8FE80" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A2C0891D3471FE80" bold="true" box="[233,322,295,320]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A2C0891D3471FE80" box="[233,322,295,320]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
may be distinguished from other species of butterfly rays (except 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A60A891231A8FEFF" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[1059,1179,296,319]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A60A891231A8FEFF" box="[1059,1179,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A6F88912301AFEFF" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[1233,1321,296,319]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sereti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A6F88912301AFEFF" box="[1233,1321,296,319]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A713891D30A0FE80" bold="true" box="[1338,1427,295,320]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A713891D30A0FE80" box="[1338,1427,295,320]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) by the combination of the following characters: absence of spiracular tentacle, caudal stings, and dorsal fin; tail relatively short (mean post-cloacal length 19% DW) and prominently banded, presenting 3 to 5 black bands that may be less distinct in large adults. 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A00289AE37D3FE6C" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[555,736,404,428]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A00289AE37D3FE6C" box="[555,736,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A0D989AE3679FE6D" bold="true" box="[752,842,404,429]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A0D989AE3679FE6D" box="[752,842,404,429]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
may be distinguished from 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A6AE89AE3033FE6C" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[1159,1280,404,428]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A6AE89AE3033FE6C" box="[1159,1280,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A71189AE30A1FE6C" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[1336,1426,404,428]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sereti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A71189AE30A1FE6C" box="[1336,1426,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A2BE898D35C6FE10" bold="true" box="[151,245,439,464]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A2BE898D35C6FE10" box="[151,245,439,464]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
by the dorsal contour of its hyomandibula with a conspicuous proximal protuberance followed by a inconspicuous distal protuberance (
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A01D89E73778FE34" box="[564,587,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. dorsal contour of hyomandibula with two conspicuous protuberances); projection of the anteroventral fenestra on the floor of the coracoid bar taking the form of a funnel with relatively narrower opening and end (in 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A3CE8A1E3753FDFC" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[487,608,548,572]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A3CE8A1E3753FDFC" box="[487,608,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
this projection takes the shape of a funnel with large opening and closing; in 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A29A8A723439FD9F" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[179,266,584,607]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sereti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A29A8A723439FD9F" box="[179,266,584,607]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A3358A7D3446FDA0" bold="true" box="[284,373,583,608]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A3358A7D3446FDA0" box="[284,373,583,608]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
the funnel has a large opening, but presents an abrupt tapering at its half length, with the end of the funnel relatively narrow), and higher number of pectoral radials (ranges 118–127 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A6648A573157FD44" box="[1101,1124,621,644]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A6DD8A56305EFD44" box="[1268,1389,620,644]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
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<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A3378AAA344BFD67" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[286,376,656,679]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sereti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A3378AAA344BFD67" box="[286,376,656,679]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A3A38AB534D6FD68" bold="true" box="[394,485,655,680]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A3A38AB534D6FD68" box="[394,485,655,680]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
). 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A3D48AAA3780FD68" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[509,691,656,680]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A3D48AAA3780FD68" box="[509,691,656,680]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A0EA8AB5362EFD68" bold="true" box="[707,797,655,680]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A0EA8AB5362EFD68" box="[707,797,655,680]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
may be further distinguished from 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A6988AAA3038FD67" box="[1201,1291,656,679]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A7348AB5304BFD68" bold="true" box="[1309,1400,655,680]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A7348AB5304BFD68" box="[1309,1400,655,680]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
by the following characters: clasper of mature males more slender and longer, Lclasper 9.4–14.3% DW (
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A70C8A8F300FFD0C" box="[1317,1340,693,716]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. clasper stouter and shorter, Lclasper 6.8–9.2% DW); cranial fontanelle U-shaped (
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A1D38AE33122FD30" box="[1018,1041,729,752]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. keyhole-shaped); mesopterygium divided into one anterior solid element and 5–7 smaller fragments (
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A19F8AC736FEFCD4" box="[950,973,765,788]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. mesopterygium divided into two solid elements); distance between anteroventral and posteroventral fenestrae of scapulocoracoid representing 35–40% of scapulocoracoid length (
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A3908B7F34E3FC9C" box="[441,464,837,860]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. distance between AVF and PVF about 20% of scapulocoracoid length); lateral projection of the base of synarcual starting at its anterior third (
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A1A38B533692FC40" box="[906,929,873,896]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. lateral projection of the base of synarcual starting at its half length); lower number of diplospondylous vertebrae (means 97 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A6148BB73167FC64" box="[1085,1108,909,932]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. 110), and higher number of radials in the mesopterygial fragments compared to the second mesopterygial element of 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A6568B8A31EBFC07" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[1151,1240,944,967]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sereti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A6568B8A31EBFC07" box="[1151,1240,944,967]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A6C08B953070FC08" bold="true" box="[1257,1347,943,968]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A6C08B953070FC08" box="[1257,1347,943,968]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(ranges 14–19 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A2CD8BEF35C8FC2C" box="[228,251,981,1004]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. 10–15). 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A34F8BEE3729FC2C" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[358,538,980,1004]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A34F8BEE3729FC2C" box="[358,538,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A0008BEE37B1FC2D" bold="true" box="[553,642,980,1005]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF89FFD3A0008BEE37B1FC2D" box="[553,642,980,1005]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
is most similar to 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF89FFD3A1788BEE36FAFC2C" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[849,969,980,1004]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A1788BEE36FAFC2C" box="[849,969,980,1004]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and may be further differentiated from it by its brownish dorsal side with a vermiculate background (
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A1188BC3367BFBD0" box="[817,840,1017,1040]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">vs</emphasis>
. dorsal side usually uniformly brown or gray without any vermiculate pattern).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C314652FFF89FFE7A2EE8C0534DBFE80" lastPageId="32" lastPageNumber="33" pageId="20" pageNumber="21" type="description">
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF89FFD3A2EE8C053174FB05" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A2EE8C05346AFB98" bold="true" box="[199,345,1087,1112]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Description.</emphasis>
Measurements are presented in 
<tableCitation id="C68C031FFF89FFD3A0E68C053614FB98" box="[719,807,1087,1112]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="21.[151,239,332,355]" captionText="TABLE 3. Measurements taken on specimens of Gymnura lessae sp. nov. Holotype: USNM 51940. Ranges, means and standard deviations (SD) were calculated from all specimens (N). Postcloacal clasper length was obtained only from adult specimens." pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Table 3</tableCitation>
; meristic data in 
<tableCitation id="C68C031FFF89FFD3A1D88C053179FB98" box="[1009,1098,1087,1112]" captionStart="TABLE 4" captionStartId="22.[151,239,332,355]" captionText="TABLE 4. Meristic data for specimens of Gymnura lessae sp. nov. Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation." pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Table 4</tableCitation>
. The following description is based on all specimens examined. Throughout the text the proportions are presented as: minimum value–maximum value (mean). See 
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, 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A3D28CB23715FB60" box="[507,550,1160,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="29.[151,250,1002,1024]" captionTargetBox="[166,1436,235,947]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,235,947]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 18. Clasper of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Illustration in dorsal view, right clasper, showing external morphology; B) Radiograph, dorsoventral view (holotype, USNM 51940) showing skeleton. Abbreviations: ap, apopyle; at, accessory terminal cartilage; ax, axial cartilage; B, beta cartilage; b 1, first basal segment; b 2, second basal segment; cg, clasper groove; dp, dorsal pseudosiphon; DT 1, dorsal terminal 1 cartilage; DT 2, dorsal terminal 2 cartilage; hpp, hypopyle; pf, pelvic fin; VM, ventral marginal cartilage; vp, ventral pseudosiphon; VT, ventral terminal cartilage." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052077/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">18a</figureCitation>
, and 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A04B8CB2374DFB60" box="[610,638,1160,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 19" captionStartId="30.[151,250,1944,1966]" captionTargetBox="[226,1370,195,1923]" captionTargetId="figure@30.[226,1370,195,1923]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="FIGURE 19. Dorsal view of disc of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in vermiculate color pattern. B, D, F and H are amplifications of the white squares in A, C, E and G, respectively. A. NCSM 49395, 292 mm DW; C. AMNH 84277, 308 mm DW; E. CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW; G. FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052079/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">19</figureCitation>
and 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A09C8CB237E2FB60" box="[693,721,1160,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="31.[151,250,1514,1536]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1472]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[151,1436,193,1493]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 20. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in dorsal color. A) Dorsal view of anterolateral disc region showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); B) Dorsal view of head showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Detail of central region of dorsal disc showing vermiculate pattern (USNM 26551, 327 mm DW); D) Tail cross-banded (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); E) Tail of a larger specimen, with diffuse, less distinct bands (FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052081/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">20</figureCitation>
for external morphology and color, 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A6438CBD31FBFB60" box="[1130,1224,1159,1184]" captionStart="FIGURE 34" captionStartId="49.[151,250,1839,1861]" captionTargetBox="[380,1176,200,1792]" captionTargetId="figure@49.[373,1209,193,1813]" captionTargetPageId="49" captionText="FIGURE 34. Ventral lateral line system. A) Gymnura micrura (RN F 43, female, 339 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (NCSM 49395, female, 292 mm DW); C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (FLMNH 29993, juvenile male, 290 mm DW). Subpleural tubules omitted. Canals on the left side not shown in their entirety. Differences between species observed in the pictures but not mentioned in the text were not considered consistent enough to be diagnostic. Colors: red, hyomandibular canal; green, infraorbital canal; brown, supraorbital canal; blue, nasal canal; yellow, prenasal canal. inl, innernasal loop; lh, lateral hook; pl, prenasal loop; spl, subpleural loop." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052109/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 34b</figureCitation>
for ventral lateralline pattern and 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A3658C963484FB05" box="[332,439,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="29.[151,250,1002,1024]" captionTargetBox="[166,1436,235,947]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,235,947]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 18. Clasper of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Illustration in dorsal view, right clasper, showing external morphology; B) Radiograph, dorsoventral view (holotype, USNM 51940) showing skeleton. Abbreviations: ap, apopyle; at, accessory terminal cartilage; ax, axial cartilage; B, beta cartilage; b 1, first basal segment; b 2, second basal segment; cg, clasper groove; dp, dorsal pseudosiphon; DT 1, dorsal terminal 1 cartilage; DT 2, dorsal terminal 2 cartilage; hpp, hypopyle; pf, pelvic fin; VM, ventral marginal cartilage; vp, ventral pseudosiphon; VT, ventral terminal cartilage." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052077/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Figs. 18b</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A3EB8C9634DEFB05" box="[450,493,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 36" captionStartId="52.[151,250,1939,1961]" captionTargetBox="[220,1363,225,1896]" captionTargetId="figure@52.[204,1386,193,1921]" captionTargetPageId="52" captionText="FIGURE 36. Outline of dorsal cranial fontanelle, dorsal view. A) Gymnura micrura (ANSP 120086, 185 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (USNM 155734, 336 mm DW); C – D) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (C. BMNH 1963.8. 9.3, 337 mm DW; D. FMNH 118133, 368 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052113/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">36b</figureCitation>
– 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A3D48C963714FB05" box="[509,551,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 38" captionStartId="54.[151,250,1842,1864]" captionTargetBox="[340,1247,568,1813]" captionTargetId="figure@54.[340,1247,568,1813]" captionTargetPageId="54" captionText="FIGURE 38. Mandibular arches, radiograph, dorsoventral view. A) Gymnura micrura (USNM 222622, 323 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (USNM 25452, 390 mm DW) C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 193741, 383 mm DW). Abbreviations: ap, anterior process; hyo, hyomandibula; mc, Meckel’s cartilage; pq, palatoquadrate; tb, tooth band. Black arrows indicate the most convex dorsal portion of the palatoquadrate; white arrow indicates the furrow at the ventral border of palatoquadrate of G. lessae." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052117/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">38b</figureCitation>
, 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A01B8C96376FFB05" box="[562,604,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 42" captionStartId="57.[151,250,1590,1612]" captionTargetBox="[264,1323,807,1569]" captionTargetId="figure@57.[264,1323,807,1569]" captionTargetPageId="57" captionText="FIGURE 42. Synarcual cartilage (radiograph, dorsolateral view). A) Gymnura micrura (USNM 222622, 323 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (SU 14336, 312 mm DW); C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 193741, 383 mm DW). Abbreviations: assp, articular surface for scapular process; isv, intersynarcual vertebrae; lap, lateral anterior process; ls, lateral stay; mdc, medial crest; op, odontoid process; sc, suprasynarcual cartilage; snf, spinal nerve foramina; sp, scapular process; scp, scapulocoracoid. Arrows indicate the point where the synarcual base projects laterally and extends posteriorly." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052125/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">42b</figureCitation>
– 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A0428C9637A6FB05" box="[619,661,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 44" captionStartId="59.[151,250,1885,1907]" captionTargetBox="[451,1141,193,1868]" captionTargetId="figure@59.[451,1141,193,1868]" captionTargetPageId="59" captionText="FIGURE 44. Scapulocoracoid (radiograph, dorsoventral view). A) Gymnura micrura (USNM 222622, 323 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 193741, 383 mm DW). Abbreviations: adf, anterodorsal fenestra; avf, anteroventral fenestra; co, coracoid cartilage; fmes, fragments of mesopterygium; mes 1, mesopterygium 1; mes 2, mesopterygium 2; met, metapterygium; msc, mesocondyle; mtc, metacondyle; pc, procondyle; pdf, postdorsal fenestra; pro, propterygium; S, synarcual; ssc, suprascapular cartilage." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052129/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">44b</figureCitation>
and 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A0E28C9637C6FB05" box="[715,757,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 46" captionStartId="61.[151,250,1857,1879]" captionTargetBox="[512,1086,193,1843]" captionTargetId="figure@61.[512,1086,193,1843]" captionTargetPageId="61" captionText="FIGURE 46. Radiograph of head region (dorsoventral view) showing the arching of propterygium and shape of the inner space between propterygia (black line). A) Gymnura micrura (USNM 222622, 323 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 193741, 383 mm DW). Abbreviations: anto, antorbital cartilage; f, fontanelle; mc, Meckel’s cartilage; mes, mesopterygium; nc, nasal capsule; pq, palatoquadrate; pro, propterygium; rad, radials; scp, scapulocoracoid; S, synarcual." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052133/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">46b</figureCitation>
– 
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A12A8C96361EFB05" box="[771,813,1196,1221]" captionStart="FIGURE 48" captionStartId="63.[151,250,1887,1909]" captionTargetBox="[160,1427,1315,1866]" captionTargetId="figure@63.[160,1427,1315,1866]" captionTargetPageId="63" captionText="FIGURE 48. Pelvic girdle and pelvic fin (radiography, dorsoventral view). A) Gymnura micrura (USNM 222622, 323 mm DW); B) Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 51940, 420 mm DW); C) Gymnura sereti, sp. nov. (holotype, USNM 193741, 383 mm DW). Abbreviations: bpt, basipterygium; ip, iliac process; isp, isquial process; lpp, lateral prepelvic process; of, obturator foramina; pb, puboischiadic bar; ppp, medial prepelvic process; ppv, pelvic propterygium; rad, radials." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052137/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">48b</figureCitation>
for skeletal morphology.
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<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF89FFD3A2EE8CF5369DF958" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF89FFD3A2EE8CF534FDFB28" bold="true" box="[199,462,1231,1256]" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">External morphology.</emphasis>
Disc lozenge shaped, 1.54–1.94 (1.75) times broader than long [1.54–1.70 (1.61) for adult males; 1.71–1.89 (1.80) for adult females]. Trunk strongly flattened, slightly raised above scapular region and posterior head. Snout relatively short and obtuse with a subtle lobe at snout tip. Sexual dimorphism evident in disc shape mainly between adults, with adult males presenting proportionally longer snouts with smaller angles, which confers a triangular shape to the anterior half of their disc (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A1198D6536B7FAB8" box="[816,900,1375,1400]" captionStart="FIGURE 15" captionStartId="27.[151,250,1158,1180]" captionTargetBox="[171,1425,211,1114]" captionTargetId="figure@27.[154,1439,196,1127]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="FIGURE 15. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., dorsal view. A) Adult male, 440 mm DW (AMS IA- 78); B) Adult female, 695 mm DW (FLMNH 29981); C) Juvenile male, 244 mm DW (CAS 19835); D) Juvenile female, 296 mm DW (CAS 19834)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052071/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
). Preoral snout length 7.6–16 (12)% DW [8–11 (10)% DW in adult females; 13–16 (14)% DW in adult males], preorbital snout length 6.8–14 (9.7)% DW [7–9 (8)% DW in adult females; 10–14 (12)% DW in adult males], preorbital snout width 31–41 (36)% DW, postspiracle snout width 40–54 (48)% DW. Anterior margins of disc with a slight medial concavity and becoming weakly convex towards extremities (in adult males these curves may be less noticeable, with the anterior margins almost straight in some males) (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A0278E2E3757F9ED" box="[526,612,1556,1581]" captionStart="FIGURE 15" captionStartId="27.[151,250,1158,1180]" captionTargetBox="[171,1425,211,1114]" captionTargetId="figure@27.[154,1439,196,1127]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="FIGURE 15. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., dorsal view. A) Adult male, 440 mm DW (AMS IA- 78); B) Adult female, 695 mm DW (FLMNH 29981); C) Juvenile male, 244 mm DW (CAS 19835); D) Juvenile female, 296 mm DW (CAS 19834)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052071/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 15</figureCitation>
); pectoral-fin apices acutely angular (sometimes moderately angular in adult males); posterior margins weakly convex; free rear tip broadly rounded; axis of greatest width positioned posteriorly to disc half-length. Pelvic fin single lobed, rectangular, their corners rounded (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A6B78E6631C0F9B5" box="[1182,1267,1628,1653]" captionStart="FIGURE 16" captionStartId="27.[151,250,1973,1995]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,1292,1952]" captionTargetId="figure@27.[151,1436,1292,1952]" captionTargetPageId="27" captionText="FIGURE 16. Ventral view of pelvic fin of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Male (AMNH 84277, unregistered size); B) Female (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052073/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 16</figureCitation>
). Skin entirely smooth, without denticles on the dorsal and ventral surface of the disc.
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Interorbital space broad, interorbital width 7.4–10 (8.6)% DW. Eyes dorsolateral, small, oval and protruding slightly (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A2D58EFD346DF920" box="[252,350,1735,1760]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1921,1943]" captionTargetBox="[417,1169,208,1899]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[417,1169,193,1899]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 17. Morphological details of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Dorsal view of head (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); B) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing straight contour of inner margin of spiracle (CSIRO H 7511.01); C) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing concave contour of inner margin of spiracle (AMNH 84277); D) Ventral view of head (paratype, USNM 440342, 280 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052075/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Fig. 17a</figureCitation>
); eye diameter 1.1–2.2 (1.7)% DW, representing 11.5–26.3 (19.5)% of interorbital width; orbit diameter 2–3.9 (2.8)% DW, representing 61–175 (96)% of spiracle length. Eyes more protruded and relatively larger in embryos. Spiracles immediately posterior to eyes, relatively large, lozenge-shaped, contour of the inner spiracular margin concave to rectilinear (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF89FFD3A05B8F0E37CDF88C" box="[626,766,1844,1869]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1921,1943]" captionTargetBox="[417,1169,208,1899]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[417,1169,193,1899]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 17. Morphological details of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Dorsal view of head (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); B) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing straight contour of inner margin of spiracle (CSIRO H 7511.01); C) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing concave contour of inner margin of spiracle (AMNH 84277); D) Ventral view of head (paratype, USNM 440342, 280 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052075/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="21">Figs. 17b, c</figureCitation>
); spiracle length 2.1–3 (1.8)% DW, 1.1–3 (1.8) times eye diameter; its inner posterior margin without tentacles.
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Ventral head length 20–28 (23)% DW. Nostril narrowly oval, diagonally directed, only the circular distal margin not covered by nasal curtain, posterior lateral margin with lobe; nostril length 2.0–4.1 (3.2)% DW [2.7–3.4 (3.1)% DW in adult females; 3.1–4.1 (3.5)% DW in adult males], 0.9–2.7 (1.7) times internasal width; internasal width 1.4–3.1 (1.9)% DW. Anterior nasal flaps medially expanded and fused into a broad, skirt-shaped, posteriorly expanded nasal curtain that covers internasal space and reaches mouth (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF88FFD2A1CE8886317EFF15" box="[999,1101,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 17" captionStartId="28.[151,250,1921,1943]" captionTargetBox="[417,1169,208,1899]" captionTargetId="figure@28.[417,1169,193,1899]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="FIGURE 17. Morphological details of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Dorsal view of head (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); B) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing straight contour of inner margin of spiracle (CSIRO H 7511.01); C) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing concave contour of inner margin of spiracle (AMNH 84277); D) Ventral view of head (paratype, USNM 440342, 280 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052075/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Fig. 17d</figureCitation>
). Nasal curtain skirt shaped, weakly to moderately bilobed, wide, its width 2.4–4.3 (3.1) times its length; lateral margin concave; posterolateral apices rounded; posterior margin straight to weakly concave, a small medial gap may be present.
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<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF88FFD2A2BE8976347AFE63" blockId="21.[151,1435,331,419]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF88FFD2A2BE89763439FEA3" bold="true" box="[151,266,332,355]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
Measurements taken on specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF88FFD2A08089713666FEA3" box="[681,853,331,355]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
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Holotype: USNM 51940. Ranges, means and standard deviations (SD) were calculated from all specimens (N). Postcloacal clasper length was obtained only from adult specimens.
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<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F789843670FE14" box="[734,835,446,468]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Range</th>
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A63889843178FE14" box="[1041,1099,446,468]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Mean</th>
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8984302EFE14" box="[1251,1309,446,468]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">SD</th>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B689D2304DFE3E" box="[159,1406,488,510]" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1">
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB89D2376EFE3E" box="[466,605,488,510]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">mm %DW</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F789D23670FE3E" box="[734,835,488,510]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">mm</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E89D236EEFE3E" box="[887,989,488,510]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">%DW</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A63889D23178FE3E" box="[1041,1099,488,510]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">mm</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A65989D2319CFE3E" box="[1136,1199,488,510]" gridcol="6" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">%DW</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA89D2302EFE3E" box="[1251,1309,488,510]" gridcol="7" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">mm</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A71689D2304DFE3E" box="[1343,1406,488,510]" gridcol="8" gridrow="1" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">%DW</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68A2B304DFDE7" box="[159,1406,529,551]" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68A2B34A5FDE7" box="[159,406,529,551]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Disc width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8A2B376EFDE7" box="[466,605,529,551]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">420 100</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88A2B3799FDE7" box="[657,682,529,551]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">74</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78A2B3670FDE7" box="[734,835,529,551]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">168 – 732</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8A2B36EEFDE7" box="[887,989,529,551]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">100–100</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388A2B3178FDE7" box="[1041,1099,529,551]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">309.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598A2B319CFDE7" box="[1136,1199,529,551]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">100</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8A2B302EFDE7" box="[1251,1309,529,551]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">107.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168A2B304DFDE7" box="[1343,1406,529,551]" gridcol="8" gridrow="2" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">–</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68A00304DFD90" box="[159,1406,570,592]" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68A0034A5FD90" box="[159,406,570,592]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Disc length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8A00376EFD90" box="[466,605,570,592]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">247 58.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88A003799FD90" box="[657,682,570,592]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78A003670FD90" box="[734,835,570,592]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">94–350</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8A0036EEFD90" box="[887,989,570,592]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">51.5–65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388A003178FD90" box="[1041,1099,570,592]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">178.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598A00319CFD90" box="[1136,1199,570,592]" gridcol="6" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">57.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8A00302EFD90" box="[1251,1309,570,592]" gridcol="7" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">51.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168A00304DFD90" box="[1343,1406,570,592]" gridcol="8" gridrow="3" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68A5E304DFDBA" box="[159,1406,612,634]" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68A5E34A5FDBA" box="[159,406,612,634]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Total length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8A5E376EFDBA" box="[466,605,612,634]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">304 72.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88A5E3799FDBA" box="[657,682,612,634]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">64</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78A5E3670FDBA" box="[734,835,612,634]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">116–451</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8A5E36EEFDBA" box="[887,989,612,634]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">64.7–83.6</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388A5E3178FDBA" box="[1041,1099,612,634]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">223.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598A5E319CFDBA" box="[1136,1199,612,634]" gridcol="6" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">72</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8A5E302EFDBA" box="[1251,1309,612,634]" gridcol="7" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">68.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168A5E304DFDBA" box="[1343,1406,612,634]" gridcol="8" gridrow="4" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68AB7304DFD63" box="[159,1406,653,675]" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68AB734A5FD63" box="[159,406,653,675]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Snout to max. width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8AB7376EFD63" box="[466,605,653,675]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">256 61</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88AB73799FD63" box="[657,682,653,675]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78AB73670FD63" box="[734,835,653,675]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">105–361</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8AB736EEFD63" box="[887,989,653,675]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">59.3–68.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388AB73178FD63" box="[1041,1099,653,675]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">191.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598AB7319CFD63" box="[1136,1199,653,675]" gridcol="6" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">62</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8AB7302EFD63" box="[1251,1309,653,675]" gridcol="7" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">51</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168AB7304DFD63" box="[1343,1406,653,675]" gridcol="8" gridrow="5" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68A8C304DFD0C" box="[159,1406,694,716]" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68A8C34A5FD0C" box="[159,406,694,716]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Preorbital snout length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8A8C376EFD0C" box="[466,605,694,716]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">43 10.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88A8C3799FD0C" box="[657,682,694,716]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78A8C3670FD0C" box="[734,835,694,716]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">12.5–59</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8A8C36EEFD0C" box="[887,989,694,716]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">6.8–14.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388A8C3178FD0C" box="[1041,1099,694,716]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">29.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598A8C319CFD0C" box="[1136,1199,694,716]" gridcol="6" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">9.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8A8C302EFD0C" box="[1251,1309,694,716]" gridcol="7" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">10.6</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168A8C304DFD0C" box="[1343,1406,694,716]" gridcol="8" gridrow="6" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68ADA304DFD36" box="[159,1406,736,758]" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68ADA34A5FD36" box="[159,406,736,758]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Orbit diameter</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8ADA376EFD36" box="[466,605,736,758]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">10.5 2.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88ADA3799FD36" box="[657,682,736,758]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78ADA3670FD36" box="[734,835,736,758]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">5–15</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8ADA36EEFD36" box="[887,989,736,758]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2–3.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388ADA3178FD36" box="[1041,1099,736,758]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">8.6</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598ADA319CFD36" box="[1136,1199,736,758]" gridcol="6" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8ADA302EFD36" box="[1251,1309,736,758]" gridcol="7" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168ADA304DFD36" box="[1343,1406,736,758]" gridcol="8" gridrow="7" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68B33304DFCDF" box="[159,1406,777,799]" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68B3334A5FCDF" box="[159,406,777,799]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Eye diameter</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8B33376EFCDF" box="[466,605,777,799]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">6.5 1.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88B333799FCDF" box="[657,682,777,799]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78B333670FCDF" box="[734,835,777,799]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3–9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8B3336EEFCDF" box="[887,989,777,799]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.1–2.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388B333178FCDF" box="[1041,1099,777,799]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">5.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598B33319CFCDF" box="[1136,1199,777,799]" gridcol="6" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8B33302EFCDF" box="[1251,1309,777,799]" gridcol="7" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168B33304DFCDF" box="[1343,1406,777,799]" gridcol="8" gridrow="8" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68B08304DFC88" box="[159,1406,818,840]" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68B0834A5FC88" box="[159,406,818,840]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Interorbital width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8B08376EFC88" box="[466,605,818,840]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">39.5 9.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88B083799FC88" box="[657,682,818,840]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78B083670FC88" box="[734,835,818,840]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">15–58</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8B0836EEFC88" box="[887,989,818,840]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">7.4–10</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388B083178FC88" box="[1041,1099,818,840]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">26.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598B08319CFC88" box="[1136,1199,818,840]" gridcol="6" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">8.6</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8B08302EFC88" box="[1251,1309,818,840]" gridcol="7" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">8.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168B08304DFC88" box="[1343,1406,818,840]" gridcol="8" gridrow="9" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68B66304DFCB2" box="[159,1406,860,882]" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68B6634A5FCB2" box="[159,406,860,882]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Spiracle length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8B66376EFCB2" box="[466,605,860,882]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">13 3.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88B663799FCB2" box="[657,682,860,882]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78B663670FCB2" box="[734,835,860,882]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">4.5–19</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8B6636EEFCB2" box="[887,989,860,882]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2.1–3.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388B663178FCB2" box="[1041,1099,860,882]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">9.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598B66319CFCB2" box="[1136,1199,860,882]" gridcol="6" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8B66302EFCB2" box="[1251,1309,860,882]" gridcol="7" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168B66304DFCB2" box="[1343,1406,860,882]" gridcol="8" gridrow="10" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68BBF304DFC5B" box="[159,1406,901,923]" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68BBF34A5FC5B" box="[159,406,901,923]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Interspiracular width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8BBF376EFC5B" box="[466,605,901,923]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">42 10</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88BBF3799FC5B" box="[657,682,901,923]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78BBF3670FC5B" box="[734,835,901,923]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">16.5–60</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8BBF36EEFC5B" box="[887,989,901,923]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">8.4–10.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388BBF3178FC5B" box="[1041,1099,901,923]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">29.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598BBF319CFC5B" box="[1136,1199,901,923]" gridcol="6" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">9.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8BBF302EFC5B" box="[1251,1309,901,923]" gridcol="7" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">8.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168BBF304DFC5B" box="[1343,1406,901,923]" gridcol="8" gridrow="11" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68B94304DFC04" box="[159,1406,942,964]" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68B9434A5FC04" box="[159,406,942,964]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Precloacal length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8B94376EFC04" box="[466,605,942,964]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">216 51.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88B943799FC04" box="[657,682,942,964]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78B943670FC04" box="[734,835,942,964]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">83–323</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8B9436EEFC04" box="[887,989,942,964]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">44.6–58</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388B943178FC04" box="[1041,1099,942,964]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">156</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598B94319CFC04" box="[1136,1199,942,964]" gridcol="6" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">50.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8B94302EFC04" box="[1251,1309,942,964]" gridcol="7" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">46.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168B94304DFC04" box="[1343,1406,942,964]" gridcol="8" gridrow="12" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68BE2304DFC2E" box="[159,1406,984,1006]" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68BE234A5FC2E" box="[159,406,984,1006]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Postcloacal tail</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8BE2376EFC2E" box="[466,605,984,1006]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">78.5 18.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88BE23799FC2E" box="[657,682,984,1006]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78BE23670FC2E" box="[734,835,984,1006]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">27.5–134</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8BE236EEFC2E" box="[887,989,984,1006]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">15.5–24.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388BE23178FC2E" box="[1041,1099,984,1006]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">61.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598BE2319CFC2E" box="[1136,1199,984,1006]" gridcol="6" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">19.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8BE2302EFC2E" box="[1251,1309,984,1006]" gridcol="7" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">22</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168BE2304DFC2E" box="[1343,1406,984,1006]" gridcol="8" gridrow="13" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68C3B304DFBD7" box="[159,1406,1025,1047]" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68C3B34A5FBD7" box="[159,406,1025,1047]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Cloaca length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8C3B376EFBD7" box="[466,605,1025,1047]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">– –</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88C3B3799FBD7" box="[657,682,1025,1047]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">47</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78C3B3670FBD7" box="[734,835,1025,1047]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">4–21</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8C3B36EEFBD7" box="[887,989,1025,1047]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.6–4.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388C3B3178FBD7" box="[1041,1099,1025,1047]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">8.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598C3B319CFBD7" box="[1136,1199,1025,1047]" gridcol="6" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8C3B302EFBD7" box="[1251,1309,1025,1047]" gridcol="7" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3.6</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168C3B304DFBD7" box="[1343,1406,1025,1047]" gridcol="8" gridrow="14" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68C10304DFB80" box="[159,1406,1066,1088]" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68C1034A5FB80" box="[159,406,1066,1088]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Head length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8C10376EFB80" box="[466,605,1066,1088]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">103 24.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88C103799FB80" box="[657,682,1066,1088]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78C103670FB80" box="[734,835,1066,1088]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">40–136</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8C1036EEFB80" box="[887,989,1066,1088]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">19.9–28.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388C103178FB80" box="[1041,1099,1066,1088]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">72.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598C10319CFB80" box="[1136,1199,1066,1088]" gridcol="6" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">23.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8C10302EFB80" box="[1251,1309,1066,1088]" gridcol="7" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">20.6</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168C10304DFB80" box="[1343,1406,1066,1088]" gridcol="8" gridrow="15" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68C6E304DFBAA" box="[159,1406,1108,1130]" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68C6E34A5FBAA" box="[159,406,1108,1130]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Preoral snout length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8C6E376EFBAA" box="[466,605,1108,1130]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">58.5 13.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88C6E3799FBAA" box="[657,682,1108,1130]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78C6E3670FBAA" box="[734,835,1108,1130]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">16–67</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8C6E36EEFBAA" box="[887,989,1108,1130]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">7.6–16.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388C6E3178FBAA" box="[1041,1099,1108,1130]" gridcol="5" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">36.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598C6E319CFBAA" box="[1136,1199,1108,1130]" gridcol="6" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">11.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8C6E302EFBAA" box="[1251,1309,1108,1130]" gridcol="7" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">12.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168C6E304DFBAA" box="[1343,1406,1108,1130]" gridcol="8" gridrow="16" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.90</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68C47304DFB53" box="[159,1406,1149,1171]" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68C4734A5FB53" box="[159,406,1149,1171]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Mouth width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8C47376EFB53" box="[466,605,1149,1171]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">39 9.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88C473799FB53" box="[657,682,1149,1171]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78C473670FB53" box="[734,835,1149,1171]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">17.5–59</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8C4736EEFB53" box="[887,989,1149,1171]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">7.9–11.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388C473178FB53" box="[1041,1099,1149,1171]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">27.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598C47319CFB53" box="[1136,1199,1149,1171]" gridcol="6" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">9.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8C47302EFB53" box="[1251,1309,1149,1171]" gridcol="7" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">7.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168C47304DFB53" box="[1343,1406,1149,1171]" gridcol="8" gridrow="17" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68C9C304DFB7C" box="[159,1406,1190,1212]" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68C9C34A5FB7C" box="[159,406,1190,1212]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nasal curtain width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8C9C376EFB7C" box="[466,605,1190,1212]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">33.5 8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88C9C3799FB7C" box="[657,682,1190,1212]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78C9C3670FB7C" box="[734,835,1190,1212]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">12.5–49.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8C9C36EEFB7C" box="[887,989,1190,1212]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">5.7–9.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388C9C3178FB7C" box="[1041,1099,1190,1212]" gridcol="5" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">22.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598C9C319CFB7C" box="[1136,1199,1190,1212]" gridcol="6" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">7.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8C9C302EFB7C" box="[1251,1309,1190,1212]" gridcol="7" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">7.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168C9C304DFB7C" box="[1343,1406,1190,1212]" gridcol="8" gridrow="18" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68CEA304DFB26" box="[159,1406,1232,1254]" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68CEA34A5FB26" box="[159,406,1232,1254]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nasal curtain length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8CEA376EFB26" box="[466,605,1232,1254]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">9.5 2.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88CEA3799FB26" box="[657,682,1232,1254]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78CEA3670FB26" box="[734,835,1232,1254]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3.7–15</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8CEA36EEFB26" box="[887,989,1232,1254]" gridcol="4" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.6–3.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388CEA3178FB26" box="[1041,1099,1232,1254]" gridcol="5" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">7.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598CEA319CFB26" box="[1136,1199,1232,1254]" gridcol="6" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8CEA302EFB26" box="[1251,1309,1232,1254]" gridcol="7" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168CEA304DFB26" box="[1343,1406,1232,1254]" gridcol="8" gridrow="19" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68CC3304DFACF" box="[159,1406,1273,1295]" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68CC334A5FACF" box="[159,406,1273,1295]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nasal curtain base</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8CC3376EFACF" box="[466,605,1273,1295]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">29.5 7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88CC33799FACF" box="[657,682,1273,1295]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78CC33670FACF" box="[734,835,1273,1295]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">10.6–40.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8CC336EEFACF" box="[887,989,1273,1295]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">5.4–7.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388CC33178FACF" box="[1041,1099,1273,1295]" gridcol="5" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">19.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598CC3319CFACF" box="[1136,1199,1273,1295]" gridcol="6" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">6.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8CC3302EFACF" box="[1251,1309,1273,1295]" gridcol="7" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">5.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168CC3304DFACF" box="[1343,1406,1273,1295]" gridcol="8" gridrow="20" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68D18304DFAF8" box="[159,1406,1314,1336]" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68D1834A5FAF8" box="[159,406,1314,1336]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Nostril length</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8D18376EFAF8" box="[466,605,1314,1336]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">13 3.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88D183799FAF8" box="[657,682,1314,1336]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78D183670FAF8" box="[734,835,1314,1336]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3.3–19</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8D1836EEFAF8" box="[887,989,1314,1336]" gridcol="4" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2–4.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388D183178FAF8" box="[1041,1099,1314,1336]" gridcol="5" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">9.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598D18319CFAF8" box="[1136,1199,1314,1336]" gridcol="6" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8D18302EFAF8" box="[1251,1309,1314,1336]" gridcol="7" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168D18304DFAF8" box="[1343,1406,1314,1336]" gridcol="8" gridrow="21" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68D76304DFAA2" box="[159,1406,1356,1378]" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68D7634A5FAA2" box="[159,406,1356,1378]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Internasal width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8D76376EFAA2" box="[466,605,1356,1378]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">10 2.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88D763799FAA2" box="[657,682,1356,1378]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">63</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78D763670FAA2" box="[734,835,1356,1378]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">3–13</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8D7636EEFAA2" box="[887,989,1356,1378]" gridcol="4" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.4–3.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388D763178FAA2" box="[1041,1099,1356,1378]" gridcol="5" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">6.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598D76319CFAA2" box="[1136,1199,1356,1378]" gridcol="6" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8D76302EFAA2" box="[1251,1309,1356,1378]" gridcol="7" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168D76304DFAA2" box="[1343,1406,1356,1378]" gridcol="8" gridrow="22" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68D4F304DFA4B" box="[159,1406,1397,1419]" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68D4F34A5FA4B" box="[159,406,1397,1419]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
Dist. btw. 1 
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slits
</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8D4F376EFA4B" box="[466,605,1397,1419]" gridcol="1" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">68.5 16.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88D4F3799FA4B" box="[657,682,1397,1419]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78D4F3670FA4B" box="[734,835,1397,1419]" gridcol="3" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">28.7–99</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8D4F36EEFA4B" box="[887,989,1397,1419]" gridcol="4" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">14.8–18.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388D4F3178FA4B" box="[1041,1099,1397,1419]" gridcol="5" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">49.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598D4F319CFA4B" box="[1136,1199,1397,1419]" gridcol="6" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">16.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8D4F302EFA4B" box="[1251,1309,1397,1419]" gridcol="7" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">13.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168D4F304DFA4B" box="[1343,1406,1397,1419]" gridcol="8" gridrow="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68DA4304DFA74" box="[159,1406,1438,1460]" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68DA434A5FA74" box="[159,406,1438,1460]" gridcol="0" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Dist. btw. 5th gill slits</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8DA4376EFA74" box="[466,605,1438,1460]" gridcol="1" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">49 11.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88DA43799FA74" box="[657,682,1438,1460]" gridcol="2" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">66</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78DA43670FA74" box="[734,835,1438,1460]" gridcol="3" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">20.2–77</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8DA436EEFA74" box="[887,989,1438,1460]" gridcol="4" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">10.2–13.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388DA43178FA74" box="[1041,1099,1438,1460]" gridcol="5" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">36.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598DA4319CFA74" box="[1136,1199,1438,1460]" gridcol="6" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">11.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8DA4302EFA74" box="[1251,1309,1438,1460]" gridcol="7" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">10.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168DA4304DFA74" box="[1343,1406,1438,1460]" gridcol="8" gridrow="24" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">0.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68DF2304DFA1E" box="[159,1406,1480,1502]" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68DF234A5FA1E" box="[159,406,1480,1502]" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Preorbital snout width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8DF2376EFA1E" box="[466,605,1480,1502]" gridcol="1" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">149 35.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88DF23799FA1E" box="[657,682,1480,1502]" gridcol="2" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78DF23670FA1E" box="[734,835,1480,1502]" gridcol="3" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">61–224</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8DF236EEFA1E" box="[887,989,1480,1502]" gridcol="4" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">31.1–40.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388DF23178FA1E" box="[1041,1099,1480,1502]" gridcol="5" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">111.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598DF2319CFA1E" box="[1136,1199,1480,1502]" gridcol="6" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">36</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8DF2302EFA1E" box="[1251,1309,1480,1502]" gridcol="7" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">30.6</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168DF2304DFA1E" box="[1343,1406,1480,1502]" gridcol="8" gridrow="25" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68DCB304DF9C7" box="[159,1406,1521,1543]" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68DCB34A5F9C7" box="[159,406,1521,1543]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Postspiracle snout width</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8DCB376EF9C7" box="[466,605,1521,1543]" gridcol="1" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">206 49</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88DCB3799F9C7" box="[657,682,1521,1543]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">64</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78DCB3670F9C7" box="[734,835,1521,1543]" gridcol="3" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">82–318</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8DCB36EEF9C7" box="[887,989,1521,1543]" gridcol="4" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">40–54.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388DCB3178F9C7" box="[1041,1099,1521,1543]" gridcol="5" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">149.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598DCB319CF9C7" box="[1136,1199,1521,1543]" gridcol="6" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">48.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8DCB302EF9C7" box="[1251,1309,1521,1543]" gridcol="7" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">41.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168DCB304DF9C7" box="[1343,1406,1521,1543]" gridcol="8" gridrow="26" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">2.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68E20304DF9F0" box="[159,1406,1562,1584]" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68E2034A5F9F0" box="[159,406,1562,1584]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Pectoral-fin height</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8E20376EF9F0" box="[466,605,1562,1584]" gridcol="1" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">211 50.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88E203799F9F0" box="[657,682,1562,1584]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">64</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78E203670F9F0" box="[734,835,1562,1584]" gridcol="3" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">86–292</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8E2036EEF9F0" box="[887,989,1562,1584]" gridcol="4" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">44.3–53.2</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388E203178F9F0" box="[1041,1099,1562,1584]" gridcol="5" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">153.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598E20319CF9F0" box="[1136,1199,1562,1584]" gridcol="6" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">49.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8E20302EF9F0" box="[1251,1309,1562,1584]" gridcol="7" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">40.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168E20304DF9F0" box="[1343,1406,1562,1584]" gridcol="8" gridrow="27" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF880038A2B68E7E304DF99A" box="[159,1406,1604,1626]" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF880038A2B68E7E34A5F99A" box="[159,406,1604,1626]" gridcol="0" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Clasper (postcloacal)</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A3FB8E7E376EF99A" box="[466,605,1604,1626]" gridcol="1" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">- -</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0B88E7E3799F99A" box="[657,682,1604,1626]" gridcol="2" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">18</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A0F78E7E3670F99A" box="[734,835,1604,1626]" gridcol="3" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">34–47</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A15E8E7E36EEF99A" box="[887,989,1604,1626]" gridcol="4" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">9.4–14.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6388E7E3178F99A" box="[1041,1099,1604,1626]" gridcol="5" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">41.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6598E7E319CF99A" box="[1136,1199,1604,1626]" gridcol="6" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">11.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A6CA8E7E302EF99A" box="[1251,1309,1604,1626]" gridcol="7" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">4.7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF880038A7168E7E304DF99A" box="[1343,1406,1604,1626]" gridcol="8" gridrow="28" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">1.4</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF88FFD2A2EE8EA03781F86F" blockId="21.[151,1437,1690,2003]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
Mouth relatively wide, its width 7.9–11 (9.1)% DW, 30–48 (39)% head length, 0.9–1.7 (1.2) times nasal curtain width; without papillae on floor or labial folds, although some striations may originate radially from mouth corners (
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); lower lip arched rearward toward corners, uniformly convex or weakly to moderately concave along medial region, without any lump or knob (
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); a strip of corrugate skin forms a half circle below mouth, ending at mouth corners. Small, numerous and closely crowded teeth in bands; teeth similar to teeth in 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF88FFD2A7AD8F1135C2F8A6" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, with one medial, pointed cusp directed towards inside of mouth and the base somewhat expanded, entirely twisted in opposite direction; in labial face, tooth resembling a three-armed boomerang; teeth similar between jaws and sexes, their number increasing with growth.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF88FFD1A2EE8F8037B2FEDD" blockId="21.[151,1437,1690,2003]" lastBlockId="22.[151,1436,151,285]" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
Gill slits moderately S-shaped, first four gill slits markedly larger than fifth (
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). Distance between gill slits decreasing posteriorly; distance between inner ends of fifth pair 62–79 (73)% distance between inner ends of first pair; distance between inner ends of first pair 15–19 (16) % DW, 57–84 (70)% ventral head length, 4.8–13.0 (8.5) times internasal width; distance between inner ends of fifth pair 10–13 (12)% DW, 40–60 (51)% ventral head length, 4.0–9.2 (6.2) times internasal width.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8BFFD1A2BE89763033FEA3" blockId="22.[151,1280,331,355]" box="[151,1280,331,355]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A2BE8976343AFEA3" bold="true" box="[151,265,332,355]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">TABLE 4.</emphasis>
Meristic data for specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A0728971363BFEA3" box="[603,776,331,355]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A12789763657FEA3" bold="true" box="[782,868,332,355]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
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</emphasis>
Abbreviation: SD, standard deviation.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8BFFD1A0D089453055FBEA" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<table id="F90EC404FF8B0038A2B689443054FBEA" box="[159,1383,382,1066]" colsContinueFrom="9.[159,1381,994,1678]" colsContinueIn="37.[159,1379,202,886]" gridcols="6" gridrows="16" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B689443054FE54" box="[159,1383,382,404]" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-0="1">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D089443620FE54" box="[761,787,382,404]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">N</th>
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A16789443695FE54" box="[846,934,382,404]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Range</th>
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378944316AFE54" box="[1054,1113,382,404]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Mode</th>
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B894431DFFE54" box="[1202,1260,382,404]" gridcol="4" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Mean</th>
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F89443054FE54" box="[1350,1383,382,404]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">SD</th>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B689923054FE7E" box="[159,1383,424,446]" gridrow="1" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B6899234D5FE7E" box="[159,486,424,446]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Vertebral counts</th>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B689EB3054FE27" box="[159,1383,465,487]" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B689EB34D5FE27" box="[159,486,465,487]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">to prepelvic process</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D089EB3620FE27" box="[761,787,465,487]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">13</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A16789EB3695FE27" box="[846,934,465,487]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">30–36</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A63789EB316AFE27" box="[1054,1113,465,487]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">33</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B89EB31DFFE27" box="[1202,1260,465,487]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">32.5</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F89EB3054FE27" box="[1350,1383,465,487]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">2.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B689C03054FDD0" box="[159,1383,506,528]" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B689C034D5FDD0" box="[159,486,506,528]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">to posterior tip of basipterygium</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D089C03620FDD0" box="[761,787,506,528]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">12</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A16789C03695FDD0" box="[846,934,506,528]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">47–54</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A63789C0316AFDD0" box="[1054,1113,506,528]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">48</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B89C031DFFDD0" box="[1202,1260,506,528]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">50.3</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F89C03054FDD0" box="[1350,1383,506,528]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">2.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68A1E3054FDFA" box="[159,1383,548,570]" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68A1E34D5FDFA" box="[159,486,548,570]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Monospondylous</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08A1E3620FDFA" box="[761,787,548,570]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">12</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678A1E3695FDFA" box="[846,934,548,570]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">30–37</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378A1E316AFDFA" box="[1054,1113,548,570]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">33</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8A1E31DFFDFA" box="[1202,1260,548,570]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">33.4</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8A1E3054FDFA" box="[1350,1383,548,570]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">2.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68A773054FDA3" box="[159,1383,589,611]" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68A7734D5FDA3" box="[159,486,589,611]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Diplospondylous</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08A773620FDA3" box="[761,787,589,611]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678A773695FDA3" box="[846,934,589,611]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">84–103</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378A77316AFDA3" box="[1054,1113,589,611]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">–</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8A7731DFFDA3" box="[1202,1260,589,611]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">96.6</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8A773054FDA3" box="[1350,1383,589,611]" gridcol="5" gridrow="5" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">6.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68A4C3054FD4C" box="[159,1383,630,652]" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68A4C34D5FD4C" box="[159,486,630,652]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Total vertebrae</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08A4C3620FD4C" box="[761,787,630,652]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678A4C3695FD4C" box="[846,934,630,652]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">119–135</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378A4C316AFD4C" box="[1054,1113,630,652]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">132</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8A4C31DFFD4C" box="[1202,1260,630,652]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">130.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8A4C3054FD4C" box="[1350,1383,630,652]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">5.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68AF33054FD1F" box="[159,1383,713,735]" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68AF334D5FD1F" box="[159,486,713,735]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Radial elements</th>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68AC83054FCC8" box="[159,1383,754,776]" gridrow="8" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68AC834D5FCC8" box="[159,486,754,776]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Propterygial</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08AC83620FCC8" box="[761,787,754,776]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">12</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678AC83695FCC8" box="[846,934,754,776]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">36–39</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378AC8316AFCC8" box="[1054,1113,754,776]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">39</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8AC831DFFCC8" box="[1202,1260,754,776]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">37.9</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8AC83054FCC8" box="[1350,1383,754,776]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68B263054FCF2" box="[159,1383,796,818]" gridrow="9" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1" rowspan-5="1">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68B2634D5FCF2" box="[159,486,796,818]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Mesopterygial</th>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68B7F3054FC9B" box="[159,1383,837,859]" gridrow="10" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68B7F34D5FC9B" box="[159,486,837,859]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">- first element</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08B7F3620FC9B" box="[761,787,837,859]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">13</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678B7F3695FC9B" box="[846,934,837,859]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">6–10</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378B7F316AFC9B" box="[1054,1113,837,859]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">7</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8B7F31DFFC9B" box="[1202,1260,837,859]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">7.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8B7F3054FC9B" box="[1350,1383,837,859]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68B543054FC44" box="[159,1383,878,900]" gridrow="11" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68B5434D5FC44" box="[159,486,878,900]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">- second element or fragments</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08B543620FC44" box="[761,787,878,900]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">14</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678B543695FC44" box="[846,934,878,900]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">14–19</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378B54316AFC44" box="[1054,1113,878,900]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">17</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8B5431DFFC44" box="[1202,1260,878,900]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">16.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8B543054FC44" box="[1350,1383,878,900]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">1.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68BA23054FC6E" box="[159,1383,920,942]" gridrow="12" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68BA234D5FC6E" box="[159,486,920,942]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">- total</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08BA23620FC6E" box="[761,787,920,942]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">13</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678BA23695FC6E" box="[846,934,920,942]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">21–26</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378BA2316AFC6E" box="[1054,1113,920,942]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">24</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8BA231DFFC6E" box="[1202,1260,920,942]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">24</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8BA23054FC6E" box="[1350,1383,920,942]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">1.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68BFB3054FC17" box="[159,1383,961,983]" gridrow="13" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68BFB34D5FC17" box="[159,486,961,983]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Metapterygial</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08BFB3620FC17" box="[761,787,961,983]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">13</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678BFB3695FC17" box="[846,934,961,983]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">57–65</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378BFB316AFC17" box="[1054,1113,961,983]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">60</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8BFB31DFFC17" box="[1202,1260,961,983]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">61.1</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8BFB3054FC17" box="[1350,1383,961,983]" gridcol="5" gridrow="13" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68BD03054FBC0" box="[159,1383,1002,1024]" gridrow="14" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68BD034D5FBC0" box="[159,486,1002,1024]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Total pectoral radials</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08BD03620FBC0" box="[761,787,1002,1024]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">12</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678BD03695FBC0" box="[846,934,1002,1024]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">118–127</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378BD0316AFBC0" box="[1054,1113,1002,1024]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">122</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8BD031DFFBC0" box="[1202,1260,1002,1024]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">123</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8BD03054FBC0" box="[1350,1383,1002,1024]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">2.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="353E34E6FF8B0038A2B68C2E3054FBEA" box="[159,1383,1044,1066]" gridrow="15" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<th id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A2B68C2E34D5FBEA" box="[159,486,1044,1066]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Pelvic fin radials</th>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A0D08C2E3620FBEA" box="[761,787,1044,1066]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">13</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A1678C2E3695FBEA" box="[846,934,1044,1066]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">13–20</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A6378C2E316AFBEA" box="[1054,1113,1044,1066]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">15</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A69B8C2E31DFFBEA" box="[1202,1260,1044,1066]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">15.8</td>
<td id="76EF5D9AFF8B0038A76F8C2E3054FBEA" box="[1350,1383,1044,1066]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">1.9</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8BFFD1A2EE8C503018FB0B" blockId="22.[151,1437,1130,1767]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
Tail slender and short, whip-like, cross-banded (see color description), tapering toward tip, without caudal stings and dorsal fin (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8BFFD1A3A78CB4372BFB67" box="[398,536,1166,1191]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="31.[151,250,1514,1536]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1472]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[151,1436,193,1493]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 20. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in dorsal color. A) Dorsal view of anterolateral disc region showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); B) Dorsal view of head showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Detail of central region of dorsal disc showing vermiculate pattern (USNM 26551, 327 mm DW); D) Tail cross-banded (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); E) Tail of a larger specimen, with diffuse, less distinct bands (FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052081/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figs. 20d, e</figureCitation>
); postcloacal tail 15–24 (19)% DW, 28–42 (34)% DL, 32–48 (39)% precloacal length; low longitudinal skin folds present on dorsal and ventral surfaces, skin folds not reaching tail tip.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8BFFD1A2EE8CEC36E0FA2B" blockId="22.[151,1437,1130,1767]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
Clasper of mature males cylindrical, somewhat depressed, relatively slender and long (compared to 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8BFFD1A7118CED30A1FB2E" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[1336,1426,1239,1262]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sereti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A7118CED30A1FB2E" box="[1336,1426,1239,1262]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A2BE8CC035C2FAD3" bold="true" box="[151,241,1274,1299]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF8BFFD1A2BE8CC035C2FAD3" box="[151,241,1274,1299]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
) (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8BFFD1A3228CC0346CFAD3" box="[267,351,1274,1299]" captionStart="FIGURE 18" captionStartId="29.[151,250,1002,1024]" captionTargetBox="[166,1436,235,947]" captionTargetId="figure@29.[151,1436,235,947]" captionTargetPageId="29" captionText="FIGURE 18. Clasper of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov. A) Illustration in dorsal view, right clasper, showing external morphology; B) Radiograph, dorsoventral view (holotype, USNM 51940) showing skeleton. Abbreviations: ap, apopyle; at, accessory terminal cartilage; ax, axial cartilage; B, beta cartilage; b 1, first basal segment; b 2, second basal segment; cg, clasper groove; dp, dorsal pseudosiphon; DT 1, dorsal terminal 1 cartilage; DT 2, dorsal terminal 2 cartilage; hpp, hypopyle; pf, pelvic fin; VM, ventral marginal cartilage; vp, ventral pseudosiphon; VT, ventral terminal cartilage." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052077/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 18</figureCitation>
); distance from posterior margin of cloaca to clasper tip 9.4–14.3 (11.9)% DW; clasper tapering slightly distally; tip conical, bluntly pointed to pointed, not calcified; non-calcified portion relatively long compared to 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8BFFD1A3018D793493FA9A" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[296,416,1347,1370]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A3018D793493FA9A" box="[296,416,1347,1370]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, but shorter than in 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8BFFD1A0A98D7937EBFA9A" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[640,728,1347,1370]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sereti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A0A98D7937EBFA9A" box="[640,728,1347,1370]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A0C08D783671FA9B" bold="true" box="[745,834,1346,1371]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF8BFFD1A0C08D783671FA9B" box="[745,834,1346,1371]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; apopyle (on the anterior dorsal surface) connected to hypopyle by a long, dorsomedial, posteriorly curved clasper groove; spermatic duct ending before reaching clasper tip; rhipidion and pseudorhipidion absent; a long ventral pseudosiphon laterodistally situated to hypopyle; welldeveloped dorsal pseudosiphon on inner margin of clasper, dorsal pseudosiphon more posteriorly located when compared to 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8BFFD1A3008DE934B1FA2A" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[297,386,1491,1514]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sereti" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A3008DE934B1FA2A" box="[297,386,1491,1514]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">G. sereti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A3BA8DE834DFFA2B" bold="true" box="[403,492,1490,1515]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF8BFFD1A3BA8DE834DFFA2B" box="[403,492,1490,1515]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; ventral surface of clasper entirely smooth.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8BFFD1A2EE8DCC35E3F927" blockId="22.[151,1437,1130,1767]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8BFFD1A2EE8DCC347CF9CF" bold="true" box="[199,335,1526,1551]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Coloration.</emphasis>
Dorsal side brownish, grayish or purplish, vermiculated. The vermiculate pattern varying from less conspicuous with lighter and darker shades to a conspicuous pattern where the lighter areas become larger and more remarkable (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8BFFD1A34F8E0434DEF997" box="[358,493,1598,1623]" captionStart="FIGURE 19" captionStartId="30.[151,250,1944,1966]" captionTargetBox="[226,1370,195,1923]" captionTargetId="figure@30.[226,1370,195,1923]" captionTargetPageId="30" captionText="FIGURE 19. Dorsal view of disc of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in vermiculate color pattern. B, D, F and H are amplifications of the white squares in A, C, E and G, respectively. A. NCSM 49395, 292 mm DW; C. AMNH 84277, 308 mm DW; E. CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW; G. FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052079/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figs. 19a–h</figureCitation>
), with light bands regularly distributed on outer anterior margins of disc (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8BFFD1A7048E04359BF9BB" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="31.[151,250,1514,1536]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1472]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[151,1436,193,1493]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 20. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in dorsal color. A) Dorsal view of anterolateral disc region showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); B) Dorsal view of head showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Detail of central region of dorsal disc showing vermiculate pattern (USNM 26551, 327 mm DW); D) Tail cross-banded (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); E) Tail of a larger specimen, with diffuse, less distinct bands (FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052081/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Figs. 20a, b</figureCitation>
). Living specimens may vary their color according to the environment, but maintain the color pattern described above when preserved. Ventral surface whitish to brownish, copper; generally darkening toward edges. Tail prominently cross-banded, with 3–5 black bands (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8BFFD1A0E28E90361CF903" box="[715,815,1706,1731]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="31.[151,250,1514,1536]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1472]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[151,1436,193,1493]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 20. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in dorsal color. A) Dorsal view of anterolateral disc region showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); B) Dorsal view of head showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Detail of central region of dorsal disc showing vermiculate pattern (USNM 26551, 327 mm DW); D) Tail cross-banded (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); E) Tail of a larger specimen, with diffuse, less distinct bands (FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052081/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 20d</figureCitation>
); bands diffuse or less distinct in large specimens (
<figureCitation id="13352A21FF8BFFD1A7468E9035F0F927" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="31.[151,250,1514,1536]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1472]" captionTargetId="figure@31.[151,1436,193,1493]" captionTargetPageId="31" captionText="FIGURE 20. Specimens of Gymnura lessae, sp. nov., showing variation in dorsal color. A) Dorsal view of anterolateral disc region showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); B) Dorsal view of head showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CSIRO H 7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Detail of central region of dorsal disc showing vermiculate pattern (USNM 26551, 327 mm DW); D) Tail cross-banded (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); E) Tail of a larger specimen, with diffuse, less distinct bands (FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052081/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Fig. 20e</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF71662CFF8AFFD0A2BE8F8935E2F827" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052063/files/figure.png" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" targetBox="[151,1436,240,1931]" targetPageId="23">
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF8AFFD0A2BE8F8935E2F827" blockId="23.[151,1435,1971,2023]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8AFFD0A2BE8F89342CF809" bold="true" box="[151,287,1971,1993]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">FIGURE 11.</emphasis>
Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of holotype of 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF8AFFD0A1328F8936F3F809" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[795,960,1971,1993]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8AFFD0A1328F8936F3F809" box="[795,960,1971,1993]" italics="true" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF8AFFD0A1E78F893113F809" bold="true" box="[974,1056,1971,1993]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF8AFFD0A1E78F893113F809" box="[974,1056,1971,1993]" pageId="23" pageNumber="24" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(USNM 51940, adult male, 420 mm DW).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF71662CFF85FFDFA2BE8F8135E2F830" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052065/files/figure.png" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" targetBox="[165,1429,193,1958]" targetPageId="24">
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF85FFDFA2BE8F8135E2F830" blockId="24.[151,1435,1979,2032]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF85FFDFA2BE8F813412F811" bold="true" box="[151,289,1979,2001]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF85FFDFA08D8F863679F811" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[676,842,1979,2001]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF85FFDFA08D8F863679F811" box="[676,842,1979,2001]" italics="true" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF85FFDFA1718F813699F811" bold="true" box="[856,938,1979,2001]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF85FFDFA1718F813699F811" box="[856,938,1979,2001]" pageId="24" pageNumber="25" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(paratype, USNM 440342, adult male, 370 mm DW).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="DF71662CFF84FFDEA2BE8F9335E2F81E" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1052067/files/figure.png" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" targetBox="[198,1388,193,1942]" targetPageId="25">
<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF84FFDEA2BE8F9335E2F81E" blockId="25.[151,1435,1961,2014]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF84FFDEA2BE8F933412F87F" bold="true" box="[151,289,1961,1983]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">FIGURE 13.</emphasis>
Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FF84FFDEA08D8F903679F87F" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[676,842,1961,1983]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF84FFDEA08D8F903679F87F" box="[676,842,1961,1983]" italics="true" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF84FFDEA1718F933699F87F" bold="true" box="[856,938,1961,1983]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF84FFDEA1718F933699F87F" box="[856,938,1961,1983]" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(paratype, USNM 440342, adult male, 342 mm DW).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF87FFDDA2BE8F9C3412F87C" bold="true" box="[151,289,1958,1980]" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
Dorsal (A) and ventral (B) views of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF87FFDDA08A8F9D367BF87C" box="[675,840,1958,1980]" italics="true" pageId="26" pageNumber="27">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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</emphasis>
(paratype, USNM 440342, juvenile female, 280 mm DW).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF86FFDCA2BE8CBC3410FB5C" bold="true" box="[151,291,1158,1180]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">FIGURE 15.</emphasis>
Specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF86FFDCA3EB8CBD375AFB5C" box="[450,617,1158,1180]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF86FFDCA0508CBC37FEFB5C" bold="true" box="[633,717,1158,1180]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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</emphasis>
, dorsal view. A) Adult male, 440 mm DW (AMS IA-78); B) Adult female, 695 mm DW (FLMNH 29981); C) Juvenile male, 244 mm DW (CAS 19835); D) Juvenile female, 296 mm DW (CAS 19834).
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF86FFDCA2BE8F8F3484F82A" blockId="27.[151,1436,1973,2026]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF86FFDCA2BE8F8F3412F80B" bold="true" box="[151,289,1973,1995]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">FIGURE 16.</emphasis>
Ventral view of pelvic fin of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF86FFDCA07F8F8C37C8F80B" box="[598,763,1973,1995]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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</emphasis>
A) Male (AMNH 84277, unregistered size); B) Female (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF81FFDBA2BE8FBB342CF857" bold="true" box="[151,287,1921,1943]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">FIGURE 17.</emphasis>
Morphological details of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF81FFDBA00C8FB837FAF857" box="[549,713,1921,1943]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF81FFDBA0FC8FBB3615F857" box="[725,806,1921,1943]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
A) Dorsal view of head (CSIRO H7511.01, 363 mm DW); B) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing straight contour of inner margin of spiracle (CSIRO H7511.01); C) Detail of eye and spiracle, showing concave contour of inner margin of spiracle (AMNH 84277); D) Ventral view of head (paratype, USNM 440342, 280 mm DW).
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<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF80FFDAA2BE8BD036DBFBBA" blockId="29.[151,1436,1002,1146]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA2BE8BD03413FBC0" bold="true" box="[151,288,1002,1024]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">FIGURE 18.</emphasis>
Clasper of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA3B18BD0370EFBC0" box="[408,573,1002,1024]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF80FFDAA0638BD037A8FBC0" box="[586,667,1002,1024]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
A) Illustration in dorsal view, right clasper, showing external morphology; B) Radiograph, dorsoventral view (holotype, USNM 51940) showing skeleton. Abbreviations: 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA6AF8C323192FBDE" bold="true" box="[1158,1185,1032,1054]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">ap</emphasis>
, apopyle; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA73D8C32301BFBDE" bold="true" box="[1300,1320,1032,1054]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">at</emphasis>
, accessory terminal cartilage; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA3718C1D3442FBFD" bold="true" box="[344,369,1063,1085]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">ax</emphasis>
, axial cartilage; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA0358C1D371EFBFD" bold="true" box="[540,557,1063,1085]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">B</emphasis>
, beta cartilage; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA0F88C1D37DFFBFD" bold="true" box="[721,748,1063,1085]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">b1</emphasis>
, first basal segment; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA1EE8C1D36D1FBFD" bold="true" box="[967,994,1063,1085]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">b2</emphasis>
, second basal segment; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA6F38C1D31C1FBFD" bold="true" box="[1242,1266,1063,1085]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">cg</emphasis>
, clasper groove; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA2BE8C7C3580FB9C" bold="true" box="[151,179,1094,1116]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">dp</emphasis>
, dorsal pseudosiphon; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA3B28C7C34F8FB9C" bold="true" box="[411,459,1094,1116]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">DT1</emphasis>
, dorsal terminal 1 cartilage; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA0C28C7C3629FB9C" bold="true" box="[747,794,1094,1116]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">DT2</emphasis>
, dorsal terminal 2 cartilage; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA6128C7C3156FB9C" bold="true" box="[1083,1125,1094,1116]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">hpp</emphasis>
, hypopyle; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA6F58C7C31C1FB9C" bold="true" box="[1244,1266,1094,1116]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">pf</emphasis>
, pelvic fin; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA7428C7C30A6FB9C" bold="true" box="[1387,1429,1094,1116]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">VM</emphasis>
, ventral marginal cartilage; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA3818C5E34F0FBBA" bold="true" box="[424,451,1124,1146]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">vp</emphasis>
, ventral pseudosiphon; 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA09D8C5E37E6FBBA" bold="true" box="[692,725,1124,1146]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">VT</emphasis>
, ventral terminal cartilage.
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<paragraph id="8BB136A4FF80FFDAA2EE8C9D3698F818" blockId="29.[151,1437,1191,2008]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA2EE8C9D374AFB00" bold="true" box="[199,633,1191,1216]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Size, reproduction, diet and habitat.</emphasis>
Small juveniles with 168, 171 and 
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DW from Gulf of Mexico and Bahamas were analyzed by us, at the same time we have observed term embryos from Virginia and North Carolina ranging from 
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DW, so the birth size may be estimated as ranging from 
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DW. The largest juvenile male was 
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DW (FLMNH 45943, Georgia), while the smallest adult male measured 
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DW (BMNH 1948.8.6.20, Texas). Three individuals with 306, 333 and 
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DW were near maturity; all males larger than 
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DW were adults. The maturation size of males is estimated between 
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DW. The largest male analyzed by us measured 
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DW. 
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mentioned males up to 
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DW, which should be close to the maximum size for males of this species. 
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state that females produce young when reaching 
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DW, and maybe even smaller. 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF80FFDAA6AC8DFD30AFFA20" author="Daiber" box="[1157,1436,1479,1504]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Daiber, F. C. &amp; Booth, R. A. (1960) Notes on the biology of the butterfly rays, Gymnura altavela and Gymnura micrura. Copeia, 1960 (2), 137 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1440209" type="journal article" year="1960">Daiber &amp; Booth (1960)</bibRefCitation>
reported that a female with 
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DW was becoming sexually mature and observed pregnant females only with 
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WD. 
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Cu-Salazar 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA3908E2A34D9F9E7" box="[441,490,1551,1575]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">et al</emphasis>
. (2014)
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, working in the southern Gulf of Mexico, estimated the size at 50% maturity at 
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DW. Therefore, the size at maturity should be between 
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DW. The largest female examined by us was 
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DW (FLMNH 29943, Florida, Atlantic coast), and the largest female reported that could be referred with confidence to the present species rather than to 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA1778E4636E9F953" box="[862,986,1659,1683]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">G. altavela</emphasis>
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measured 
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DW (
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). Females of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA3338E9A344FF977" box="[282,380,1695,1719]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">G. lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF80FFDAA3A28EA534D6F978" box="[395,485,1695,1720]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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should attain a maximum breadth of 
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. 
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comments on a female of 
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DW caught in North Carolina, a size that is well above the size that has been undoubtedly reported for this species (as 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA3FD8ED2377EF93F" box="[468,589,1768,1791]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">G. micrura</emphasis>
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). Individuals from North Carolina, Virginia and regions farther north reach larger sizes (birth, maturity and maximum) than individuals from Gulf of Mexico. The species is matrotrophic viviparous (lipid histotrophy). 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF80FFDAA3DF8F153670F888" author="Bigelow" box="[502,835,1839,1864]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1953) The Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part II. Sawfishes, skates, rays and chimaeroids. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 2, 1 - 588." type="journal article" year="1953">Bigelow &amp; Schroeder (1953)</bibRefCitation>
suggest that the young are produced from late May through July and into August, and perhaps even later in the season. 
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indicate that pregnancy occurs during the summer months for this species. In the few analyzed stomachs were found fishes, crustaceans, mollusks and other invertebrates (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF80FFDAA03E8FA13661F874" author="Bigelow" box="[535,850,1947,1972]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1953) The Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part II. Sawfishes, skates, rays and chimaeroids. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 2, 1 - 588." type="journal article" year="1953">Bigelow &amp; Schroeder 1953</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF80FFDAA1778FA13164F874" author="Daiber" box="[862,1111,1947,1972]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Daiber, F. C. &amp; Booth, R. A. (1960) Notes on the biology of the butterfly rays, Gymnura altavela and Gymnura micrura. Copeia, 1960 (2), 137 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1440209" type="journal article" year="1960">Daiber &amp; Booth 1960</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF80FFDAA64A8FA1300DF874" author="Schmid" box="[1123,1342,1947,1972]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" refString="Schmid, T. H., Ehrhart, L. M. &amp; Snelson, F. F. (1988) Notes on the occurrence of rays (Elasmobranchii, Batoidea) in the Indian River Lagoon System, Florida. Florida Scientist, 51 (2), 121 - 128." type="journal article" year="1988">
Schmid 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF80FFDAA6E88FA631C0F873" box="[1217,1267,1947,1971]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">et al</emphasis>
. 1988
</bibRefCitation>
). Also a demersal species, living along the coast on sandy and muddy bottoms.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF83FFD9A2BE8FA23413F86E" bold="true" box="[151,288,1944,1966]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">FIGURE 19.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of disc of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF83FFD9A03A8FA33784F86E" box="[531,695,1944,1966]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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</emphasis>
, showing variation in vermiculate color pattern. B, D, F and H are amplifications of the white squares in A, C, E and G, respectively. A. NCSM 49395, 292 mm DW; C. AMNH 84277, 308 mm DW; E. CSIRO H7511.01, 363 mm DW; G. FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF82FFD8A2BE8DD03412F9C0" bold="true" box="[151,289,1514,1536]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">FIGURE 20.</emphasis>
Specimens of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF82FFD8A3908DD1376DF9C0" box="[441,606,1514,1536]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF82FFD8A0458DD0378EF9C0" box="[620,701,1514,1536]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
, showing variation in dorsal color. A) Dorsal view of anterolateral disc region showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); B) Dorsal view of head showing light bands on outer anterior margin of disc (CSIRO H7511.01, 363 mm DW); C) Detail of central region of dorsal disc showing vermiculate pattern (USNM 26551, 327 mm DW); D) Tail cross-banded (CAS 19834, 296 mm DW); E) Tail of a larger specimen, with diffuse, less distinct bands (FLMNH 29981, 695 mm DW).
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF82FFD8A2EE8E9D3735F900" bold="true" box="[199,518,1703,1728]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Geographical distribution.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF82FFD8A0278E9237F7F900" box="[526,708,1704,1728]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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</emphasis>
is distributed in the north and central western Atlantic from Woods Hole in southern Massachusetts and Buzzards Bay to the Gulf of Mexico (including the Gulf Coast of the United States and Mexico) (
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). Both previously unidentified specimens from Bahamas and Jamaica (SMF 2398 and ZMB 34702, respectively) were classified by the discriminant model as 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF82FFD8A6788F2E3184F8EC" box="[1105,1207,1812,1836]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">G. lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFF82FFD8A6E08F293016F8EC" box="[1225,1317,1811,1836]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
(99.9 and 99.8% probability, respectively), so the distributional range of the species may be extended to the northern Caribbean Sea. The occurrence of 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF82FFD8A0048F6637A3F8B4" box="[557,656,1884,1908]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">G. lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
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</emphasis>
in North Carolina and regions farther north seems to be seasonal, related to summer months (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FF82FFD8A06C8F4536B4F858" author="Bigelow" box="[581,903,1919,1944]" pageId="31" pageNumber="32" refString="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1953) The Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part II. Sawfishes, skates, rays and chimaeroids. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 2, 1 - 588." type="journal article" year="1953">Bigelow &amp; Schroeder 1953</bibRefCitation>
). The northernmost specimen analyzed in this study was MNHN 7938 from New York, however there are records of the species (as 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FF82FFD8A6E58F9E307EF87B" box="[1228,1357,1956,1979]" italics="true" pageId="31" pageNumber="32">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) from Chincoteague, Sinepuxent and Delaware Bays, Cape May and Sandy Hook Bay (New Jersey), New York, Narragansett and Buzzards Bays, and Woods Hole (Massachusetts) (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A1BC88AD31BEFF70" author="Daiber" box="[917,1165,151,176]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Daiber, F. C. &amp; Booth, R. A. (1960) Notes on the biology of the butterfly rays, Gymnura altavela and Gymnura micrura. Copeia, 1960 (2), 137 - 139. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1440209" type="journal article" year="1960">Daiber &amp; Booth 1960</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A6B188AD3072FF70" author="Schwartz" box="[1176,1345,151,176]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Schwartz, F. J. (1961) Fishes of Chincoteague and Sinepuxent Bays. The American Midland Naturalist, 65 (2), 384 - 408. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 2422962" type="journal article" year="1961">Schwartz 1961</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A76488AD35E1FF14" author="Fowler" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Fowler, H. W. (1920) A list of the fishes of New Jersey. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 33, 139 - 170." type="journal article" year="1920">Fowler 1920</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A2F5888634D6FF14" author="Nichols" box="[220,485,188,213]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Nichols, J. T. &amp; Breder, C. M. (1927) The marine fishes of New York and southern New England. New York Zoological Society, New York, 192 pp." type="book" year="1927">Nichols &amp; Breder 1927</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A3C68886374FFF14" author="Breder" box="[495,636,188,213]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Breder, C. M. (1931) Fishes notes for 1929 and 1930 from Sandy Hook Bay. Copeia, 2, 39 - 40. https: // doi. org / 10.2307 / 1435744" type="journal article" year="1931">Breder 1931</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A0A188863648FF14" author="Muller" box="[648,891,188,213]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Muller, J. &amp; Henle, F. G. J. (1841) Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin, 200 pp." type="book" year="1841">Müller &amp; Henle 1841</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A1AF8886318FFF15" author="Bigelow" box="[902,1212,188,213]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1953) The Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part II. Sawfishes, skates, rays and chimaeroids. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 2, 1 - 588." type="journal article" year="1953">Bigelow &amp; Schroeder 1953</bibRefCitation>
). Although we have not analyzed any specimens from Mexico, the species is commonly caught in Mexican waters of the Gulf of Mexico (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A329893E3775FEDD" author="Bigelow" box="[256,582,260,285]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Bigelow, H. B. &amp; Schroeder, W. C. (1953) The Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part II. Sawfishes, skates, rays and chimaeroids. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 2, 1 - 588." type="journal article" year="1953">Bigelow &amp; Schroeder 1953</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A07F893E3670FEDC" author="Gonzalez-Isais" box="[598,835,260,285]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Gonzalez-Isais, M. (2003) Anatomical Comparison of the Cephalic Musculature of Some Members of the Superfamily Myliobatoidea (Chondrichthyes): Implications for Evolutionary Understanding. The Anatomical Record, 271 A, 259 - 272. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / ar. a. 10031" type="journal article" year="2003">González-Isáis 2003</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A17A893E31C2FEDC" author="Gonzalez-Isais" box="[851,1265,260,285]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Gonzalez-Isais, M. &amp; Dominguez, M. M. (2004) Comparative anatomy of the superfamily Myliobatoidea (Chondrichthyes) with some comments on phylogeny. Journal of Morphology, 262, 517 - 535. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / jmor. 10260" type="journal article" year="2004">González-Isáis &amp; Domínguez 2004</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A729893E35E1FE80" author="Kobelkowsky" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Kobelkowsky, A. (2004) El sistema excretor de la raya mariposa Gymnura micrura (Pisces: Rajiformes). Anales del Instituto de Biologia, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Serie Zoologia, 75 (1), 185 - 192." type="journal article" year="2004">Kobelkowsky 2004</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A2F4891D34EFFE80" author="Cu-Salazar" box="[221,476,295,320]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Cu-Salazar, N., Perez-Jimenez, J. C., Mendez-Loeza, I., Mendoza-Carranza, M. (2014) Reproductive parameters of females of butterfly ray Gymnura micrura (Elasmobranchii) in the southern Gulf of Mexico. Hidrobiologica, 24 (2), 109 - 117." type="journal article" year="2014">
Cu-Salazar 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A349891334A3FE80" box="[352,400,296,320]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">et al</emphasis>
. 2014
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C314652FFFBDFFE7A2EE89763075FE6D" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A2EE8976347DFEA5" bold="true" box="[199,334,332,357]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Etymology.</emphasis>
The name 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A3E489763722FEA4" box="[461,529,332,356]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is a tribute to Dr. Rosângela Lessa, a highly esteemed Brazilian researcher who has been struggling valiantly for the conservation of sharks and rays in 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBDFFE7A19589553130FE48" box="[956,1027,367,392]" name="Brazil" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Brazil</collectingCountry>
, and has contributed significantly to the knowledge of this group. Prof. Rosângela Lessa has been a valued mentor and friend of the first author.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A2BE8E64342CF9B4" bold="true" box="[151,287,1630,1652]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">FIGURE 21.</emphasis>
Map showing geographical distribution of 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBDFFE7A0FE8E653648F9B4" authority="Carvalho, 2017" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[727,891,1630,1652]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A0FE8E653648F9B4" box="[727,891,1630,1652]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Gymnura lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A1A18E6436EBF9B4" bold="true" box="[904,984,1630,1652]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A24957CDFFBDFFE7A1A18E6436EBF9B4" box="[904,984,1630,1652]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
Black star represent approximate locality of holotype, red circles represent approximate localities of material examined in the present study; grey circles represent approximate localities based on literature (as 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A04F8EA637E7F972" box="[614,724,1692,1714]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Fowler 1920, Nichols &amp; Breder 1927, Breder 1931, Müller &amp; Henle 1841, Bigelow &amp; Schroeder 1953, Daiber &amp; Booth 1960, Schwartz 1961, González-Isáis 2003, 2004, Kobelkowsky 2004, Cu- Salazar 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A2C48EE0342CF92F" box="[237,287,1753,1775]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">et al</emphasis>
. 2014). B is a detailed view of darker rectangle in A. Localities may represent more than one specimen. Abbreviations: NC, North Carolina; VA, Virginia; DE, Delaware; NJ, New Jersey; PA, Pennsylvania; NY, New York; MA, Massachusetts.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A2EE8F633408F8B2" bold="true" box="[199,315,1881,1906]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Remarks.</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A36A8F633778F8B1" author="Muller" box="[323,587,1881,1906]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Muller, J. &amp; Henle, F. G. J. (1841) Systematische Beschreibung der Plagiostomen. Veit und Comp., Berlin, 200 pp." type="book" year="1841">Müller &amp; Henle (1841)</bibRefCitation>
included the specific name 
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A1A28F6336DBF8B1" box="[907,1000,1881,1905]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">maclura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBDFFE7A6268F6331BAF8B1" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[1039,1161,1881,1905]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A6268F6331BAF8B1" box="[1039,1161,1881,1905]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, their material of which comprised both 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBDFFE7A3658F4434F5F855" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[332,454,1918,1941]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A3658F4434F5F855" box="[332,454,1918,1941]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBDFFE7A3D78F443752F855" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[510,609,1917,1941]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A3D78F443752F855" box="[510,609,1917,1941]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(these authors also included 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBDFFE7A1828F443105F855" baseAuthorityName="Shaw" baseAuthorityYear="1804" box="[939,1078,1917,1941]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="poecilura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A1828F443105F855" box="[939,1078,1917,1941]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. poecilura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBDFFE7A6728F4431E7F855" authorityName=": Bigelow &amp; Schroeder" authorityYear="1953" box="[1115,1236,1918,1941]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="micrura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBDFFE7A6728F4431E7F855" box="[1115,1236,1918,1941]" italics="true" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">G. micrura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; see above). This error was perpetuated by subsequent studies until the end of the 1930s (
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A1FD8F9B3144F87A" author="Dumeril" box="[980,1143,1953,1978]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Dumeril, A. H. A. (1865) Histoire naturelle des poissons ou ichthyologie generale. Tome Premier. I. Elasmobranches. Plagiostomes et Holocephales ou Chimeres, 1, 1 - 720 + pp. 1 - 8 (Atlas)." type="journal article" year="1865">Duméril 1865</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A6AC8F9B3016F879" author="Gunther" box="[1157,1317,1953,1978]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Gunther, A. (1870) Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Volume Eight. Trustees of the British Museum, London, 549 pp." type="book" year="1870">Günther 1870</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A71A8F9B3419F81E" author="Jordan" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Jordan, D. S. &amp; Gilbert, C. H. (1883) Synopsis of the fishes of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 16, 1 - 1018. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 03629236.16. i" type="journal article" year="1883">
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBDFFE7A71A8F9B304DF87A" box="[1331,1406,1953,1978]" name="Jordan" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Jordan</collectingCountry>
&amp; Gilbert 1883
</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A31F8FFF376CF81E" author="Jordan" box="[310,607,1989,2014]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Jordan, D. S. &amp; Evermann, B. W. (1896) The fishes of North and Middle America: a descriptive catalogue of the species of fishlike vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 47 (1), 1 - 1240." type="journal article" year="1896">
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBDFFE7A31F8FFF34B2F81E" box="[310,385,1989,2014]" name="Jordan" pageId="32" pageNumber="33">Jordan</collectingCountry>
&amp; Evermann 1896
</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A0458FFF37C9F81E" author="Linton" box="[620,762,1989,2014]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Linton, E. (1905) Parasites of fishes of Beaufort, North Carolina. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries, 24, 321 - 428." type="journal article" year="1905">Linton 1905</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A12E8FFF36BDF81E" author="Smith" box="[775,910,1989,2014]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Smith, H. M. (1907) The fishes of North Carolina. North Carolina Geological and Economical Survey, 2, 1 - 453. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 56126" type="journal article" year="1907">Smith 1907</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A1B38FFF311DF81E" author="Wilson" box="[922,1070,1989,2014]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Wilson, C. B. (1908) North American parasitic copepods: new genera and species of Caliginae. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 33 (1580), 593 - 627." type="journal article" year="1908">Wilson 1908</bibRefCitation>
, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBDFFE7A6138FFF31CBF81E" author="Weymouth" box="[1082,1272,1989,2014]" pageId="32" pageNumber="33" refString="Weymouth, F. W. (1910) Notes on a collection of fishes from Cameron, Louisiana. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 38 (1734), 135 - 145. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.38 - 1734.135" type="journal article" year="1910">Weymouth 1910</bibRefCitation>
, Fowler 1913, Gudger 1913, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBCFFE6A36988AD34F5FF70" author="Coles" box="[320,454,151,176]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refString="Coles, R. J. (1915) Notes on the sharks and rays of Cape Lookout, N. C. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 28, 89 - 94." type="journal article" year="1915">Coles 1915</bibRefCitation>
, Breder 1926, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBCFFE6A05E88AD36BEFF70" author="Nichols" box="[631,909,151,176]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refString="Nichols, J. T. &amp; Breder, C. M. (1927) The marine fishes of New York and southern New England. New York Zoological Society, New York, 192 pp." type="book" year="1927">Nichols &amp; Breder 1927</bibRefCitation>
, Breder &amp; Nigrelli 1934, 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBCFFE6A6E888A23072FF70" author="Puyo" box="[1217,1345,151,176]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refString="Puyo, J. (1936) Contribution a l'etude ichthyologique de la Guyane francaise. Peches et pecheries. Bulletin de la Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, 70, 5 - 258." type="journal article" year="1936">Puyo 1936</bibRefCitation>
, Breder 1938). 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBCFFE6A2CF8887344CFF14" authorityName=": Lesueur" authorityYear="1817" box="[230,383,188,212]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Rajidae" genus="Raja" kingdom="Animalia" order="Rajiformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maclura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A2CF8887344CFF14" box="[230,383,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Raja maclura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(= 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBCFFE6A38F88863740FF14" authorityName="Lesueur" authorityYear="1817" box="[422,627,188,212]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="maclura">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A38F88863740FF14" box="[422,627,188,212]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Gymnura maclura</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) was described by 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBCFFE6A165888736C4FF14" author="Lesueur" box="[844,1015,188,212]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refString="Lesueur, C. A. (1817) Description of three new species of the genus Raja. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 1 (3), 41 - 45." type="journal article" year="1817">Lesueur (1817)</bibRefCitation>
from the Northeastern coast of North America and is a synonym of the Atlantic congener 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBCFFE6A0C188DA3651FF38" authorityName=": Fowler" authorityYear="1945" box="[744,866,224,248]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="altavela">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A0C188DA3651FF38" box="[744,866,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">G. altavela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(e.g. 
<bibRefCitation id="EF9F4B55FFBCFFE6A18D88E531F3FF38" author="Krefft" box="[932,1216,223,248]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" refString="Krefft, G. &amp; Stehmann, M. (1973) Pristidae, Rhinobatidae, Torpedinidae, Dasyatidae, Myliobatidae, Rhinopteridae, Mobulidae. In: Hureau, J. C. &amp; Monod, T. (Eds.), Check - list of the fishes of the north - eastern Atlantic and of the Mediterranean. Vol. 1. CLOFNAM, Paris, pp. 51 - 77" type="book" year="1973">Krefft &amp; Stehmann 1973</bibRefCitation>
), so this name may not be applied to the form described herein as 
<taxonomicName id="4C0E4D27FFBCFFE6A0B4893E3633FEDC" authorityName="Carvalho" authorityYear="2017" box="[669,768,260,284]" class="Elasmobranchii" family="Gymnuridae" genus="Gymnura" kingdom="Animalia" order="Myliobatiformes" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lessae">
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A0B4893E3633FEDC" box="[669,768,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">G. lessae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A2EE891D3499FE80" bold="true" box="[199,426,295,320]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Material examined</emphasis>
(
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). 
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<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A047891D37DBFE80" box="[622,744,295,320]" country="United States of America" name="New York" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">New York</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A0DC891D361EFE80" box="[757,813,295,320]" name="United States of America" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
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): 
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7938 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A717891D30AFFEFF" box="[1342,1436,295,320]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.15" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="215.0">215 mm</quantity>
DW), 
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, 
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. 
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<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A02189743748FEA7" box="[520,635,334,359]" country="United States of America" name="Delaware" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Delaware</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A0AE8974378CFEA7" box="[647,703,334,359]" name="United States of America" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A0E68975366CFEA7" box="[719,863,334,359]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">7 specimens</specimenCount>
): 
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<date id="FFB01064FFBCFFE6A1E989743127FEA7" box="[960,1044,334,359]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" value="62-12-15">121562</date>
(3 embryos: female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A72A89753053FEA7" box="[1283,1376,335,359]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.04" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="204.0">204 mm</quantity>
DW; male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A2F68949340CFE4A" box="[223,319,371,395]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.08" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="208.0">208 mm</quantity>
DW; female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A3CE89493774FE4A" box="[487,583,371,395]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.19" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="219.0">219 mm</quantity>
DW), S. of Old Bare Shoal, mouth of 
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A63F894831B2FE4B" box="[1046,1153,370,395]" country="United States of America" name="Delaware" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Delaware</collectingRegion>
Bay; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A6E28949302FFE4B" box="[1227,1308,371,395]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
187293 (4 embryos: 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A32E89AC34B2FE6F" box="[263,385,406,431]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.15" metricValueMax="6.4" metricValueMin="5.9" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="61.5" valueMax="64.0" valueMin="59.0">59–64 mm</quantity>
DW), Indian River Inlet. 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A08E89AC3663FE6F" bold="true" box="[679,848,406,431]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A08E89AC3638FE6F" box="[679,779,406,431]" country="United States of America" name="Virginia" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Virginia</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A13189AC3663FE6F" box="[792,848,406,431]" name="United States of America" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A14889AD36C1FE6F" box="[865,1010,406,431]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">9 specimens</specimenCount>
): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A62C89AD3165FE6F" box="[1029,1110,407,431]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
19480 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A75B89AC35F0FE12" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.85" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="285.0">285 mm</quantity>
DW), eastern shore of 
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A3CF89803776FE13" box="[486,581,442,467]" country="United States of America" name="Virginia" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Virginia</collectingRegion>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A07F89813794FE13" box="[598,679,443,467]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
25452 (male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A1728981368DFE12" box="[859,958,443,467]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.9" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="390.0">390 mm</quantity>
DW), Willoughby Point; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A6D18981307AFE13" box="[1272,1353,443,467]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
26551 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A34C89E534F4FE37" box="[357,455,479,503]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.27" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="327.0">327 mm</quantity>
DW), Willoughby Point; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A0D489E5367DFE37" box="[765,846,479,503]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
42502 (adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A66B89E53190FE37" box="[1090,1187,479,503]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.02" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="402.0">402 mm</quantity>
DW), Cape Charles; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A2BE8A3935DBFDDB" box="[151,232,515,539]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
169930 (
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A37B8A3934D2FDDB" box="[338,481,514,539]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
: male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A0198A3837BEFDDA" box="[560,653,514,539]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.55" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="355.0">355 mm</quantity>
DW; female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A1028A3836BBFDDA" box="[811,904,514,539]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.66" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="366.0">366 mm</quantity>
DW), Chesapeake Bay, East shore of Hampton Roads Beach, just below Willoughby Bay; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A0558A1D37FEFDFF" box="[636,717,551,575]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
196538 (3 embryos: 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A1948A1C3160FDFF" box="[957,1107,550,575]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.395" metricValueMax="2.44" metricValueMin="2.35" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="239.5" valueMax="244.0" valueMin="235.0">235–244 mm</quantity>
DW), Accomack Co., mouth of inlet 
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A2DB8A7037B8FDA3" box="[242,651,586,611]" inferredBySuffix="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
Chincoteague Bay. 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A3E68A7037B8FDA3" bold="true" box="[463,651,586,611]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A3E68A7037B8FDA3" box="[463,651,586,611]" country="United States of America" name="North Carolina" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">North Carolina</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A0B08A7037E2FDA3" box="[665,721,586,611]" name="United States of America" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A0C88A7136B1FDA3" box="[737,898,586,611]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">22 specimens</specimenCount>
): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A1BF8A7136D8FDA3" box="[918,1003,587,611]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">AMNH</collectionCode>
44039 (juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A6DF8A713066FDA2" box="[1270,1365,587,611]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.12" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="312.0">312 mm</quantity>
DW), Carteret, Beaufort, bogue sound; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A0278A483750FD4A" box="[526,611,626,650]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">AMNH</collectionCode>
<date id="FFB01064FFBCFFE6A0428A4B378CFD4A" box="[619,703,625,650]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" value="25-08-22">220825</date>
(juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A1A48A4B36D9FD49" box="[909,1002,625,650]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.53" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="253.0">253 mm</quantity>
DW), 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A6118A4B31A5FD4A" box="[1080,1174,622,650]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="36.533333">36o32’N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A68A8A4B303AFD4A" box="[1187,1289,622,650]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="-75.78333">75o47’W</geoCoordinate>
; AMS IA-78 (adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A30E8AAC34B5FD6D" box="[295,390,662,686]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.4" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="440.0">440 mm</quantity>
DW), Beaufort; AMS IA-79 (adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A1438AAF36FAFD6D" box="[874,969,661,686]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.96" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="396.0">396 mm</quantity>
DW), Beaufort; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A6A28AAC31E0FD6E" box="[1163,1235,662,686]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34784" name="Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">ANSP</collectionCode>
167406 (juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A2F68A803473FD11" box="[223,320,698,722]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="270.0">270 mm</quantity>
DW), flats south of Pirer Isle, Beaufort; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A10E8A80366EFD12" box="[807,861,698,722]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">CAS</collectionCode>
19834 (juvenile female, 
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DW), Beaufort Harbor, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A2D08ADB34B2FD39" box="[249,385,733,761]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="34.724445">34o43’28”N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A3BA8ADA3713FD39" box="[403,544,733,761]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="-76.66556">76o39’56”W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A01B8ADB375BFD39" box="[562,616,737,761]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">CAS</collectionCode>
19835 (juvenile male, 
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DW), Beaufort Harbor, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A7268ADB30A4FD39" box="[1295,1431,733,761]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="34.724445">34o43’28”N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A2BE8B3D3416FCE0" box="[151,293,772,800]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="-76.66556">76o39’56”W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A31C8B3D34BBFCDF" box="[309,392,775,799]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/0k2v-y6wz" name="Australian National Fish Collection" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">CSIRO</collectionCode>
H7510.01 (juvenile female, 
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DW), NE of Albemarle Sound, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A6EB8B3D3012FCDF" box="[1218,1313,772,800]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="36.566666">36o34’N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A7188B3D30A4FCE0" box="[1329,1431,772,800]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="-75.76667">75o46’W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A2BE8B1435D9FC86" box="[151,234,814,838]" country="Australia" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/0k2v-y6wz" name="Australian National Fish Collection" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">CSIRO</collectionCode>
H7511.01 (adult male, 
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DW), Pamlico Sound, 35o51–53’N, 75o32–33’W; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A6A78B1531C3FC86" box="[1166,1264,815,838]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/24h4-51mc" name="Florida Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FLMNH</collectionCode>
5412 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A2D88B6F347DFCAC" box="[241,334,853,877]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.12" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="312.0">312 mm</quantity>
DW), Carteret Co. about 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A0478B6F3792FCAD" box="[622,673,852,877]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.609344" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mi" value="1.0">1 mi</quantity>
off Beaufort Inlet, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A1518B6F3132FCAD" box="[888,1025,849,877]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="34.67889">34o40’44”N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A6258B6E31A9FCAD" box="[1036,1178,849,877]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="-76.67555">76o40’32”W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A68C8B6F3034FCAC" box="[1189,1287,853,876]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/24h4-51mc" name="Florida Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FLMNH</collectionCode>
45942 (adult male, 
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DW), Carteret, Onslow Bay, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A0B28B463610FC54" box="[667,803,888,916]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="34.675003">34o40’30”N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A11B8B4136F3FC54" box="[818,960,888,916]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="-76.85833">76o51’30”W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A1E68B463102FC53" box="[975,1073,892,915]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/24h4-51mc" name="Florida Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FLMNH</collectionCode>
184152 (
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A68B8B463007FC54" box="[1186,1332,891,916]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
: juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A2DD8BA53467FC77" box="[244,340,927,952]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.69" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="269.0">269 mm</quantity>
DW; juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A0768BA5378CFC77" box="[607,703,927,952]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.58" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="258.0">258 mm</quantity>
DW), off Cape Lookout; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A1D88B9A3173FC78" box="[1009,1088,928,952]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/aasf-rm4s" name="North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">NCSM</collectionCode>
49395 (
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A68B8B9A3006FC78" box="[1186,1333,927,952]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
: juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A2DE8BFE3469FC1B" box="[247,346,964,988]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.92" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="292.0">292 mm</quantity>
DW; juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A0738BFE378EFC1B" box="[602,701,964,988]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.9" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="290.0">290 mm</quantity>
DW), Carteret Co., beach near Bridge Pier in Bogue Banks, Morehead City; SU 10839 (juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A0B58BD137CCFBC2" box="[668,767,1003,1027]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.8899999999999997" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="289.0">289 mm</quantity>
DW), Beaufort Harbor, Beaufort, Carteret, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A7398BD130ABFBC3" box="[1296,1432,999,1027]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="34.711113">34o42’40”N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A2BE8C2B3416FBE9" box="[151,293,1038,1066]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="-76.64389">76o38’38”W</geoCoordinate>
; SU 10841 (juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A0AF8C2B37DEFBE9" box="[646,749,1041,1065]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.08" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="308.0">308 mm</quantity>
DW), Beaufort Harbor, Beaufort, Carteret, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A7268C2B30ABFBE9" box="[1295,1432,1038,1065]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="34.711113">34o42’40”N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A2BE8C0D3416FB90" box="[151,293,1076,1104]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="-76.64389">76o38’38”W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A3198C0234B2FB90" box="[304,385,1080,1104]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
19680 (male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A0088C0D374EFB8F" box="[545,637,1079,1104]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="350.0">350 mm</quantity>
DW), Beaufort; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A1108C0236B9FB90" box="[825,906,1080,1104]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
51897 (juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A6A28C0231D4FB8F" box="[1163,1255,1080,1104]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.38" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="338.0">338 mm</quantity>
DW), Beaufort; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A2BE8C6635DBFBB4" box="[151,232,1116,1140]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
89937 (2 embryos: female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A0148C6637ACFBB4" box="[573,671,1116,1140]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="120.0">120 mm</quantity>
DW; male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A11C8C6636A5FBB4" box="[821,918,1116,1140]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.17" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="117.0">117 mm</quantity>
DW), Pivers Island, Beaufort; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A7258C673079FBB4" box="[1292,1354,1117,1140]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/kdnf-0379" name="Zoologisches Museum Hamburg" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">ZMH</collectionCode>
10329 (embryo female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A37C8CBA3481FB57" box="[341,434,1152,1176]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.01" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="101.0">101 mm</quantity>
DW), 
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A3D48CBA3670FB58" box="[509,835,1151,1176]" inferredBySuffix="true" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
Carteret Co. 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A0A58C453670FB58" bold="true" box="[652,835,1151,1176]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A0A58C453670FB58" box="[652,835,1151,1176]" country="United States of America" name="South Carolina" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">South Carolina</collectingRegion>
</emphasis>
</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A1678C4536B5FB58" box="[846,902,1151,1176]" name="United States of America" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USA</collectingCountry>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A1BF8CBA3115FB58" box="[918,1062,1151,1176]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">7 specimens</specimenCount>
): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A61E8CBA31BFFB58" box="[1079,1164,1152,1176]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">AMNH</collectionCode>
73805 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A2BE8C9C35C6FB7F" box="[151,245,1190,1215]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.68" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="268.0">268 mm</quantity>
DW), North Inlet, Jones Creek, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A0438C9D37FAFB7F" box="[618,713,1187,1215]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="33.3">33o18’N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A0FE8C9D360EFB7F" box="[727,829,1187,1215]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="-79.166664">79o10’W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A1638C9D36ACFB7F" box="[842,927,1191,1215]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">AMNH</collectionCode>
73872 (subadult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A6848C9D3038FB7F" box="[1197,1291,1191,1215]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.3299999999999996" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="333.0">333 mm</quantity>
DW), North Inlet, Old Man Creek, Georgetown, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A0118CF437F3FB26" box="[568,704,1226,1254]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="33.335556">33o20’08”N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A0E78CF4366FFB26" box="[718,860,1226,1254]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="-70.16805">70o10’05”W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A1438CF4368CFB26" box="[874,959,1230,1254]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">AMNH</collectionCode>
73890 (adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A6838CF4303AFB25" box="[1194,1289,1230,1254]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.38" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="338.0">338 mm</quantity>
DW), North Inlet, Town Creek, Georgetown, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A0228CCF3758FACD" box="[523,619,1265,1293]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="33.333332">33o20’N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A0518CCF37EEFACD" box="[632,733,1265,1293]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="-79.166664">79o10’W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A0C38CCF360CFACD" box="[746,831,1269,1293]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">AMNH</collectionCode>
73915 (adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A60D8CCF31B1FACC" box="[1060,1154,1269,1293]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.4799999999999995" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="348.0">348 mm</quantity>
DW), North Inlet, Town Creek, Georgetown, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A3A98D2134D3FAF3" box="[384,480,1303,1331]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="33.333332">33o20’N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A3C58D213761FAF3" box="[492,594,1303,1331]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="925" value="-79.166664">79o10’W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A0778D21379CFAF3" box="[606,687,1307,1331]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
26524 (
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A1258D2136A8FAF4" box="[780,923,1307,1332]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
: juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A6648D213199FAF3" box="[1101,1194,1307,1332]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.57" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="257.0">257 mm</quantity>
DW; adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A75B8D2135F0FA97" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="300.0">300 mm</quantity>
DW), Charleston; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A3B48D0534DDFA97" box="[413,494,1343,1367]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
25988 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A1248D05365FFA97" box="[781,876,1343,1367]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="200.0">200 mm</quantity>
DW), Charleston. 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A66C8D0531DEFA98" bold="true" box="[1093,1261,1343,1368]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A66C8D053194FA98" box="[1093,1191,1343,1368]" name="Georgia" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A66C8D053194FA98" box="[1093,1191,1343,1368]" country="United States of America" name="Georgia" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Georgia</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A69C8D0531DEFA98" box="[1205,1261,1343,1368]" name="United States of America" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBCFFE6A6D68D0530A2FA98" box="[1279,1425,1343,1368]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A2BE8D5D35CAFABE" box="[151,249,1383,1406]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/24h4-51mc" name="Florida Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FLMNH</collectionCode>
29977 (female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A39A8D5F3722FABE" box="[435,529,1381,1406]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.6799999999999997" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="368.0">368 mm</quantity>
DW), Glynn, Jekyll Island, 31o03’44N”, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBCFFE6A1CF8D5C3146FABE" box="[998,1141,1378,1406]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" precision="15" value="-81.412224">81o24’44”W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A6A88D5D31D0FABE" box="[1153,1251,1383,1406]" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/24h4-51mc" name="Florida Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">FLMNH</collectionCode>
45943 (juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A2F48DB73408FA64" box="[221,315,1421,1445]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.42" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="342.0">342 mm</quantity>
DW), Camden, St. Andrews Sound off Jekyll Island, 
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, 
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. 
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(
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): 
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84277 (
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: adult male, 
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DW; not measured), Gulf of 
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, Sarasota, North end of Siesta Key; 
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25979 (
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: not measured), Gulf of 
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, Franklin County, mud cave on Alligator Harbor, 
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, 
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; 
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29943 (adult female, 
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DW), Brevard County, Mosquito Lagoon, 
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, 
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; 
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29981 (adult female, 
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DW), Volusia County, N. end of Mosquito Lagoon, near Oak Hill, 
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, 
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; 
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51071 (cleared &amp; stained, 
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), Gulf of 
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, Franklin County, Alligator Harbor 100–300 yd. W of 
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Marine Lab, 
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, 
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; 
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73634 (3 term embryos, 
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DW), Gulf of 
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, Franklin County, Apalachicola Bay, ca. 
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E. of Bob Sikes Cut on St. George Isl., 
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, 
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; 
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233554 (female, 
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DW), Miami- Dade Co., Biscayne Bay from 
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, 
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, 
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; 
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2462 (juvenile male, 
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DW), Gulf of 
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, vicinity of Fort Walton Beach, 
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, 
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; 
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38147-2 (jaws), Gulf of 
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, Franklin Co., end of Alligator Harbor; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A0768F1737A4F885" box="[607,663,1837,1861]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34838" name="Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">SMF</collectionCode>
6992 (adult female, 
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DW), Sarasota, Gulf of 
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; SU 14336 (adult male, 
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DW), Gulf of 
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<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A0508F6937E2F8AC" box="[633,721,1875,1900]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Mexico</collectingRegion>
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, Sanibel Island, Tarpon Bay, 
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, 
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; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A7628F6930AFF8AB" box="[1355,1436,1875,1899]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
127298 (juvenile male, 
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DW), Apalachicola Bay, Gulf of 
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</collectingCountry>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A1DB8F4D3170F84F" box="[1010,1091,1911,1935]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
127300 (juvenile female, 
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DW), Apalachicola Bay, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A0638FA13790F874" box="[586,675,1947,1972]" name="Mexico" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A0638FA13790F874" box="[586,675,1947,1972]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A0988FA13631F873" box="[689,770,1947,1971]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USNM</collectionCode>
127302 (juvenile male, 
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DW), Apalachicola Bay, Gulf of 
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</collectingCountry>
. 
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, 
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(
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): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBCFFE6A0978FFA3627F818" box="[702,788,1984,2008]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34925" name="American Museum of Natural History" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">AMNH</collectionCode>
86386 (adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBCFFE6A1D78F85316EF817" box="[1022,1117,1983,2007]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.14" pageId="33" pageNumber="34" unit="mm" value="414.0">414 mm</quantity>
DW). 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBCFFE6A6878F853048F818" bold="true" box="[1198,1403,1983,2008]" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBCFFE6A6878F853007F818" box="[1198,1332,1983,2008]" country="United States of America" name="Mississippi" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">Mississippi</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBCFFE6A76A8F853048F818" box="[1347,1403,1983,2008]" name="United States of America" pageId="33" pageNumber="34">USA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
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): 
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143221 (female, 
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DW), 
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Miss. Sound, Eastend, Gulf of 
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<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A69288AD3027FF70" box="[1211,1300,151,176]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
. 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBFFFE5A73688AD35FCFF15" bold="true" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A73688AD30A4FF70" box="[1311,1431,151,176]" country="United States of America" name="Louisiana" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Louisiana</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A2BE888635FCFF15" box="[151,207,188,213]" name="United States of America" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBFFFE5A2C988863441FF15" box="[224,370,188,213]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="generic">5 specimens</specimenCount>
): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A3AC888634E5FF14" box="[389,470,188,212]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="FFB01064FFBFFFE5A3F788863701FF15" box="[478,562,188,213]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="75-12-13">131275</date>
(juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A12B88863653FF14" box="[770,864,188,212]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.01" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="201.0">201 mm</quantity>
DW), one mi. S. of Wine Island, Gulf of 
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; 
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155734 (adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A3CB88D83771FF3A" box="[482,578,226,251]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.36" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="336.0">336 mm</quantity>
DW), off northern edge of Chandeleur Islands, Gulf of 
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<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A6FB88D83019FF3B" box="[1234,1322,226,251]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
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, 
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, 88o50W; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A32989303462FEE2" box="[256,337,266,290]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
157745 (2 term-embryos?: male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A0FC89333607FEE1" box="[725,820,265,290]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.95" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="195.0">195 mm</quantity>
DW; female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A1FC89303100FEE1" box="[981,1075,266,290]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.01" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="201.0">201 mm</quantity>
DW), off the 
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A6FF89333066FEE2" box="[1238,1365,265,290]" country="United States of America" name="Mississippi" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mississippi</collectingRegion>
River Delta, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A316890A34A4FE89" box="[319,407,304,329]" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A316890A34A4FE89" box="[319,407,304,329]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
, 
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, 88o48W; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A053890B37F8FE89" box="[634,715,305,329]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
186406 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A1D1890B3165FE88" box="[1016,1110,305,329]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.7399999999999998" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="174.0">174 mm</quantity>
DW), Grand Island, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A2BE896E35C3FEAD" box="[151,240,340,365]" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A2BE896E35C3FEAD" box="[151,240,340,365]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
. 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBFFFE5A328896E34A2FEAD" bold="true" box="[257,401,340,365]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A328896E3475FEAD" box="[257,326,340,365]" country="United States of America" name="Texas" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Texas</collectingRegion>
, 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A370896E34A2FEAD" box="[345,401,340,365]" name="United States of America" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USA</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
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): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A04D896F379FFEAD" box="[612,684,341,365]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34784" name="Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">ANSP</collectionCode>
53264 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A1F6896E3171FEAC" box="[991,1090,340,365]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.35" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="235.0">235 mm</quantity>
DW), Port Aransas; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A761896F30AFFEAC" box="[1352,1436,341,364]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">BMNH</collectionCode>
1948.8.6.20 (adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A3948943372DFE50" box="[445,542,377,401]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7399999999999998" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="274.0">274 mm</quantity>
DW), Rockport; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A0C689433670FE50" box="[751,835,377,400]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">BMNH</collectionCode>
1948.8.6.21 (female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A66F8942319BFE50" box="[1094,1192,376,401]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.61" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="561.0">561 mm</quantity>
DW), Rockport; SU 38663 (juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A3B189A734C5FE74" box="[408,502,413,437]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1399999999999997" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="214.0">214 mm</quantity>
DW), Aransas Pass; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A0C289A7360FFE75" box="[747,828,413,437]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
94545 (
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: adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A69689A7302DFE74" box="[1215,1310,413,437]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.27" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="327.0">327 mm</quantity>
DW; adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A2F489FB340FFE18" box="[221,316,449,473]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.37" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="337.0">337 mm</quantity>
DW), from the vicinity of Corpus Christi, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A1AE89FA36D3FE19" box="[903,992,448,473]" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A1AE89FA36D3FE19" box="[903,992,448,473]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A1C789FB310CFE19" box="[1006,1087,449,473]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
116452 (
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBFFFE5A68589FA300EFE19" box="[1196,1341,448,473]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="generic">6 specimens</specimenCount>
: female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A2BE89DF35C6FE3C" box="[151,245,485,509]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.97" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="397.0">397 mm</quantity>
DW; juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A3CB89DF3773FE3C" box="[482,576,485,509]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.44" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="244.0">244 mm</quantity>
DW; juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A10589DE36B9FE3C" box="[812,906,484,509]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.53" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="253.0">253 mm</quantity>
DW; subadult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A65589DF31E9FE3C" box="[1148,1242,485,509]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.94" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="294.0">294 mm</quantity>
DW; adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A2BE8A3335C6FDE0" box="[151,245,521,545]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.88" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="288.0">288 mm</quantity>
DW; juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A3CC8A323777FDE0" box="[485,580,520,545]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.06" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="306.0">306 mm</quantity>
DW), Galveston, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A1588A3236F9FDE1" box="[881,970,520,545]" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A1588A3236F9FDE1" box="[881,970,520,545]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A1FE8A33311BFDE1" box="[983,1064,521,545]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
118613 (juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A7178A3230AEFDE0" box="[1342,1437,520,545]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.95" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="195.0">195 mm</quantity>
DW), Galveston, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A39C8A15373EFD88" box="[437,525,559,584]" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A39C8A15373EFD88" box="[437,525,559,584]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBFFFE5A0308A153793FD88" box="[537,672,556,584]" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" precision="15" value="28.287777">28o17’16”N</geoCoordinate>
, 
<geoCoordinate id="EE3A5063FFBFFFE5A0858A153609FD87" box="[684,826,556,583]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" precision="15" value="-94.81334">94o48’48”W</geoCoordinate>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A16F8A1536A4FD87" box="[838,919,559,583]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="FFB01064FFBFFFE5A1B78A1536C2FD88" box="[926,1009,559,584]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="11-12-16">121611</date>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBFFFE5A6298A1531BCFD88" box="[1024,1167,559,584]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="generic">2 specimens</specimenCount>
: juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A7698A1530AEFD87" box="[1344,1437,559,584]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.63" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="263.0">263 mm</quantity>
DW; juvenile male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A3518A6934E6FDAB" box="[376,469,595,620]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.66" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="266.0">266 mm</quantity>
DW), Galveston, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A0D08A693661FDAC" box="[761,850,595,620]" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A0D08A693661FDAC" box="[761,850,595,620]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
; 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A1748A69369DFDAB" box="[861,942,595,619]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
127073 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A6FA8A693003FDAB" box="[1235,1328,595,619]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.87" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="287.0">287 mm</quantity>
DW), off Galveston, Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A3478A4D34F4FD50" box="[366,455,631,656]" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A3478A4D34F4FD50" box="[366,455,631,656]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
. 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBFFFE5A3F88A4D37B0FD50" bold="true" box="[465,643,631,656]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
Gulf of 
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A0058A4D37B0FD50" box="[556,643,631,656]" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingRegion id="49CAF846FFBFFFE5A0058A4D37B0FD50" box="[556,643,631,656]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Mexico</collectingRegion>
</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBFFFE5A0BC8A4D362BFD50" box="[661,792,631,656]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A1008A4D3649FD4F" box="[809,890,631,655]" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">USNM</collectionCode>
<date id="FFB01064FFBFFFE5A1A88A4D36E6FD50" box="[897,981,631,656]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" value="32-08-16">160832</date>
(adult male, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A64E8A4D31F7FD4F" box="[1127,1220,631,656]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.96" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="396.0">396 mm</quantity>
DW). 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBFFFE5A7268A4D304DFD50" bold="true" box="[1295,1406,631,656]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A7268A4D304DFD50" box="[1295,1406,631,656]" name="Bahamas" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Bahamas</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBFFFE5A7B98A4D3434FD74" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A3338AA13461FD73" box="[282,338,667,691]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34838" name="Forschungsinstitut und Natur-Museum Senckenberg" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">SMF</collectionCode>
2398 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A0498AA1378DFD73" box="[608,702,667,691]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.71" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="171.0">171 mm</quantity>
DW). 
<emphasis id="B97AEAB6FFBFFFE5A1258AA13643FD74" bold="true" box="[780,880,667,692]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">
<collectingCountry id="F3197634FFBFFFE5A1258AA13643FD74" box="[780,880,667,692]" name="Jamaica" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">Jamaica</collectingCountry>
</emphasis>
(
<specimenCount id="9D08FD2DFFBFFFE5A1AB8AA13135FD74" box="[898,1030,667,692]" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" type="generic">1 specimen</specimenCount>
): 
<collectionCode id="ED1FAE61FFBFFFE5A6308AA63165FD73" box="[1049,1110,668,691]" country="Germany" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/8syf-d21i" name="Museum f<>r Naturkunde Berlin (Zoological Collections)" pageId="34" pageNumber="35">ZMB</collectionCode>
34702 (juvenile female, 
<quantity id="4CF69B41FFBFFFE5A75B8AA135F0FD17" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.19" pageId="34" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="219.0">219 mm</quantity>
DW).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
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