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(Figs. 4­9,
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, fig. 1;
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: 9
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;
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: 184
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(part); J. Yager (part)
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. in
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: 185
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;
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Nielsen
<emphasis id="B9567258FFB3AB7EFAF3D3974C49F9C0" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="34">et al</emphasis>
. 1999
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: 122
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(part);
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: 207
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(part);
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: 32
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(
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SL).
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:
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depth, collected by C. Ray,
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.
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:
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204604, 75 mm SL, female, same data as for
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.
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53011 (
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SL, New Providence, Ocean Blue Hole (precise location and collection data unknown);
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53012 (
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SL, New Providence, ocean blue hole (precise location and collection data unknown);
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53011 (
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SL, New Providence, ocean blue hole (precise location and collection data unknown);
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57448, 96 mm SL, male,
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, southern Long Island, Hard Bargain, Alphonso Dean’s Blue Hole, most likely at
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,
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, depth unknown, collected by Dennis Williams,
<date id="FF9C888AFFB4AB79FAFAD7354CA1FE6B" pageId="12" pageNumber="35" value="1985-08-02">2 August 1985</date>
;
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147575, sex unknown,
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SL, New Providence Island, southwestern side of island, sinkhole adjacent to 15th hole, South Ocean Golf Club,
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,
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, depth
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, collected by J.E. and M.W. Böhlke with hand net,
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;
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148055, sex unknown,
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SL, New Providence, small ocean hole northwest of Robertson Road east­west highway junction,
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,
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,
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depth, collected by J.E. Böhlke with hand net,
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;
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148058 (
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),
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SL, same data as for
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148055;
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148059 (
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),
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SL, New Providence, south­western side of island, sinkhole adjacent to 15th hole, South Ocean Golf Club,
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,
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,
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depth,
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;
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<quantity id="4CDA03AFFFB4AB79FC04D48D49ABFD2B" box="[992,1198,724,750]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.1398914799999997" pageId="12" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="2.13989148E8">213989, 148 mm</quantity>
SL, male, Berry Islands, Holmes Key, Blue Hole,
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,
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, depth unknown, collected by D.L. Schultz,
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;
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<quantity id="4CDA03AFFFB4AB79FCECD57D4ECBFCFB" box="[776,974,804,830]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.7473710899999997" pageId="12" pageNumber="35" unit="mm" value="2.74737109E8">274737, 109 mm</quantity>
SL, male,
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, southern Long Island, Twin Pillars Cave System, Miley,
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,
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, depth
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, collected by Dennis Williams,
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;
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P771363, 90 mm SL, female, Stocking Island, near Great Exuma, Angelfish Blue Hole, approximately
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,
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, collected by hand net, about
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inside the cave, at depth of
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, by B. Kakuk and T. Iliffe,
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;
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P
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SL, male, Eleuthera Island, Nixon's Blue Hole, approximately
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,
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, collected at the cave entrance by hand net, at depth of
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, by B. Kakuk,
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;
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P
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SL, female, central Long Island, Silent Hole, (circular blue hole
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diameter with an undercut lip and a
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drop to water level) in Gray’s settlement,
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,
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, maximum water depth
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, with a halocline and associated hydrogen sulfide layer at
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, collected with dip net by T. Iliffe and collaborators,
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;
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P
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SL (
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TL before preservation), male, central Long Island, Grotto, behind the ruins of the old Spanish Church in Pratts Hill settlement,
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,
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, depth
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, temperature 24°C, pH 7.33 and dissolved oxygen
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/l, collected with a dip net by T. Iliffe and collaborators,
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;
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P
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SL, female, central Long Island, Grotto,
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,
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, collected with a dip net by T. Iliffe and collaborators,
<date id="FF9C888AFFB4AB79FAE8D3FE4CADFA2C" pageId="12" pageNumber="35" value="2005-01-12">12 January 2005</date>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C338FDC1FFB4AB7BFEDCD3AE4CC4FD8B" lastPageId="14" lastPageNumber="37" pageId="12" pageNumber="35" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFB4AB79FEDCD3AE4EF8F974" blockId="12.[264,1325,284,1873]" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B9567258FFB4AB79FEDCD3AE4CB5F9D4" bold="true" box="[312,432,1527,1553]" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">Diagnosis</emphasis>
.
<taxonomicName id="4C22D5C9FFB4AB79FE24D3AE4FA9F9D5" box="[448,684,1527,1552]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageId="12" pageNumber="35" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">
<emphasis id="B9567258FFB4AB79FE24D3AE4FA9F9D5" box="[448,684,1527,1552]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">Lucifuga spelaeotes</emphasis>
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is distinguished from other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: Vertebrae 13–14+38–42=51–55, dorsal finrays 86–109, anal finrays 66–82, pectoral finrays 17–20, caudal finrays 10; head profile above eye strongly depressed, eyes 0.7–1.8 % SL; palatine teeth present, in 1–7 short irregular rows, with 3–56 teeth totally; long gill­rakers 3, dark pigmented.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFB4AB78FEDCD0E64F36FDD5" blockId="12.[264,1325,284,1873]" lastBlockId="13.[514,563,511,672]" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="36" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">
<emphasis id="B9567258FFB4AB79FEDCD0E64CB6F91C" bold="true" box="[312,435,1727,1753]" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">Similarity</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB4AB79FE27D0E64FABF91D" box="[451,686,1727,1752]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">Lucifuga spelaeotes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is most similar to
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB4AB79FC68D0E6491DF91D" box="[908,1048,1727,1752]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">L. lucayana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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). It differs mainly in the reduced squamation on the occiput (vs. densely scaled in
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB4AB79FBBFD0BE49E3F8C5" box="[1115,1254,1767,1792]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">L. lucayana</emphasis>
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) (fig. 4), the presence of palatine teeth, except absent in one side of a single specimen, USNM 274737 (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB4AB79FDE8D16E4F9DF895" box="[524,664,1847,1872]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="35">L. lucayana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
) (fig. 6), and in having dark pigmentation on the three 60 50 40
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFB5AB78FDE6D4724F13FD90" blockId="13.[514,563,511,672]" box="[514,534,555,597]" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">teeth</paragraph>
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Palatine
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elongated gill­rakers, except absent in
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: AMNH 57448, USNM 274737 and ZMUC P771363 (vs. pale in
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFDBBD71D4FEFFE98" box="[607,746,324,349]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">L. lucayana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
). Also, the number of finrays and vertebrae tend to be higher in
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFE5ED7354F56FE40" box="[442,595,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">L. spelaeotes</emphasis>
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than in
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFD56D7354E38FE40" box="[690,829,364,389]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">L. lucayana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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).
</paragraph>
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<th id="76C3C574FFB5548AFDFED5DE4F6AFC76" box="[538,623,903,947]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">0 0</th>
<th id="76C3C574FFB5548AFD53D5DE4EAFFC76" box="[695,938,903,947]" gridcol="5" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">50 100</th>
<th id="76C3C574FFB5548AFC20D5DE4993FC76" box="[964,1174,903,947]" gridcol="7" gridrow="0" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">150</th>
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<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFD53D59C4EAFFC1C" box="[695,938,965,985]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">Standard Length (SL)</td>
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB5AB78FEECD5A84C88FBCC" bold="true" box="[264,397,1009,1033]" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB5AB78FEECD24B4C72FBEC" box="[264,375,1042,1065]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">spelaeotes</emphasis>
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.
</th>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFE7CD5A84CEAFBEC" box="[408,495,1009,1065]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">Number</td>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFE1DD5A84F0AFBEC" box="[505,527,1009,1065]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">of</td>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFDFED5A84F6AFBEC" box="[538,623,1009,1065]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">palatine</td>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFD9DD5A84FA8FBEC" box="[633,685,1009,1065]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">teeth</td>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFD53D5A84EAFFBEC" box="[695,938,1009,1065]" gridcol="5" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">and standard length.</td>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFC57D5A84EBCFBEC" box="[947,953,1009,1065]" gridcol="6" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">,</td>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFC20D5A84993FBEC" box="[964,1174,1009,1065]" gridcol="7" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB5AB78FC20D5A8498BFBCD" box="[964,1166,1009,1032]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">Lucifuga lucayana</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
</td>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFB5FD5A849C7FBEC" box="[1211,1218,1009,1065]" gridcol="8" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">,</td>
<td id="76C3C574FFB5548AFB28D5A8482FFBEC" box="[1228,1322,1009,1065]" gridcol="9" gridrow="2" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">
<taxonomicName id="4C22D5C9FFB5AB78FB28D5A8482FFBCD" box="[1228,1322,1009,1032]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageId="13" pageNumber="36" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Lucifuga</taxonomicName>
</td>
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</table>
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB5AB78FEECD14E4C7BF8E9" bold="true" box="[264,382,1815,1836]" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
Color variability in
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB5AB78FDA0D14E4E01F8E9" box="[580,772,1815,1836]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="36">Lucifuga spelaeotes</emphasis>
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(A) ANSP 148059, 97 mm SL, female, New Providence Island; (B) ANSP 148059, 104 mm SL, male, New Providence Island; (C) ZMUC P771365, 132 mm SL, male, Eleuthera Island.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFB6AB7BFEDCD7CD4CC4FD8B" blockId="14.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">
Differences to the four Cuban species are shown in
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.
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFBDFD7CD482FFE68" box="[1083,1322,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">Lucifuga spelaeotes</emphasis>
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resemble the Cuban species
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFDBDD7E54FD4FE10" box="[601,721,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">L. dentata</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFCE8D7E54E76FE10" box="[780,883,444,469]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">L. simile</emphasis>
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in the presence of palatine teeth, but the teeth bearing area of the palatine is broader, shorter and with more teeth rows in
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFAF7D7BD4C87FDE0" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">L. spelaeotes</emphasis>
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than in
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFE04D4554F53FDE0" box="[480,598,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">L. dentata</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFD6AD4554FF6FDE0" box="[654,755,524,549]" italics="true" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">L. simile</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(see
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), when comparing specimens of similar sizes.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C338FDC1FFB6AB65FEDCD4024ECBFC1B" lastPageId="16" lastPageNumber="39" pageId="14" pageNumber="37" type="description">
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB6AB7BFEDCD4024CCCFDB0" bold="true" box="[312,457,603,629]" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">Description</emphasis>
. Meristic and morphometric characters are given in
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. Body moderately elongate, compressed. Head profile strongly depressed (figs. 4, 7–9). Eyes usually relatively large (&gt; 1 % SL), except for a few specimens (AMNH
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SL, New Providence; AMNH 53013, 101 and
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SL, New Providence; AMNH 57448, 96 mm SL, Long Island (fig. 4E–F); USNM
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SL, Long Island and ZMUC P
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SL, Long Island) with eyes from 0.7 to 1.0 % SL (fig. 5). Upper jaw slightly protruding. Anterior nostril tube­shaped, low on snout near upper lip; posterior nostril larger, a mere hole, closer to lip than to eye. Maxilla expanded posteriorly, not sheathed by a skin flap. Opercular spines absent. Anterior gill arch with 3 elongated rakers and 17 (12–20) broad plates arranged in the following configuration: upper branch of anterior gill arch with 4 (2–5) broad plates, the bend between upper and lower arch with 1 elongate raker and lower branch with 1 small plate, 2 elongate rakers interspersed with 1 small plate and followed by 12 (7–12) small plates. Pseudobranchial filaments 0 (0–4). Branchiostegal rays 7.
</paragraph>
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Scales on body relatively small, oval (horizontal diameter about
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at mid­body and about 25 horizontal rows above anal fin origin in a
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SL male); vertical fins and pectoral fins naked except for scales on pectoral fin peduncle. Predorsal area, operculum and top of head, including a narrow central part of the occiput scaled. Interorbital, snout and at the course of the head pore channels, including the lateral parts of the occipital area naked (figs. 4C–F, 8A–B).
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<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFB6AB7BFEDCD3254991FA23" blockId="14.[264,1324,284,1870]" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">Origin of dorsal fin above tip of pectoral fins. Pelvic fins with a single ray reaching about 1/2 (1/3–1/2) from its base to anal fin origin. Pectoral fins on the middle of body, peduncle short and narrow. Caudal fin free, not fused with dorsal or anal fins.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFB6AB7AFEDCD0BD4812FE9B" blockId="14.[264,1324,284,1870]" lastBlockId="15.[264,1322,284,350]" lastPageId="15" lastPageNumber="38" pageId="14" pageNumber="37">Dentition: Premaxilla with 7 (3–9) rows of granular teeth and 1 inner row of small pointed teeth. Vomer horseshoe­shaped, with 2–6 rows and a total of 6–114 teeth, larger in inner row. Palatines with 5 (1–7) rows and 3–56 teeth totally, except for absent on one side in one specimen (USNM 274737). The number increasing with the size of the fish (fig. 6). Dentary with 3–14 outer rows of granular teeth and an inner row of longer pointed teeth.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFB7AB7AFEECD0304C78F9BB" bold="true" box="[264,381,1641,1662]" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
<emphasis id="B9567258FFB7AB7AFE67D0334F4DF9BA" box="[387,584,1642,1663]" italics="true" pageId="15" pageNumber="38">
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.
</emphasis>
(A) Lateral view of head, ANSP 148059(4), 112 mm SL, female, New Providence Island; (B) Lateral view of head, USNM 274737, 109 mm SL, male, Bahamas, Long Island, Twin Pillars Cave System, Miley; (C) Lateral view of copulatory organ, USNM 274737; (D) Ventral view of copulatory organ, USNM 274737; (E) Median view of right otolith, ANSP 147575, 121 mm SL, New Providence Island; (F) Median view of right otolith, ANSP 148055, 138.5 mm SL, New Providence Island; (G) Ventral view of right otolith, ANSP 148055; (H) Median view of right otolith, USNM 274737, 109 mm SL; (I) Ventral view of right otolith, USNM 274737.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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Male copulatory organ completely integrated in the fleshy genital hood (fig. 8C–D;
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), similar to the configuration in
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.
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<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFA8AB65FEDCD4554912FD2B" blockId="16.[264,1325,284,1670]" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Otolith thin, elongate to very elongate (length to height ratio 2.2 to 2.7), with rounded (fig. 8E–F) or pointed (fig. 8H) anterior tip. Posterior tips pointed. Postdorsal and to a lesser degree also postventral region irregularly concave. Sulcus very short, with fused colliculum, between 27 % and 32 % of otolith length and located slightly anterior of centre of inner face. Ventral furrow on inner face indistinct or absent (figs. 8E–F, New Providence Island specimens) or broad (fig. 8H, Long Island specimen).</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFA8AB65FEDCD4A54CBAFCD3" bold="true" box="[312,447,764,790]" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Coloration</emphasis>
. Very variable from uniformly pale to dark brown (figs. 7, 9). Dark specimens either with completely light vertical fins or with dark fin bases and light margins. A recently caught dark specimen, ZMUC P
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, from Eleuthera Island is unique by having dark head and body, except for a light predorsal area (fig. 7C). Elongate gill­rakers dark in all specimens, except in three specimens from Great Exuma Island (ZMUC P771363) and Long Island (AMNH 57448, USNM 274737).
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. Known from the Great
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Bank area, with confirmed localities on five islands (Berry, New Providence, Great Exuma, Eleuthera and Long Islands (figs. 1, 10) (see Material examined). Unconfirmed records of
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFA8AB65FBAAD26549ECFB90" box="[1102,1257,1084,1109]" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">L. spelaeotes</emphasis>
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from Andros Island (
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,
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, B. Kakuk
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. (in
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) and Long Island, Grand Canyon,
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,
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, east of Berrys settlement (T. Iliffe
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, personal observation).
</paragraph>
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Twin Pillars Cave in Miley, southern Long Island (
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,
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) was rediscovered in 2005 and is situated within a few meters of the east side of the main road. It consists of an air­filled cave with a
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deep saltwater (34 ppt) pool covering most of the floor. At least 10 skylight entrances, only one of which is climbable, provide access to the cave. While many parts of the cave are well illuminated during the day, various recesses are only dimly lit. At least 24
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were observed but not collected in 2005. Other stygobitic species from this cave include the hippolytid shrimp
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFA8AB65FB54D3954C68F9C8" italics="true" pageId="16" pageNumber="39">Barbouria cubensis</emphasis>
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, the polynoid polychaete
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, the halocyprid ostracod
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, several species of copepods and a parasitic gnathiid isopod. About
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of the latter were removed from the gill­cavity of a
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SL
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collected in 1985 (USNM 274737).
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFA9AB64FEECD0A84C7AF8C3" bold="true" box="[264,383,1777,1798]" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
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in Grotto, central Long Island, 23°16.590’N, 75°5.995’W, 6 January 2005. (A) Lateral view; (B) Two specimens swimming; (C) Specimen resting on the bottom with the hippolytid shrimp
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFA9AB64FEB6D1754F0AF884" box="[338,527,1836,1857]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="40">Barbouria cubensis</emphasis>
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. Photos by Tamara Thomsen, Wisconsin, were taken immediately prior to collection of ZMUC P771453, but may not necessarily include this specimen.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFAAAB67FEDCD7454951FD59" blockId="18.[264,1325,284,1899]" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">
Alphonso Dean’s Blue Hole on southern Long Island was searched for during the
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trip to Long Island and it was confirmed that this locality is not the same as Dean’s Blue Hole described in details by
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. Alphonso Dean's Blue Hole (perhaps at
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,
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) in Hard Bargain could not be relocated with certainty, although a
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diameter, circular blue hole located between the main road and the abandoned Diamond Salt airstrip was tentatively identified by several locals as Alphonso Dean's Blue Hole. At
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depth, a small cave extends off the east side of this open blue hole and contains the shrimp
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, but no fish were observed. Unfortunately, a large amount of rusted metal, broken bottles, old tires and other debris have been dumped on the bank of the blue hole and may be adversely impacting the water quality.
</paragraph>
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Salinity data from the various records indicate that
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFAAAB67FC7ED4F04930FD07" box="[922,1077,681,706]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">L. spelaeotes</emphasis>
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is a truly euryhaline species.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFAAAB67FEDCD4A04FC4FC1C" blockId="18.[264,1325,284,1899]" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">
Specimens from New Providence Island have been collected within the upper
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of the holes, apparently preferring the upper, warmer, brackish layer to the lower, colder, more saline water in the holes (
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). Recently caught specimens from Eleuthera and Great Exuma Islands, however, were captured at depths of more than 10 meters, indicating a tolerance to more saline waters. This is also the case in the two new localities on central Long Island.
</paragraph>
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In Grotto, central Long Island (fig. 10), which is a partially flooded cave, salinity was measured at 33.8 ppt. In addition to the main collapsed entrance, several smaller, skylight entrances also help to illuminate the
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long by
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wide and
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deep pool. Most of the 8–10 fish in the pool were observed in a dark alcove at the rear of the cave. Large numbers (many hundreds to thousands) of the shrimp
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were present in all parts of the pool during the day but were absent when the cave was visited after dark. This suggests that the known parts of the cave are only a small segment of a much larger and well integrated system.
</paragraph>
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In Silent Hole salinity increased from 8.4 ppt at the surface to 26 ppt at
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, temperature likewise rose from 23 to 26 °C, pH dropped from 8.2 to 7.3 and dissolved oxygen plummeted from 7.5 to less than
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/l. Several
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were observed and one collected in the more saline water near the bottom, under a ledge, where a few
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shrimp were also found.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C338FDC1FFAAAB67FEDCD3B24E5BF8AE" pageId="18" pageNumber="41" type="discussion">
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<emphasis id="B9567258FFAAAB67FEDCD3B24CAFF9C0" bold="true" box="[312,426,1515,1541]" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">Remarks</emphasis>
. Sexual dimorphism is not observed in any of the described characters. The morphology of the few specimens from Berry, Eleuthera, Great Exuma and Long Island are generally well within the ranges of the numerous specimens from New Providence Island (
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B9DAE4AFFAAAB67FEDCD0D34E5BF8AE" blockId="18.[264,1325,284,1899]" pageId="18" pageNumber="41">The few exceptions, such as unique coloration and longer pelvic finrays (20.0 vs. 8.0– 18.9 % SL) of the specimen from Eleuthera; weak palatine dentition and unusually small eyes of the two specimens from southern Long Island; and pale, elongated gill­rakes in the specimen from Great Exuma Island, are not enough difference to warrant status as separate species. More material is needed in order to further study the morphological and genetic plasticity of the populations on the various Islands.</paragraph>
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