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<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591C276BFF58AB37FE45CF62" bold="true" box="[151,446,778,804]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ophichthus microstictus</emphasis>
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2001-0007,
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, male,
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, Nkotu Group (
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), Sta.
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<collectingCountry id="F3587636591C276BFAE5AB47FAA8CFD2" box="[1322,1363,890,916]" name="Switzerland" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">CH</collectingCountry>
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.
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</emphasis>
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<collectionCode id="ED5EAE63591C276BFE9AABF5FE54CFA4" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" box="[341,431,968,994]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MNHN</collectionCode>
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, an unripe male,
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<collectingCountry id="F3587636591C276BFC4EABF5FC56CFA4" box="[897,941,968,994]" name="Fiji" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Fiji</collectingCountry>
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<geoCoordinate id="EE7B5061591C276BFB7AABF5FAD1CFA4" box="[1205,1322,965,994]" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" precision="925" value="-178.5">178o30'W</geoCoordinate>
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), Sta. CP 1501, captured by otter trawl in
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<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFDFDABD0FD38C841" box="[562,707,1005,1031]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.535" metricValueMax="3.57" metricValueMin="3.5" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="m" value="353.5" valueMax="357.0" valueMin="350.0">350–357 m</quantity>
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<date id="FFF11066591C276BFD1EABD0FC84C841" box="[721,895,1005,1031]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1999-03-13">13 Mar. 1999</date>
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<collectionCode id="ED5EAE63591C276BFC43ABD0FC11C841" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" box="[908,1002,1005,1031]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MNHN</collectionCode>
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<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFC3CABD0FB0DC841" box="[1011,1270,1005,1031]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.49207" metricValueMax="10.96413" metricValueMin="0.02001" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="mm" value="549207.0" valueMax="1096413.0" valueMin="2001.0">2001-1096, 413 mm</quantity>
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<collectingCountry id="F3587636591C276BFACBABD0FACFC841" box="[1284,1332,1005,1031]" name="Fiji" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Fiji</collectingCountry>
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, Lakeba (
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<geoCoordinate id="EE7B5061591C276BFF6FAC2BFF00C876" box="[160,251,1043,1072]" direction="south" orientation="latitude" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" precision="925" value="-18.2">18o12'S</geoCoordinate>
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<geoCoordinate id="EE7B5061591C276BFEC8AC2BFE88C876" box="[263,371,1043,1072]" direction="east" orientation="longitude" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" precision="925" value="178.61667">178o37'E</geoCoordinate>
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), Sta. CP 1505 #37, captured by otter trawl in
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<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFC5FAC2BFBEEC876" box="[912,1045,1046,1072]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.35" metricValueMax="4.5" metricValueMin="4.2" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="m" value="435.0" valueMax="450.0" valueMin="420.0">420–450 m</quantity>
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during
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<date id="FFF11066591C276BFBA0AC2BFB10C876" box="[1135,1259,1046,1072]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="1999-03">Mar. 1999</date>
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<collectionCode id="ED5EAE63591C276BFB38AC2BFAAAC876" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" box="[1271,1361,1046,1072]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MNHN</collectionCode>
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2001- 1069, 3(
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<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFF3BAC03FE6CC81E" box="[244,407,1086,1112]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.7399999999999998" metricValueMax="3.91" metricValueMin="3.57" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="mm" value="374.0" valueMax="391.0" valueMin="357.0">357–391 mm</quantity>
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),
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<collectingCountry id="F3587636591C276BFE65AC03FE0DC81E" box="[426,502,1086,1112]" name="Tonga" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Tonga</collectingCountry>
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, N. Ha'apa Group (
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), Sta.
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<collectingCountry id="F3587636591C276BFB8EAC03FB91C81E" box="[1089,1130,1086,1112]" name="Switzerland" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">CH</collectingCountry>
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1596, trawled in
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<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFAFAAC03FF55C83B" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.04" metricValueMax="4.37" metricValueMin="3.71" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="m" value="404.0" valueMax="437.0" valueMin="371.0">371–437 m</quantity>
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on
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<date id="FFF11066591C276BFF17AC5EFE8CC83B" box="[216,375,1123,1149]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" value="2000-06-14">14 June 2000</date>
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;
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<collectionCode id="ED5EAE63591C276BFE4DAC5EFE40C83B" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34700" box="[386,443,1123,1149]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:15690" name="California Academy of Sciences" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">CAS</collectionCode>
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<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFE0DAC5EFD70C83B" box="[450,651,1123,1149]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.2917938999999996" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="mm" value="2.2917939E8">229179, 390 mm</quantity>
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, collected with
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<collectionCode id="ED5EAE63591C276BFC8EAC5EFC60C83B" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" box="[833,923,1123,1149]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MNHN</collectionCode>
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2001-1069;
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<collectionCode id="ED5EAE63591C276BFBFFAC5EFB71C83B" LSID="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" box="[1072,1162,1123,1149]" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">MNHN</collectionCode>
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2001-1070, 2(
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<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFAFCAC5EFF32C8E0" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.66" metricValueMax="4.89" metricValueMin="4.43" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="mm" value="466.0" valueMax="489.0" valueMin="443.0">443–489 mm</quantity>
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),
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<collectingCountry id="F3587636591C276BFF12ACB1FED2C8E0" box="[221,297,1164,1190]" name="Tonga" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Tonga</collectingCountry>
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, Nkotu Group (
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,
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), collected with the
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<typeStatus id="54F48804591C276BFC3DACB1FBA6C8E0" box="[1010,1117,1164,1190]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="C355652D591C276BFF09AC89FCD0C8B5" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8BF036A6591C276BFF09AC89FCD0C8B5" blockId="27.[151,1437,888,2014]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591C276BFF09AC89FE87C888" bold="true" box="[198,380,1204,1230]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Non-paratype.</emphasis>
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MNHN
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<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFE3DAC89FD09C888" box="[498,754,1204,1230]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.242125" metricValueMax="12.46438" metricValueMin="0.019869999999999995" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="mm" value="624212.5" valueMax="1246438.0" valueMin="1987.0">1987-1246, 438 mm</quantity>
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,
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<collectingCountry id="F3587636591C276BFCCAAC89FC3EC888" box="[773,965,1204,1230]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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, Balade (
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,
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|
||
), captured (presumably trapped) in
|
||
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||
by Laboute during 1978.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C355652D591C276BFF09ACC3FE82CAF5" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF036A6591C276BFF09ACC3FD1CC9BF" blockId="27.[151,1437,888,2014]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
|
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591C276BFF09ACC3FEBDC95E" bold="true" box="[198,326,1278,1304]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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||
A moderately elongate species of
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591C276BFD28ACC2FC95C95E" box="[743,878,1279,1304]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Ophichthus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, subgenus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D25591C276BFC3AACC2FB7AC95E" box="[1013,1153,1279,1304]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Coecilophis" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591C276BFC3AACC2FB7AC95E" box="[1013,1153,1279,1304]" italics="true" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Coecilophis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
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, with: tail 57–59% and head 11% of total length; dorsal-fin origin slightly ahead of pectoral-tips; pectoral fins moderately elongate, wedge-shaped, shorter than jaw; posterior nostril a hole in upper lip, covered by a flap; head pores minute, inconspicuous, SO 1+4, IO 4+2, POM 2-3+6; teeth small, conical and numerous, uniserial on vomer, mandible, and anterior and posterior portions of maxillary, which are irregularly biserial; coloration pale, slightly darker dorsally, irregular faint white patches beneath lateral midline, all fins pale. Mean vertebral formula 13/56/154, total vertebrae 151–156 (n=9).
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</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591C276BFF09AE39FCB3CA58" bold="true" box="[198,840,1540,1566]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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||
Counts and measurements (in mm) of the
|
||
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||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
Total length 445; head 48.1; trunk 138.9; tail 258; predorsal distance 63; pectoral-fin length 13.8; pectoral-fin base 4.5; body depth at gill openings ~16; body width at gill openings ~14.5; body depth at anus ~15; body width at anus ~12.5; snout 9.3; tip of snout to rictus 16.8; eye diameter 6.3; interorbital distance 5.8; gill-opening height 7.5; isthmus width 7.3. Vertebral formula 13/57/154.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C355652D591C276EFF09AE83FC64CE61" lastPageId="30" lastPageNumber="31" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" type="description">
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||
<paragraph id="8BF036A6591C276CFF09AE83FEE6CD64" blockId="27.[151,1437,888,2014]" lastBlockId="28.[151,1437,152,290]" lastPageId="28" lastPageNumber="29" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591C276BFF09AE83FEA5CA9E" bold="true" box="[198,350,1726,1752]" pageId="27" pageNumber="28">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
Body moderately elongate (
|
||
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|
||
), compressed in posterior tail region, depth at gill openings
|
||
<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFEC6AED9FE89CAB8" box="[265,370,1764,1790]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.239" metricValueMax="8.382" metricValueMin="6.096" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="in" value="28.5" valueMax="33.0" valueMin="24.0">24–33 in</quantity>
|
||
TL. Branchial basket slightly wider and deeper than body. Head and trunk
|
||
<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFB3FAED9FA93CAB8" box="[1264,1384,1764,1790]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.968999999999999" metricValueMax="6.096" metricValueMin="5.842" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="in" value="2.3499999999999996" valueMax="2.4" valueMin="2.3">2.3–2.4 in</quantity>
|
||
TL; head
|
||
<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFF1AAF34FEB1CB65" box="[213,330,1801,1827]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.286" metricValueMax="2.3367999999999998" metricValueMin="2.2352" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="in" value="9.0" valueMax="9.2" valueMin="8.8">8.8–9.2 in</quantity>
|
||
TL,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFE4CAF34FE03CB65" box="[387,504,1801,1827]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.985" metricValueMax="7.366" metricValueMin="6.604" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="in" value="2.75" valueMax="2.9" valueMin="2.6">2.6–2.9 in</quantity>
|
||
trunk. Snout moderate, conical when viewed from above. Snout not bisected on underside by a groove. Lower jaw slightly included, upper and lower lips meet when mouth is closed. Mouth moderately elongate, rictus about 1/3 eye length behind rear margin of eye. Eye large,
|
||
<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFB6BAF69FAE6CB28" box="[1188,1309,1876,1902]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.223000000000001" metricValueMax="6.8580000000000005" metricValueMin="5.588000000000001" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="in" value="2.45" valueMax="2.7" valueMin="2.2">2.2–2.7 in</quantity>
|
||
upper jaw and
|
||
<quantity id="4CB79B43591C276BFF07AF44FEC4CBD5" box="[200,319,1913,1939]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.8669" metricValueMax="1.9304" metricValueMin="1.8034" pageId="27" pageNumber="28" unit="in" value="7.35" valueMax="7.6" valueMin="7.1">7.1–7.6 in</quantity>
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head, its center well behind middle of upper jaw. Tube of anterior nostril short, barely reaching lower lip when deflected downward. Lip barbels absent. Posterior nostril a hole above upper lip, covered by an anterior flap that extends beneath edge of mouth; a short crease in lower lip at anterior edge of posterior nostril. Dorsal-fin origin slightly in advance of pectoral tips. Dorsal fin low, in a groove that deepens posteriorly. Anal fin higher. Median fins expanded before tail tip. Pectoral fins wedge-shaped, slightly less than jaw in length. Pectoral-fin base in upper half of gill opening. Posterior half of tail markedly tapered, its tip pointed.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
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<paragraph id="8BF036A6591B276CFF58AACDFB7CCF4E" blockId="28.[151,1159,752,776]" box="[151,1159,752,776]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591B276CFF58AACDFEDDCF4E" bold="true" box="[151,294,752,776]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">FIGURE 29.</emphasis>
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||
Holotype of
|
||
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591B276CFE7BAACCFD4DCF4E" box="[436,694,753,776]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ophichthus microstictus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, MNHN 2001-0007, 445 mm, from Tonga.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF30662E591B276CFF58ACE0FBA9C8B2" box="[151,1106,1245,1269]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195919/files/figure.png" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" targetBox="[154,1434,820,1223]" targetPageId="28">
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<paragraph id="8BF036A6591B276CFF58ACE0FBA9C8B2" blockId="28.[151,1106,1245,1269]" box="[151,1106,1245,1269]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591B276CFF58ACE0FEDDC8B3" bold="true" box="[151,294,1245,1269]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">FIGURE 30.</emphasis>
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||
Head of holotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D25591B276CFDC5ACE0FCF7C8B2" box="[522,780,1245,1268]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstictus">
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591B276CFDC5ACE0FCF7C8B2" box="[522,780,1245,1268]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ophichthus microstictus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, MNHN 2001-0007, 445 mm.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="DF30662E591B276CFF58AD1FFD58C91C" ID-Table-UUID="DF30662E591B276CFF58AD1FFD58C91C" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF30662E591B276CFF58AD1FFD58C91C" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" targetBox="[151,1436,1397,2018]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="28">
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||
<paragraph id="8BF036A6591B276CFF58AD1FFD58C91C" blockId="28.[151,1436,1314,1370]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591B276CFF58AD1FFEF5C97C" bold="true" box="[151,270,1314,1338]" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
|
||
Counts and proportions (in thousandths) of the holotype and five paratypes of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D25591B276CFBA3AD1EFA8FC97C" box="[1132,1396,1315,1338]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstictus" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591B276CFBA3AD1EFA8FC97C" box="[1132,1396,1315,1338]" italics="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Ophichthus microstictus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="A20857CF591B276CFAB3AD1FFF3CC91C" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" rank="species">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591B276CFAB3AD1FFF3CC91C" bold="true" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
TL = total length. HL = head length. *N = 9
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF036A6591B276CFD23AD48FB9ECBA4" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<table id="F94FC406591BD88FFF58AD48FA67CBA4" box="[151,1436,1397,2018]" gridcols="3" gridrows="11" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AD48FA67C9CA" box="[151,1436,1397,1420]" gridrow="0" pageId="28" pageNumber="29" rowspan-0="1">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AD48FCD2C9CA" box="[748,809,1397,1420]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Mean</th>
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AD48FA67C9CA" box="[1032,1436,1397,1420]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Range</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AD9DFA67C9F1" box="[151,1436,1440,1463]" gridrow="1" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AD9DFE52C9F1" box="[151,425,1440,1463]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">TL (mm)</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AD9DFCD2C9F1" box="[748,809,1440,1463]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">---</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AD9DFA67C9F1" box="[1032,1436,1440,1463]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">389–464</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58ADF6FA67CA4A" box="[151,1436,1483,1548]" gridrow="2" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58ADF6FE52CA4A" box="[151,425,1483,1548]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">HL/TL Head and trunk/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23ADF6FCD2CA4A" box="[748,809,1483,1548]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">111 420</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7ADF6FA67CA4A" box="[1032,1436,1483,1548]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">108–113 409–429</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AE1DFA67CA71" box="[151,1436,1568,1591]" gridrow="3" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AE1DFE52CA71" box="[151,425,1568,1591]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Trunk/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AE1DFCD2CA71" box="[748,809,1568,1591]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">306</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AE1DFA67CA71" box="[1032,1436,1568,1591]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">297–320</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AE76FA67CACA" box="[151,1436,1611,1676]" gridrow="4" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AE76FE52CACA" box="[151,425,1611,1676]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Tail/TL Depth at gill opening/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AE76FCD2CACA" box="[748,809,1611,1676]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">582 40</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AE76FA67CACA" box="[1032,1436,1611,1676]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">571–591 30–42</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AE9DFA67CAF1" box="[151,1436,1696,1719]" gridrow="5" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AE9DFE52CAF1" box="[151,425,1696,1719]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Dorsal-fin origin/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AE9DFCD2CAF1" box="[748,809,1696,1719]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">140</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AE9DFA67CAF1" box="[1032,1436,1696,1719]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">135–146</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AEF6FA67CB4A" box="[151,1436,1739,1804]" gridrow="6" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AEF6FE52CB4A" box="[151,425,1739,1804]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Pectoral-fin length/HL Upper jaw/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AEF6FCD2CB4A" box="[748,809,1739,1804]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">297 343</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AEF6FA67CB4A" box="[1032,1436,1739,1804]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">277–317 307–368</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AF1DFA67CB71" box="[151,1436,1824,1847]" gridrow="7" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AF1DFE52CB71" box="[151,425,1824,1847]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Snout/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AF1DFCD2CB71" box="[748,809,1824,1847]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">195</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AF1DFA67CB71" box="[1032,1436,1824,1847]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">184–203</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AF76FA67CBCA" box="[151,1436,1867,1932]" gridrow="8" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AF76FE52CBCA" box="[151,425,1867,1932]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Eye/HL Predorsal vertebrae*</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AF76FCD2CBCA" box="[748,809,1867,1932]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">138 13</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AF76FA67CBCA" box="[1032,1436,1867,1932]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">131–141 12–15</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AF9DFA67CBF1" box="[151,1436,1952,1975]" gridrow="9" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AF9DFE52CBF1" box="[151,425,1952,1975]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Preanal vertebrae*</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AF9DFCD2CBF1" box="[748,809,1952,1975]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">56</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AF9DFA67CBF1" box="[1032,1436,1952,1975]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">55–58</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="357F34E4591BD88FFF58AFF6FA67CBA4" box="[151,1436,1995,2018]" gridrow="10" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">
|
||
<th id="76AE5D98591BD88FFF58AFF6FE52CBA4" box="[151,425,1995,2018]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">Total vertebrae*</th>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFD23AFF6FCD2CBA4" box="[748,809,1995,2018]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">154</td>
|
||
<td id="76AE5D98591BD88FFBC7AFF6FA67CBA4" box="[1032,1436,1995,2018]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="28" pageNumber="29">151–156</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF30662E591A276DFF58AFEBFB84CBA8" box="[151,1151,2006,2030]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/195920/files/figure.png" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" targetBox="[501,1087,194,1991]" targetPageId="29">
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF036A6591A276DFF58AFEBFB84CBA8" blockId="29.[151,1151,2006,2030]" box="[151,1151,2006,2030]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">
|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591A276DFF58AFEBFEDDCBA8" bold="true" box="[151,294,2006,2030]" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">FIGURE 31.</emphasis>
|
||
Dentition of holotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D25591A276DFDF9AFEAFCC2CBA8" box="[566,825,2007,2030]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="29" pageNumber="30" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="microstictus">
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB4591A276DFDF9AFEAFCC2CBA8" box="[566,825,2007,2030]" italics="true" pageId="29" pageNumber="30">Ophichthus microstictus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, MNHN 2001-0007, 445 mm.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09A8A5FB4ECC91" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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Head pores (
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) small, inconspicuous. Single median interorbital and temporal pores. Supraorbital pores 1+4, infraorbital pores 4+2, lower jaw pores 6, preopercular pores 1–3 (typically 3).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09A8DFFE0FCDD4" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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Teeth (
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) mostly small, conical, slightly recurved. Intermaxillary with a rosette of 4 small teeth, then a gap, then 4 small teeth, followed by a short gap and a row of 13 smaller linear vomerine teeth. Maxillary dentition uniserial anteriorly and posteriorly, 27–30 teeth in a row, with a central inner row of 8–11 teeth. Mandibular teeth uniserial, 25–30 teeth in a linear row, similar in size to inner row of mandibular teeth, becoming smaller posteriorly.
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</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09A9A0FA7DCE44" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Color in ethanol yellow-tan throughout, paler on chin and ventral trunk region. Irregular faint white patches occur beneath the lateral midline of the trunk in all specimens and does not appear to be an artifact of preservation. Tip of chin and snout smudged. Anterior nostrils pale. All fins pale. Peritoneum unpigmented.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09AA30FC64CE61" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" box="[198,927,525,551]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFF09AA30FEFBCE61" bold="true" box="[198,256,525,551]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Size.</emphasis>
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The largest known specimen is
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, an unripe male.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C355652D5919276EFF09AA0FFD6FCE34" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09AA0FFD6FCE34" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFF09AA0FFEA8CE0A" bold="true" box="[198,339,562,588]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Etymology.</emphasis>
|
||
From the Greek
|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFDE8AA0FFD8DCE0D" box="[551,630,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">mikros</emphasis>
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(small) and
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFCDDAA0FFCA6CE0D" box="[786,861,562,587]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">stiktos</emphasis>
|
||
(punctures), in reference to its minute cephalic pores; to be treated as a noun in apposition.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="C355652D5919276EFF09AA40FD11CEFA" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09AA40FD11CEFA" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFF09AA40FE9CCED1" bold="true" box="[198,359,637,663]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Distribution.</emphasis>
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||
Known from
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||
<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFDD6AA40FDB9CED1" box="[537,578,637,663]" name="Fiji" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Fiji</collectingCountry>
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and
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<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFD4BAA40FD36CED1" box="[644,717,637,663]" name="Tonga" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Tonga</collectingCountry>
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at depths from
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362–
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<specimenCount id="9D49FD2F5919276EFC1EAA40FBD8CED1" box="[977,1059,637,663]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="generic">450 m</specimenCount>
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</quantity>
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. A single specimen from
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||
<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFAAAAA40FEEACEFA" name="New Caledonia" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
|
||
, captured in
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||
<quantity id="4CB79B435919276EFE69AA9FFE0FCEFA" box="[422,500,674,700]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" unit="m" value="200.0">200 m</quantity>
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, may be this species.
|
||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C355652D5919276EFF09AAFAFA73C9E1" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09AAFAFB75CFA1" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFF09AAFAFEC4CEA7" bold="true" box="[198,319,711,737]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Remarks.</emphasis>
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This new species is described on the basis of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F488045919276EFC5FAAF5FC0DCEA4" box="[912,1014,712,738]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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and eight
|
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<typeStatus id="54F488045919276EFBBBAAF5FB1CCEA4" box="[1140,1255,712,738]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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||
, however three of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F488045919276EFF2CAAD0FEA8CF41" box="[227,339,749,775]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
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were so badly contorted that accurate measurements could not be taken. For that reason they were excluded from
|
||
<tableCitation id="C6CD031D5919276EFE44AB2FFE1ECF6A" box="[395,485,786,812]" captionStart="TABLE 3" captionStartId="28.[151,242,1314,1338]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,1397,2018]" captionTargetPageId="28" captionText="TABLE 3. Counts and proportions (in thousandths) of the holotype and five paratypes of Ophichthus microstictus sp. nov. TL = total length. HL = head length. * N = 9" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF30662E591B276CFF58AD1FFD58C91C" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" tableUuid="DF30662E591B276CFF58AD1FFD58C91C">Table 3</tableCitation>
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. The single specimen (MNHN 1987-1246) trapped in
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<quantity id="4CB79B435919276EFBA6AB2FFB4FCF6A" box="[1129,1204,786,812]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.0" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" unit="m" value="200.0">200 m</quantity>
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off
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<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFB2AAB2FFA67CF6A" box="[1253,1436,786,812]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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appears to be this species, however it differs slightly in certain characters and therefore was not made a
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F488045919276EFF58AB60FEFBCF31" box="[151,256,861,887]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
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. (It had also been extensively dissected and much of its neurocranium and brain were removed, such that some of its cephalic characters are compromised.) It differs from the Fijian and Tongan specimens in its slightly shorter head length (10.4% TL
|
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFDBDAB95FD69CF87" box="[626,658,936,961]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">vs.</emphasis>
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||
10.9–11.3% TL) and more posterior dorsal-fin origin (above the 17th vertebra
|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFEF5ABF0FEA2CFA0" box="[314,345,973,998]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">vs.</emphasis>
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||
12th–15th). In all other characteristics it seems to be the new species.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09ABCFFB28C881" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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The new species is most similar to those species of subgenus
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFC0CABCFFBB4C84D" box="[963,1103,1010,1035]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Coecilophis</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
that possess wedge-shaped pectoral fins and an anterior dorsal-fin origin, viz.
|
||
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFD21AC25FBF0C877" box="[750,1035,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ophichthus lentiginosus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFB8AAC25FAF0C877" box="[1093,1291,1048,1073]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D255919276EFB8AAC25FAFCC877" box="[1093,1287,1048,1073]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ishiyamorum">
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||
<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFB8AAC25FBA6C877" box="[1093,1117,1048,1073]" name="Iceland" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">O</collectingCountry>
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||
. ishiyamorum
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
They share, as well, uniserial lower jaw dentition, a pale rather than a darkened posterior anal-fin base, and usually have three preopercular pores. The new species differs from those species in having more vertebrae (151–156
|
||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFAB3AC5EFA67C83A" box="[1404,1436,1123,1148]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">vs.</emphasis>
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<quantity id="4CB79B435919276EFF58ACB5FEE0C8E4" box="[151,283,1160,1186]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5814" metricValueMax="3.6068" metricValueMin="3.556" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" unit="in" value="141.0" valueMax="142.0" valueMin="140.0">140–142 in</quantity>
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<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D255919276EFEEDACB5FE29C8E7" box="[290,466,1160,1185]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lentiginosus">
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFEEDACB5FE29C8E7" box="[290,466,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFEEDACB5FEC1C8E7" box="[290,314,1160,1185]" name="Iceland" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">O</collectingCountry>
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. lentiginosus
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
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<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFD5AACB5FCA9C8E7" box="[661,850,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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||
<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFD5AACB5FD56C8E7" box="[661,685,1160,1185]" name="Iceland" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">O</collectingCountry>
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||
. ishiyamorum
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
). It further differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D255919276EFBA3ACB5FAD3C8E7" box="[1132,1320,1160,1185]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ishiyamorum">
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFBA3ACB5FAD3C8E7" box="[1132,1320,1160,1185]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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||
<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFBA3ACB5FB7FC8E7" box="[1132,1156,1160,1185]" name="Iceland" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. ishiyamorum
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having its eye nearly centered above the upper jaw, rather than nearly reaching the line of the rictus.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BF036A65919276EFF09ACEFFA73C9E1" blockId="30.[151,1437,152,1447]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
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The cephalic pores of this species are minute and very difficult to discern. It appears that this species typically has three preopercular pores. The
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F488045919276EFD67ACC5FCE9C954" box="[680,786,1272,1298]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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||
possesses three on each side, whereas four
|
||
<typeStatus id="54F488045919276EFAE7ACC5FA67C954" box="[1320,1436,1272,1298]" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" type="paratype">paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
have 3 left/3 right, one has 3/2, two have 2/2, and one has 1/2. The specimen from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFBB1AD20FACCC971" box="[1150,1335,1309,1335]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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||
has 3/3. Such variation is not atypical among deepwater
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D255919276EFD02AD7EFCAFC91A" box="[717,852,1347,1372]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFD02AD7EFCAFC91A" box="[717,852,1347,1372]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">Ophichthus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, particularly those with pores reduced in size and number.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFDE4B575919276EFECAAD55FD24C9C4" author="McCosker" box="[261,735,1384,1410]" lastPageId="30" lastPageNumber="39" pageId="30" pageNumber="38" refString="McCosker, J. E. & Rosenblatt, R. H. (1998) A revision of the eastern Pacific snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of six new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 50, 397 - 432." type="journal article" year="1998">McCosker and Rosenblatt (1998:417)</bibRefCitation>
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||
and
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFDE4B575919276EFCD1AD55FBDFC9C4" author="McCosker" box="[798,1060,1384,1410]" pageId="30" pageNumber="38" refString="McCosker, J. E. (2009) Families Muraenidae, Synaphobranchidae, Ophichthidae, Nemichthyidae, Congridae, Nettastomatidae and Serrivomeridae. In K. Nakaya, M. Yabe, H. Imamura, R. Carmena & M. Yoshida (eds.), Deep- Sea Fishes of Peru. Japan Deep Sea Trawlers Association, Tokyo, 76 - 89." type="book chapter" year="2009">McCosker (2009:79)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
noted that the eastern Pacific deepwater species
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C4F4D255919276EFEBDADB0FDEAC9E0" box="[370,529,1421,1446]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="30" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="tetratrema">
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||
<emphasis id="B93BEAB45919276EFEBDADB0FDEAC9E0" box="[370,529,1421,1446]" italics="true" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F35876365919276EFEBDADB0FE71C9E0" box="[370,394,1421,1446]" name="Iceland" pageId="30" pageNumber="31">O</collectingCountry>
|
||
. tetratrema
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
typically has four preopercular pores but some specimens had three or less.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
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