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<mods:title id="AA319C1ECDD2E9D6DE9F7199F2750CBD">Two new species of the genus Chlopsis (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Chlopsidae) from the Southwestern Pacific.</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart id="E93FE4B91465D5D981AF5DCFF3D79782">Kenneth A. Tighe</mods:namePart>
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<mods:namePart id="ABAFA1AA476AD2658CB76DC6D77BCB5C">John E. McCosker</mods:namePart>
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<mods:date id="4E660EBA95A97084D1DC893D14CED7B3">2003</mods:date>
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<treatment id="A6EE5229D25E9551958B81E21FB7A38F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6274452" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100125061" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6274452" LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:010FDF9B-852D-4886-BCD2-B8235298F7A3" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/A6EE5229D25E9551958B81E21FB7A38F" lastPageNumber="7" pageNumber="5">
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<paragraph id="B99A0C350AFFB02AD869C8F762E70B3E" pageNumber="5">
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<taxonomicName id="AE9A0A182B2768D629D06815CEBA239F" ID-CoL="69WVH" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:010FDF9B-852D-4886-BCD2-B8235298F7A3" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker 2003:5" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidentatus">Chlopsis bidentatus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="55003CCCDB3290E23C1AB2D5F694059E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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(Figs. 1, 2, 3B)
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<paragraph id="DAB6C6C12337F9741BD8B8C848EDEC1F" pageNumber="5">
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<materialsCitation id="C550FBA0D326E4534562C388D3BB991C" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923905629" collectingDate="1993-11-28" collectingMethod="beam trawl" collectionCode="MNHN" country="New Caledonia" latitude="-23.8" location="Campagne BATHUS 3, Station CP 814, depth 444-503 m" longitude="168.28334" specimenCode="MNHN 2001-1080" typeStatus="Holotype">
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<typeStatus id="BDA7F6BA828C992C525866DC223C0DB6">Holotype</typeStatus>
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:
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<collectionCode id="0C1250395364BE9D02E2A3F8CCB00C33" collectionName="France, Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle">MNHN</collectionCode>
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2001-1080
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, 167 mm total length,
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<collectingCountry id="26E4865C8D95A3AA2EAC014482356C32">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
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, depth 444-503 m, captured with
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<collectingMethod id="C066E77AB0424D725C1CB7C6036BD89A">beam trawl</collectingMethod>
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,
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<location id="3CC66B9B6D5C212B7F22012589BA74E5" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:A6EE5229D25E9551958B81E21FB7A38F:3CC66B9B6D5C212B7F22012589BA74E5" country="New Caledonia" latitude="-23.8" longitude="168.28334" name="Campagne Bathus 3, Station CP 814, depth 444-503 m">Campagne Bathus 3, Station CP 814</location>
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<collectingDate id="C6C56751EF417242806759216453B355" day="28" month="11" value="1993-11-28" year="1993">28 November 1993</collectingDate>
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.
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<paragraph id="D8D1A40EF63572BAF4A24E0ED0522537" pageNumber="5">
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<materialsCitation id="89545DEF4914F4F8D43EDF15FA29057E" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923905626" collectingDate="1999-03-04" collectingMethod="Waren dredge" collectionCode="MNHN" country="Fiji" latitude="-16.45" location="Somo-Somo Strait, Campagne Bordau 1, Station DW 1454, depth 300-370 m" longitude="-179.58" specimenCode="MNHN 2001-1078" typeStatus="Paratype">
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<typeStatus id="108017D8E24169ADF906D0037E99BF8D">Paratype</typeStatus>
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<collectionCode id="DE6ABC70C5636EB1A8CDCCDE65EC0AEA" collectionName="France, Paris, Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle">MNHN</collectionCode>
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2001-1078
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, 132 mm TL,
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<collectingCountry id="74D71CD9082215D34A92E9E82937E95B">Fiji</collectingCountry>
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16E 27
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<geoCoordinate id="98057BBB89F58825CDCCBDE4C5918641">179E 34.8' W</geoCoordinate>
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, depth 300-370 m, captured with
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<collectingMethod id="5F341D46342EDCBF3E191789EA34E1AA">Waren dredge</collectingMethod>
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, Campagne Bordau 1, Station DW 1454,
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<collectingDate id="902166BFE1C3B4DBB613EBDA08B06612" day="04" month="03" value="1999-03-04" year="1999">04 March 1999</collectingDate>
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<subSubSection id="22389229FD88FCBDBB43F14C98397D3E" type="diagnosis">
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<paragraph id="F9027FCFEAD4AB4773D0656C3364E8D0" lastPageNumber="6" pageNumber="5">
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Diagnosis. Distinguished from all other members of the genus
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<taxonomicName id="EAE3E4A056A5BF5355B018224911D607" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:32E4C3C5-606B-4A3F-B55B-919AAA0E63DE" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis Rafinesque 1810:42, 58" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="5" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Chlopsis</taxonomicName>
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by the combination of the following characters: pigmentation bicolored, dorsal origin approximately one eye-diameter behind gill opening, and vomerine dentition in two biserial rows anteriorly.
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<subSubSection id="28D70EF463B609EAD344280D02C056C1" type="description">
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<paragraph id="9C7CECEEF3B642787945909029CA8678" pageNumber="6">Description. Total vertebrae 125 (128), predorsal vertebrae 11 (11), preanal vertebrae 31 (32), precaudal vertebrae 42 (41). Proportions as percent of TL: predorsal length 13.2 (13.8), preanal length 33.5 (34.2), head length 11.1 (10.3), depth at anus 2.9 (2.6). Proportions as percent of head length: eye diameter 13.4 (13.5), interorbital width 12.1 (10.6), snout length 22.9 (22.1), tip of snout to rictus of jaw 35.0 (33.6).</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="201FA67CE6C1C4DCA3379C09075631A9" pageNumber="6">Body moderately elongate, slightly compressed. Dorsal fin begins slightly more than one eye diameter posterior to gill opening (Fig. 6). Head moderate in length, relatively deep. Snout relatively broad. Gape short, rictus at posterior margin of eye. Anterior nostril tubular, slightly behind tip of snout, directed anterolaterally. Posterior nostril a posteroventrally directed low tubular opening (covered by a flap) on lip in front of vertical from middle of eye.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="19D2FBFE6A173A606F5B8B28781D609C" pageNumber="6">Lateral line on body absent except for one pore in branchial region, anterior to the gill opening (Fig. 6). Supraorbital pores three: first (ethmoidal) at anteroventral tip of snout, second anteromedial to base of anterior nostril, and last above and behind anterior nostril. Infraorbital pores four: first just behind anterior nostril, second midway between anterior and posterior nostrils, third below posterior nostril, and last below middle of eye. Preoperculomandibular pores five; first near tip of lower jaw, second below interspace between anterior nostril and infraorbital pore 1, third below interspace between infraorbital pores 1 and 2, forth below posterior nostril, and last below and slightly posterior to infraorbital pore 4.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4284DA90AF25AE92DB30026BACEA6694" lastPageNumber="7" pageNumber="6">Maxillary teeth (Fig. 3B) conical, slightly recurved, in 2-3 irregular rows, increasing in size from outer to inner, a total of 18-20 teeth in the inner row. Intermaxillary teeth conical, slightly recurved, with approximately 20 teeth in a round patch (more teeth can be seen on a radiograph of the holotype, but only about 20 penetrate through the tissue in the mouth). Mandibular teeth like those of the maxilla, except in 4-5 irregular rows anteriorly, reducing to 2-3 posteriorly, with 16-20 teeth in the inner row. Vomerine dentition shorter and stouter, slightly compressed, in two longitudinal series, weakly biserial anteriorly and uniserial posteriorly, 15-16 slightly larger teeth in the longer inner row, and 7-8 smaller teeth in the outer biserial row. Dentition of paratype very similar in both counts and arrangement to those of the holotype.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="A21BD6F4A3C2D10731680EBD50E0565C" pageNumber="7">Color of body light brown above and distinctly white ventrally; ventral light area strongly demarcated from the darker dorsum of the snout, starting on unpigmented anterior nostril, continuing back above posterior nostril to ventral margin of eye; tip of lower jaw also pigmented (Fig. 6); posterior to eye, dorsal edge of ventral light area becomes more irregular, but extends dorsally to the gill opening; ventral light area then tapers to base of anal fin slightly behind anus, but continues along base of anal fin for approximately 2/3 of body length; anal fin remains unpigmented to near tip of tail; ventral base of caudal fin and posterior portion of anal fin base much darker than rest of body.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="0994802D84BC64FA3270D23E0E86FD3C" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="9426BAAC63A31FD6A0702A25AC96C558" pageNumber="7">Etymology. The name bidentatus is from the Latin bi (two) and dentatus (toothed) in reference to the distinctive vomerine dentition.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="F86D952FF8DA779F17DBDED13B8C2065" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="B290483D5AEA22435D772EF70D025BD1" pageNumber="7">
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Remarks.
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<taxonomicName id="5075514A741F46CA8AF2C6F76DC7FF44" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:010FDF9B-852D-4886-BCD2-B8235298F7A3" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker 2003:5" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidentatus">Chlopsis bidentatus</taxonomicName>
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is similar in overall appearance to several other members of the genus
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<taxonomicName id="68F2DA7B4F5FA172C2F475535BBD1689" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:32E4C3C5-606B-4A3F-B55B-919AAA0E63DE" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis Rafinesque 1810:42, 58" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Chlopsis</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="0706E013954C1BA555BE2D4BB07E07DE" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="apterus">Chlopsis apterus</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="9215C47DD2AE98DC7F42289F79C1D7A2" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicollaris">C. bicollaris</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="7C2444006113F95E27C839707885FA6C" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:022F21C1-BEC4-47B6-9173-4F5C17EC8347" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis kazuko Lavenberg 1988:253" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kazuko">C. kazuko</taxonomicName>
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, all from the eastern Pacific Ocean, are all also bicolored. The posterior origin of the dorsal fin (at least one eye diameter behind the gill opening) separates
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<taxonomicName id="3F23F9160AC193EA50139D4C00001683" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:010FDF9B-852D-4886-BCD2-B8235298F7A3" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker 2003:5" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidentatus">C. bidentatus</taxonomicName>
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from
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<taxonomicName id="722EE266C2E6A7441207E254AD5055BB" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicollaris">C. bicollaris</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName id="FFDC9B610B0C849E5EDEAF95B0F328B9" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:022F21C1-BEC4-47B6-9173-4F5C17EC8347" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis kazuko Lavenberg 1988:253" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kazuko">C. kazuko</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicName id="C68E3882DED073F1E3D38172A3039C92" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="apterus">Chlopsis apterus</taxonomicName>
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, which also has the dorsal origin behind the gill opening, has a higher vertebral number (125-128 in
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<taxonomicName id="2BC4F83B3EE29330BE59AB451B31A3D9" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:010FDF9B-852D-4886-BCD2-B8235298F7A3" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker 2003:5" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidentatus">C. bidentatus</taxonomicName>
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versus 134-140 in
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).
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<taxonomicName id="AC5768CB64C566B188E33C75ECF95864" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:108AD7E8-0E64-4C7C-ADBD-E22AAA8F6160" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque 1810:42, 59" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicolor">Chlopsis bicolor</taxonomicName>
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, from the Atlantic Ocean, is very similar in both meristics and morphometrics, as well as in its coloration. Several aspects of the dentition of
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, especially the anterior biserial vomerine dentition, clearly separate
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<taxonomicName id="C83B9E009AB966AE1FFBE95378CD65A4" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:010FDF9B-852D-4886-BCD2-B8235298F7A3" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker 2003:5" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidentatus">C. bidentatus</taxonomicName>
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from
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<taxonomicName id="784428F9DA66CF7C438479A090E9BA74" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:108AD7E8-0E64-4C7C-ADBD-E22AAA8F6160" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bicolor Rafinesque 1810:42, 59" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicolor">C. bicolor</taxonomicName>
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. All other species in the genus
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<taxonomicName id="6F72D515FB9775D20CAE94DDEAFBE694" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:32E4C3C5-606B-4A3F-B55B-919AAA0E63DE" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis Rafinesque 1810:42, 58" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Chlopsis</taxonomicName>
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can be distinguished from
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<taxonomicName id="8187D75D9A60E05D99A63D7B3A0A0ECC" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:010FDF9B-852D-4886-BCD2-B8235298F7A3" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker 2003:5" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidentatus">C. bidentatus</taxonomicName>
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by coloration.
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<taxonomicName id="888C75114D5DA589010E8AAAB038B7BC" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="olokun">Chlopsis olokun</taxonomicName>
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, from the eastern Atlantic, is a fairly uniform tan or gray color, while
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<taxonomicName id="D84E0B496F0FC9C646D8953EBDAAEA65" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentatus">C. dentatus</taxonomicName>
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(from the Atlantic and Indian Oceans) and
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<taxonomicName id="BED7954C4083629E7AA093A78D2AD61A" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:B5E122F1-59A1-47ED-BA92-B300D868F549" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis slusserorum Tighe & McCosker 2003:2" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="slusserorum">C. slusserorum</taxonomicName>
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(described herein from the Pacific) have banded, blotched or mottled coloration.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="5AEDA27C3E367FC16893361B379310D8" pageNumber="7">
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In the past, differences in vomerine dentition like that described for
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<taxonomicName id="5196ECF0C0479AE285CF93DBE6FFD6FC" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:010FDF9B-852D-4886-BCD2-B8235298F7A3" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis bidentatus Tighe & McCosker 2003:5" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bidentatus">C. bidentatus</taxonomicName>
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would result in the description of a new genus; for example,
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<taxonomicName id="2B9F01A93EE70F8C01513AA062BBEB64" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:0BAA3008-2399-48CE-8ECC-66F7521232C1" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Robinsia" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Robinsia Böhlke & Smith 1967:2" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Robinsia</taxonomicName>
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in
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<normalizedToken id="642BAB77D4085BC9225F312BBCFDF8EB" originalValue="Böhlke">Boehlke</normalizedToken>
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and Smith (1967), and
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<taxonomicName id="713E1176D35D2ABC5D7CFDF71B5E9650" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:A7E90CFE-A369-4E6C-AE78-70960E485D39" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Boehlkenchelys" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Boehlkenchelys Tighe 1992:19" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Boehlkenchelys</taxonomicName>
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in Tighe (1992). However, due to the overall morphological similarity of this species to that of others in the genus, and the lack of any hypothesis of relationships within the family, we have taken the conservative approach of describing it within the genus
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<taxonomicName id="4F53BA3591906A12C8DD0316D3164D83" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:32E4C3C5-606B-4A3F-B55B-919AAA0E63DE" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Chlopsis" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Chlopsis Rafinesque 1810:42, 58" order="Anguilliformes" pageNumber="7" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Chlopsis</taxonomicName>
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. Relationships within the family are being studied by the senior author, and may later determine whether or not this is the correct decision.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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