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from a fish landing ground.
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A species of
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having a slender snout, its length 18% HL, with the following combination of characters: head 11% TL, tail 67% TL; dorsal-fin origin anterior to a vertical through mid-anus, horizontal distance from the vertical to the origin 113% HL; teeth relatively slender, uniserial on maxilla and vomer; predorsal vertebrae 23, preanal 41 and total 131.
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Counts and measurements (in mm) of the
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: predorsal vertebrae 23; preanal vertebrae 41; total vertebrae 131; preanal lateral-line pores 42. Total length 206; head length 23.3; trunk length 45.5; tail length 137.3; predorsal length 40.9; body depth at gill opening 6.6; body depth at mid-anus 6.7; body width at gill opening 5.8; body width at mid-anus 5.9; dorsal-fin origin to anus 26.1; upper-jaw length 10.3; length of mouth gape 9.4; snout length 4.2; snout tip to tip of lower jaw 1.3; eye diameter 1.9; interorbital width 2.3; gill-opening length 1.6. Body long, subcylindrical, its depth at gill opening
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TL (
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); tail compressed posteriorly, its depth weakly reduced gradually.
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD037FFE4C48BF8FDFE8DF8B6" bold="true" box="[151,276,1837,1862]" pageId="1" pageNumber="42">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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Preserved condition of
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, NMMB-P24388, holotype, 206 mm TL, Dong-gang, Pingtung, southern Taiwan.
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upper jaw and
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HL, covered by a transparent skin; mid-eye located above mid-jaw (mid-point between tip of snout and end of maxilla); anterior nostril a simple ventrally projected tube, its length half of eye diameter, its opening with a very low rim; inner opening of posterior nostril above upper lip, and outer opening oblique and outside the mouth; rim of outer opening projected ventrally; lips mostly smooth with scattered papillae on upper lip; interorbital region smooth, slightly convex; gill opening constricted, located ventrolaterally.
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Head pores small but obvious; arrangement of sensory pores on head as follows (
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): one + four on supraorbital; three + two on infraorbital, one between anterior and posterior nostrils; six on mandible and three on preopercle; midtemporal and interorbital pores present.
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Line drawings of
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD034FFE7C5C7F9ACFD68F964" box="[475,753,1660,1684]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Muraenichthys longirostris</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="13CE57C1D034FFE7C6E7F9ACFCD7F964" box="[763,846,1660,1684]" pageId="2" pageNumber="43" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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A, lateral view of head with sensory pores; B, teeth on maxilla and palatal area; C, teeth on mandible. IPN, inner opening of posterior nostril [inner hole in
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]; OPN, outer opening of posterior nostril [outer hole in
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]. Arrows indicate first mandibular (left), frontal (middle) and mid-temporal (right) pores.
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Lateral-line developed, sensory canal reaching middle portion of tail,
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branchial basket, 23 anterior to dorsal-fin origin, 42 anterior to anus, and
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total.
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Teeth (
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) moderate in size, conical, pointed, relatively slender; teeth on maxilla and vomer uniserial; teeth on mandible mostly uniserial with an additional tooth at each inner side around the symphysis; seven plus three intermaxillary teeth form an oval cluster, the anterior margin arranged in a circular pattern.
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</paragraph>
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Color (
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<figureCitation id="A2B22A2DD034FFE7C50AF832FECFF80C" box="[278,342,2018,2044]" captionStart="FIGURE 1" captionStartId="1.[151,250,1837,1862]" captionTargetBox="[420,1175,1084,1804]" captionTargetId="figure@1.[389,1197,1065,1813]" captionTargetPageId="1" captionText="FIGURE 1. Preserved condition of Muraenichthys longirostris sp. nov., NMMB-P24388, holotype, 206 mm TL, Dong-gang, Pingtung, southern Taiwan." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3562869" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/3562869/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="43">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
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) (preserved in 50% isopropyl alcohol) of head and body brown, lower half of head to anterior tail region relatively paler. Dorsal and anal fins pale whitish brown, becoming darker before tail tip; caudal fin dark brown.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="72936523D035FFE6C4DBFF30FBB0FF0B" box="[199,1065,224,251]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" type="distribution">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C4DBFF30FEF8FF0B" bold="true" box="[199,353,224,251]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Distribution.</emphasis>
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Known only from the
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<typeStatus id="E532880AD035FFE6C67CFF31FD5CFF0B" box="[608,709,225,251]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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, from off southwestern
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<collectingCountry id="429E7638D035FFE6C7D3FF31FBBCFF0B" box="[975,1061,225,251]" name="Taiwan" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="72936523D035FFE6C4DBFED5FC6EFEEF" box="[199,1015,261,287]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="3A3636A8D035FFE6C4DBFED5FC6EFEEF" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,647]" box="[199,1015,261,287]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C4DBFED5FED7FEEF" bold="true" box="[199,334,261,287]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Etymology.</emphasis>
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From the Latin,
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<taxonomicName id="FD894D2BD035FFE6C617FED5FD14FEEF" authorityName="Hibino & Ho & Mccosker" authorityYear="2019" box="[523,653,261,287]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longirostris">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C617FED5FD14FEEF" box="[523,653,261,287]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">longirostris</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, in reference to the snout shape.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="72936523D035FFE6C4DBFEF9FB1DFD77" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" type="discussion">
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<paragraph id="3A3636A8D035FFE6C4DBFEF9FB36FE5F" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,647]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C4DBFEF9FEA2FEB3" bold="true" box="[199,315,297,323]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Remarks.</emphasis>
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The new species can be easily distinguished from all congeners by its slender and long snout (18% HL vs. 8.4–15.5% HL). The snout shape is similar to that of members of the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="FD894D2BD035FFE6C04CFE9DFA01FE97" authority="Ogilby, 1897" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1897" box="[1104,1432,333,359]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Scolecenchelys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C04CFE9DFB60FE97" box="[1104,1273,333,359]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Scolecenchelys</emphasis>
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Ogilby, 1897
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</taxonomicName>
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. The position of the dorsal-fin origin overlaps with that of
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<taxonomicName id="FD894D2BD035FFE6C70AFEA2FC29FE7B" authorityName="Jordan & Richardson" authorityYear="1908" box="[790,944,369,395]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="thompsoni">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C70AFEA2FC29FE7B" box="[790,944,369,395]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">M. thompsoni</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The former can be separated from the latter by the snout shape and length (vs. 9.5–14% HL) and its longer tail (67% TL vs. 57–64% TL).
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3A3636A8D035FFE6C4DBFE69FB1DFD77" blockId="3.[151,1437,153,647]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">
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<bibRefCitation id="5E184B59D035FFE6C4DBFE69FE46FE23" author="Hibino, Y. & Kimura, S." box="[199,479,440,467]" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" pagination="62 - 70" refId="ref4765" refString="Hibino, Y. & Kimura, S. (2015) A new species of Muraenichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with revised generic diagnosis. Zootaxa, 4060 (1), 62 - 70." type="journal article" year="2015">Hibino & Kimura (2015)</bibRefCitation>
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defined the eye of the congeners of
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<taxonomicName id="FD894D2BD035FFE6C76EFE69FB83FE23" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1853" box="[882,1050,441,467]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C76EFE69FB83FE23" box="[882,1050,441,467]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Muraenichthys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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as located anterior to mid-jaw, but the position of the eye of the present species is just mid-jaw (mid-point between tip of the snout and end of maxilla). Except for these, our new species agrees well with all other diagnostic characters of
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C022FDD1FB7FFDEB" box="[1086,1254,513,539]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Muraenichthys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. In addition, the location of the orbit (from x-ray photo) corresponds with that of other
|
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<taxonomicName id="FD894D2BD035FFE6C7DEFDF5FBF3FDCF" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1853" box="[962,1130,549,575]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C7DEFDF5FBF3FDCF" box="[962,1130,549,575]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Muraenichthys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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||
. Therefore, we recognized the new species as a species of
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<taxonomicName id="FD894D2BD035FFE6C5EDFD99FD00FD93" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1853" box="[497,665,585,611]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Muraenichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="44" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="08FDEABAD035FFE6C5EDFD99FD00FD93" box="[497,665,585,611]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="44">Muraenichthys</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, and the character of the eye location is expanded from “eyes located anterior to mid-jaw” to “mid-eye located anterior to or just above mid-jaw” for the genus.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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