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[New Japanese name: Soyo-goma-umihebi] (
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TL, sex unknown, off
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC5C225FCD98368FC0FC40D" bold="true" box="[846,958,2052,2076]" pageId="0" pageNumber="219">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
An elongate species of
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with the following combination of characters: tail 1.8, head 12.6, and body depth 45.0 in total length (tail 57.0% TL, head 8.0% TL, and body depth at gill opening 2.2% TL); tip of lower jaw anterior to a vertical through anterior margin of eye; 3 preopercular and 5 supratemporal pores; teeth conical, uniserial on jaws, a single vomerine tooth; and VF 59-145.
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Fig. 1. Preserved condition of the holotype of
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, NSMT-P 127390, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan.
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Fig. 2. Arrangement of sensory canal of head (a), teeth on maxillary and palatal area (b), and dentary (c) of
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, NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171 mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan. Abbreviations: IMT, intermaxillary teeth; IO, infraorbital pores; LL, lateral-line pores; M, mandibular pores; PN, posterior nostril; PO, preopercular pores; SO, supraorbital pores; ST, supratemporal pores; UJT, upper-jaw teeth; VT, vomerine teeth. Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-supratemporal (right) pores.
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Counts and measurements (in mm) of the
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Preanal vertebrae 59; total vertebrae 145; preanal lateral-line pores 59, with 8 pores in branchial region. Total length 171; head 13.6; trunk 59.9; tail 97.4; body depth at gill openings
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Fig. 3. Arrangement of supraorbital pores (SO) and location of lower-jaw tip (arrow) of
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(a),
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(c). a, NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan; b, USNM 348474, 1 of 3 specimens, 198mm TL, Erromango Island, Vanuatu; c, WMNH 2010PIS159, 448mm TL, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Abbreviation: SO, supraorbital pore.
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Indo-Pacific
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<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8995FB74CF36" box="[1116,1221,761,807]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Supraorbital pores</th>
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8995FA38CF36" box="[1259,1417,761,807]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Supraorbital-canal branching</th>
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<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD8851FA38CF40" box="[842,1417,829,849]" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8851FBA5CF40" box="[842,1044,829,849]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8851FC44CF41" box="[842,1013,829,848]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus australis</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8851FB74CF40" box="[1116,1221,829,849]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+4</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8851FA38CF40" box="[1259,1417,829,849]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1</td>
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<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8830FBA5CF61" box="[842,1044,860,880]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8830FBB2CF7E" box="[842,1027,860,879]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus dunalailai</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8830FB74CF61" box="[1116,1221,860,880]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+4</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8830FA38CF61" box="[1259,1417,860,880]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
0
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FAAC8831FAF7CF61" bold="true" box="[1339,1350,861,880]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">*</emphasis>
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<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8817FBA5CF9E" box="[842,1044,891,911]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8817FBBCCF9F" box="[842,1037,891,910]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus flavicaudus</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8817FB74CF9E" box="[1116,1221,891,911]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+4</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8817FA38CF9E" box="[1259,1417,891,911]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1</td>
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<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD88F6FA38CFBF" box="[842,1417,922,942]" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD88F6FBA5CFBF" box="[842,1044,922,942]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC7C227FCDD88F7FC46CFBF" authorityName="Hibino, Shibata and Kimura" authorityYear="2014" box="[842,1015,923,942]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="221" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hatookai">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD88F7FC46CFBF" box="[842,1015,923,942]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus hatookai</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB88F6FB74CFBF" box="[1116,1221,922,942]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+6</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C88F6FA38CFBF" box="[1259,1417,922,942]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">2</td>
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<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD88D5FA38CFDC" box="[842,1417,953,973]" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD88D5FBA5CFDC" box="[842,1044,953,973]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD88D6FBA5CFDC" box="[842,1044,954,973]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB88D5FB74CFDC" box="[1116,1221,953,973]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+6</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C88D5FA38CFDC" box="[1259,1417,953,973]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">2</td>
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<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD88B4FA38CFFD" box="[842,1417,984,1004]" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD88B4FBA5CFFD" box="[842,1044,984,1004]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD88B5FC4BCFFD" box="[842,1018,985,1004]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus klazingai</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB88B4FB74CFFD" box="[1116,1221,984,1004]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+6</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C88B4FA38CFFD" box="[1259,1417,984,1004]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">2</td>
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<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD889BFA38C81A" box="[842,1417,1015,1035]" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD889BFBA5C81A" box="[842,1044,1015,1035]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC7C227FCDD8894FC45C81A" authorityName="McCosker &amp; Hibino" authorityYear="2015" box="[842,1012,1016,1035]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="221" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabar">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8894FC45C81A" box="[842,1012,1016,1035]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus malabar</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB889BFB74C81A" box="[1116,1221,1015,1035]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+4</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C889BFA38C81A" box="[1259,1417,1015,1035]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
0
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FAAC8894FAF7C81A" bold="true" box="[1339,1350,1016,1035]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">*</emphasis>
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<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD8F7AFA38C83B" box="[842,1417,1046,1066]" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8F7AFBA5C83B" box="[842,1044,1046,1066]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC7C227FCDD8F7BFC57C838" box="[842,998,1047,1066]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="221" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moseri">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8F7BFC57C838" box="[842,998,1047,1066]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus moseri</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8F7AFB74C83B" box="[1116,1221,1046,1066]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+4</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8F7AFA38C83B" box="[1259,1417,1046,1066]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">0</td>
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<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD8F59FA38C858" box="[842,1417,1077,1097]" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8F59FBA5C858" box="[842,1044,1077,1097]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8F5AFC65C859" box="[842,980,1078,1097]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus mysi</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8F59FB74C858" box="[1116,1221,1077,1097]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+4</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8F59FA38C858" box="[1259,1417,1077,1097]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
0
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FAAC8F5AFAF7C858" bold="true" box="[1339,1350,1078,1097]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">*</emphasis>
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</tr>
<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD8F38FA38C879" box="[842,1417,1108,1128]" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8F38FBA5C879" box="[842,1044,1108,1128]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC7C227FCDD8F39FC4DC879" box="[842,1020,1109,1128]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="221" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="nariculus">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8F39FC4DC879" box="[842,1020,1109,1128]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus nariculus</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8F38FB74C879" box="[1116,1221,1108,1128]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+6</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8F38FA38C879" box="[1259,1417,1108,1128]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">2</td>
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<tr id="29B43483FFC73DDAFCDD8F1FFA38C896" box="[842,1417,1139,1159]" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8F1FFBA5C896" box="[842,1044,1139,1159]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC7C227FCDD8F18FC4DC896" authorityName="Machida and Ohta" authorityYear="1994" box="[842,1020,1140,1159]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="221" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="orientalis">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8F18FC4DC896" box="[842,1020,1140,1159]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus orientalis</emphasis>
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</th>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8F1FFB74C896" box="[1116,1221,1139,1159]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+6</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8F1FFA38C896" box="[1259,1417,1139,1159]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1</td>
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<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8FFEFBA5C8B7" box="[842,1044,1170,1190]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC7C227FCDD8FFFFC54C8B7" authorityName="Hibino" authorityYear="2018" box="[842,997,1171,1190]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="221" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="soyoae">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8FFFFC54C8B7" box="[842,997,1171,1190]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus soyoae</emphasis>
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</th>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8FFEFB74C8B7" box="[1116,1221,1170,1190]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+6</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8FFEFA38C8B7" box="[1259,1417,1170,1190]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1</td>
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<th id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFCDD8FDDFBA5C8D4" box="[842,1044,1201,1221]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FCDD8FDEFC45C8D4" box="[842,1012,1202,1221]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Apterichtus succinus</emphasis>
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<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFBCB8FDDFB74C8D4" box="[1116,1221,1201,1221]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">1+6</td>
<td id="6A655DFFFFC73DDAFB7C8FDDFA38C8D4" box="[1259,1417,1201,1221]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">2</td>
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Presumed from figures of
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Fig. 4. Sensory canal system of
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(a) and
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(b). a, NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan; b, USNM 348474, 198mm TL, Erromango Island, Vanuatu. Abbreviation: SO, supraorbital pore.
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<paragraph id="973B36C1FFC7C227FF0B8D32FDAECB09" blockId="2.[156,767,1630,2077]" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">3.8; body width at gill openings 2.5; body depth at anus 2.5; body width at anus 2.5; head depth at branchial basket 4.3; head width at branchial basket 3.8; snout length 2.4; tip of snout to tip of lower jaw 2.2; tip of snout to rictus (end of gape) 5.3; eye diameter 1.2; interorbital distance 1.1; gillopening length 2.0; isthmus width 0.5.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC7C227FF228C4DFE88CB28" bold="true" box="[181,313,1825,1849]" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Description.</emphasis>
Body elongate, subcylindrical, tip of tail strongly laterally compressed and extremely pointed (
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,
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC7C227FF0B8C0EFF06CB6B" box="[156,183,1890,1914]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[156,187,1780,1802]" captionTargetBox="[189,1397,939,1740]" captionTargetId="figure-127@1.[187,1399,937,1742]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 2. Arrangement of sensory canal of head (a), teeth on maxillary and palatal area (b), and dentary (c) of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov., NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan. Abbreviations: IMT, intermaxillary teeth; IO, infraorbital pores; LL, lateral-line pores; M, mandibular pores; PN, posterior nostril; PO, preopercular pores; SO, supraorbital pores; ST, supratemporal pores; UJT, upper-jaw teeth; VT, vomerine teeth. Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-supratemporal (right) pores." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738129" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738129/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">2a</figureCitation>
). Head short; preanal length much shorter than tail,
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TL.
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Snout moderate in length, twice eye diameter, its tip prominently pointed; distinct median groove ventrally on snout, its anterior tip beyond anteriormost margin of first infraorbital pore; slope of dorsal surface of snout approxi- mately 40° relative to underside of snout. Anterior nostril tubular but extremely short, tube length shorter than pupil diameter; posterior nostril oval in shape with an inner valve, located on anteroventral margin of eye, opening ventrally. Eyes moderate in size, covered by a transparent skin; center of eye anterior to mid-jaw (
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC7C227FBDE8ED7FB20C9C2" box="[1097,1169,1467,1491]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[156,187,1780,1802]" captionTargetBox="[189,1397,939,1740]" captionTargetId="figure-127@1.[187,1399,937,1742]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 2. Arrangement of sensory canal of head (a), teeth on maxillary and palatal area (b), and dentary (c) of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov., NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan. Abbreviations: IMT, intermaxillary teeth; IO, infraorbital pores; LL, lateral-line pores; M, mandibular pores; PN, posterior nostril; PO, preopercular pores; SO, supraorbital pores; ST, supratemporal pores; UJT, upper-jaw teeth; VT, vomerine teeth. Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-supratemporal (right) pores." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738129" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738129/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Fig. 2a</figureCitation>
). Mouth inferior, distance from tip of snout to anterior tip of lower jaw slightly shorter than twice eye diameter; lower jaw short, its tip pointed and located anterior to a vertical through anterior margin of eye (
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC7C227FCAB8D51FC37CA44" box="[828,902,1597,1621]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,531,553]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,211,490]" captionTargetId="figure-362@2.[187,1400,205,492]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 3. Arrangement of supraorbital pores (SO) and location of lower-jaw tip (arrow) of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov. (a), Apterichtus klazingai (b), and Apterichtus moseri (c). a, NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan; b, USNM 348474, 1 of 3 specimens, 198mm TL, Erromango Island, Vanuatu; c, WMNH 2010PIS159, 448mm TL, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Abbreviation: SO, supraorbital pore." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738131" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738131/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Fig. 3a</figureCitation>
); rictus short, posterior end of gape well behind a vertical through posterior margin of eye; lips smooth with distinct folds, fold on upper lip extending from a vertical through first infraorbital pore to posterior rictus. Gill openings completely ventral, slender leaf-like shape, their diameters less than twice eye diameter; anterior margins of gill openings close-set but not connected.
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Sensory pores on head developed, arrangement of those pores as follows (
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC7C227FC758C2DFB9CCB4B" box="[994,1069,1857,1882]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[156,187,1780,1802]" captionTargetBox="[189,1397,939,1740]" captionTargetId="figure-127@1.[187,1399,937,1742]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 2. Arrangement of sensory canal of head (a), teeth on maxillary and palatal area (b), and dentary (c) of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov., NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan. Abbreviations: IMT, intermaxillary teeth; IO, infraorbital pores; LL, lateral-line pores; M, mandibular pores; PN, posterior nostril; PO, preopercular pores; SO, supraorbital pores; ST, supratemporal pores; UJT, upper-jaw teeth; VT, vomerine teeth. Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-supratemporal (right) pores." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738129" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738129/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Figs 2a</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC7C227FBA08C2EFBE0CB4B" box="[1079,1105,1858,1882]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1460,1482]" captionTargetBox="[167,756,698,1421]" captionTargetId="figure-427@2.[166,757,697,1422]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 4. Sensory canal system of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov. (a) and Apterichtus klazingai (b). a, NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan; b, USNM 348474, 198mm TL, Erromango Island, Vanuatu. Abbreviation: SO, supraorbital pore." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738133" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738133/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">4a</figureCitation>
): 1+6 on supraorbital (5th pore branched downward from other pores), 6+3 on infraorbital, 5 on lower jaw, 3 on preopercle, and 5 on supratemporal, one of those on mid-temporal; a single median interorbital pore. Lateral-line pores small but obvious. Lateral line almost complete except for near tip of tail.
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Teeth (
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC7C227FC008369FC4DC40C" box="[919,1020,2053,2077]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[156,187,1780,1802]" captionTargetBox="[189,1397,939,1740]" captionTargetId="figure-127@1.[187,1399,937,1742]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 2. Arrangement of sensory canal of head (a), teeth on maxillary and palatal area (b), and dentary (c) of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov., NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan. Abbreviations: IMT, intermaxillary teeth; IO, infraorbital pores; LL, lateral-line pores; M, mandibular pores; PN, posterior nostril; PO, preopercular pores; SO, supraorbital pores; ST, supratemporal pores; UJT, upper-jaw teeth; VT, vomerine teeth. Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-supratemporal (right) pores." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738129" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738129/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="221">Fig. 2b, c</figureCitation>
) pointed, slightly recurved posteriorly; teeth on maxilla and dentary uniserial; a single vomerine tooth on anteriormost vomer, clearly separated from upperjaw teeth; intermaxillary teeth slightly larger and more slen- der than maxillary teeth, arranged in a chevron shape along with edge of pre-ethmoid; part of intermaxillary teeth visible when mouth is closed. All fins absent.
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Fig. 5. Type locality of
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(star).
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FF228F78FE81C83D" bold="true" box="[181,304,1044,1068]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Coloration.</emphasis>
No fresh color information. In ethanol preservative, head and body mostly yellowish brown, with extremely faint pale brown spots on occipital.
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<subSubSection id="DF9E654AFFC6C226FF228F1AFDFAC8BF" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="973B36C1FFC6C226FF228F1AFDFAC8BF" blockId="3.[156,767,849,2077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FF228F1AFE9CC89F" bold="true" box="[181,301,1142,1166]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Etymology.</emphasis>
The scientific name
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FD9A8F1BFDFFC89F" box="[525,590,1143,1166]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">soyoae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
after R/V Soyomaru, the collecting vessel of the
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.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DF9E654AFFC6C226FF228FDBFE98C901" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="973B36C1FFC6C226FF228FDBFE98C901" blockId="3.[156,767,849,2077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FF228FDBFEF0C8DE" bold="true" box="[181,321,1207,1231]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known only from the
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, from off Tori-shima island, Zunan Islands of Izu Islands, southern
<collectingCountry id="EF937651FFC6C226FF0B8F94FF65C91E" box="[156,212,1272,1295]" name="Japan" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Japan</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC6C226FF768F94FEACC901" box="[225,285,1272,1296]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[156,187,768,790]" captionTargetBox="[165,756,206,728]" captionTargetId="figure-800@3.[164,758,205,729]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 5. Type locality of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov. (star)." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738135" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738135/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="DF9E654AFFC6C226FF228E75FC51C8BF" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="973B36C1FFC6C226FF228E75FEBECB09" blockId="3.[156,767,849,2077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FF228E75FEA8C920" bold="true" box="[181,281,1305,1329]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC6C226FEB08E74FE56C921" authority="Hibino, 2018" authorityName="Hibino" authorityYear="2018" box="[295,487,1304,1328]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="soyoae" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FEB08E74FE56C921" box="[295,487,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Apterichtus soyoae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="BEC357A8FFC6C226FE628E75FDF9C921" box="[501,584,1305,1328]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is similar to
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FD7F8E75FF6EC940" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. moseri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC6C226FE818E55FE3EC940" baseAuthorityName="Weber" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[278,399,1337,1361]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="klazingai">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FE818E55FE3EC940" box="[278,399,1337,1361]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. klazingai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the numbers of its supratemporal and preopercular pores and vertebrae. In addition, the new species shares the location of the lower-jaw tip with
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC6C226FF0B8EF7FF4CC9A3" box="[156,253,1435,1458]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moseri">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FF0B8EF7FF4CC9A3" box="[156,253,1435,1458]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. moseri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
<taxonomicName id="50844D42FFC6C226FE9D8EF6FE75C9A3" authorityName="Hibino" authorityYear="2018" box="[266,452,1434,1458]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="soyoae">
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FE9D8EF6FE75C9A3" box="[266,452,1434,1458]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Apterichtus soyoae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FDDA8EF7FD1EC9A3" box="[589,687,1435,1458]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. moseri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having more supraorbital pores (1+6
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FD948ED0FDACC9C2" box="[515,541,1468,1491]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
1+4), the number of branchings of the supraorbital canal (1
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FDAD8EB0FDE5C9E2" box="[570,596,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
0), shape of the snout (distinctly pointed
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FE358E91FE0CCA05" box="[418,445,1533,1556]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
relatively blunt), eye size (50% of snout length
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FEDE8D71FED2CA25" box="[329,355,1565,1588]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
3545%; 8.8% of head length
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FD388D71FD7BCA25" box="[687,714,1565,1588]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
6.3 8.0%) (
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC6C226FF728D51FEF7CA44" box="[229,326,1597,1621]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="1.[156,187,1780,1802]" captionTargetBox="[189,1397,939,1740]" captionTargetId="figure-127@1.[187,1399,937,1742]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="Fig. 2. Arrangement of sensory canal of head (a), teeth on maxillary and palatal area (b), and dentary (c) of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov., NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan. Abbreviations: IMT, intermaxillary teeth; IO, infraorbital pores; LL, lateral-line pores; M, mandibular pores; PN, posterior nostril; PO, preopercular pores; SO, supraorbital pores; ST, supratemporal pores; UJT, upper-jaw teeth; VT, vomerine teeth. Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-supratemporal (right) pores." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738129" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738129/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Fig. 2a, c</figureCitation>
), and the number of vomerine teeth (1
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FD728D52FD4ECA44" box="[741,767,1598,1621]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
25). The new species can also be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FD7F8D32FF47CA87" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. klazingai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the number of branchings of the supraorbital canal (1
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FF608DCCFEA0CAA6" box="[247,273,1696,1719]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
2) (
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC6C226FEA98DF3FECACAA6" box="[318,379,1695,1719]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1460,1482]" captionTargetBox="[167,756,698,1421]" captionTargetId="figure-427@2.[166,757,697,1422]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 4. Sensory canal system of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov. (a) and Apterichtus klazingai (b). a, NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan; b, USNM 348474, 198mm TL, Erromango Island, Vanuatu. Abbreviation: SO, supraorbital pore." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738133" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738133/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Fig. 4</figureCitation>
), the number of infraorbital pores (7
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FF0B8DACFF07CAC6" box="[156,182,1728,1751]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
9), and location of the lower jaw tip (anterior to a vertical through anterior margin of eye
<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FE748D8DFE4CCAE9" box="[483,509,1761,1784]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">vs.</emphasis>
posterior to the vertical) (
<figureCitation id="0FBF2A44FFC6C226FF348C6CFEB3CB09" box="[163,258,1792,1816]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,531,553]" captionTargetBox="[189,1398,211,490]" captionTargetId="figure-362@2.[187,1400,205,492]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 3. Arrangement of supraorbital pores (SO) and location of lower-jaw tip (arrow) of Apterichtus soyoae sp. nov. (a), Apterichtus klazingai (b), and Apterichtus moseri (c). a, NSMT-P 127390, holotype, 171mm TL, off Tori-shima island, southern Japan; b, USNM 348474, 1 of 3 specimens, 198mm TL, Erromango Island, Vanuatu; c, WMNH 2010PIS159, 448mm TL, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. Abbreviation: SO, supraorbital pore." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5738131" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5738131/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Fig. 3a, b</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="973B36C1FFC6C226FF228C4DFBFECDF3" blockId="3.[156,767,849,2077]" lastBlockId="3.[820,1432,198,1198]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">
In the genus, members having 1+4 supraorbital pores generally have no branchings in the supraorbital canal, and members having 1+6 supraorbital pores generally have two branchings of 4th and 5th supraorbital pores. However, in the latter group
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FEDD8CCFFE77CBAA" box="[330,454,1955,1979]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. orientalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FD978CCFFDD0CBAA" box="[512,609,1955,1979]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. soyoae</emphasis>
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have only one branching of the 5th pore. Additionally,
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FDA88CA8FD03CBCA" box="[575,690,1987,2011]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. australis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FD7F8CA8FEBCCBED" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. flavicaudus</emphasis>
(Snyder, 1904)
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have 1+4 supraorbital pores but have one branching of the 4th pore (
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). Although it is known that the numbers of the supratemporal and preopercular pores are nearly invariable within a species, two species (
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FCFE8A64FC4FCD0E" box="[873,1022,263,287]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. jeffwilliamsi</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="F3154B30FFC6C226FB938A6BFA90CD0E" author="McCosker, J. E. &amp; Hibino, Y." box="[1028,1313,263,287]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222" pagination="49 - 78" refId="ref3041" refString="McCosker, J. E. and Hibino, Y. 2015. A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3941: 49 - 78." type="journal article" year="2015">McCosker and Hibino, 2015</bibRefCitation>
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and
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FAC48A64FCE6CD2E" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">A. moseri</emphasis>
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) have intraspecific variation in that of the supratemporal and one of the preopercular pores. Intraspecific variations of the supraorbital counts were not observed by
<bibRefCitation id="F3154B30FFC6C226FA948A05FC74CDB0" author="McCosker, J. E. &amp; Hibino, Y." pageId="3" pageNumber="222" pagination="49 - 78" refId="ref3041" refString="McCosker, J. E. and Hibino, Y. 2015. A review of the finless snake eels of the genus Apterichtus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of five new species. Zootaxa 3941: 49 - 78." type="journal article" year="2015">McCosker and Hibino (2015)</bibRefCitation>
or the present study. Consequently, the numbers of branching and supraorbital pore counts may contribute to species identification.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FCD98A87FBF8CE12" bold="true" box="[846,1097,491,515]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Comparative materials:</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FBC58A87FA93CE12" box="[1106,1314,491,515]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Apterichtus hatookai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
:
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TL,
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,
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,
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="EF937651FFC6C226FB098940FB68CE52" box="[1182,1241,556,579]" name="Japan" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Japan</collectingCountry>
;
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TL,
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,
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,
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FB0A8901FA23CE94" box="[1181,1426,621,645]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Apterichtus jeffwilliamsi</emphasis>
: USNM
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363869,
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TL,
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,
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,
<collectingCountry id="EF937651FFC6C226FC5889C3FB97CED7" box="[975,1062,687,710]" name="Vanuatu" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Vanuatu</collectingCountry>
;
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,
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TL, collected with holotype;
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,
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,
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TL,
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,
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.
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<emphasis id="A5F0EAD3FFC6C226FBE5887CFAF2CF39" box="[1138,1347,784,808]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Apterichtus klazingai</emphasis>
: USNM
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348474,
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TL,
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,
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,
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;
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TL,
<collectingCountry id="EF937651FFC6C226FACE883DFCC5CF98" name="Wallis Island" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Wallis Island</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCounty id="7E5A4E4DFFC6C226FC16881DFC6BCF98" box="[897,986,881,905]" pageId="3" pageNumber="222">Ile Uvea</collectingCounty>
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.
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TL,
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,
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; NSMT- P
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TL, Kumano-nada Sea (
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,
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),
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;
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TL, Kii Peninsula (
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,
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),
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