treatments-xml/data/D5/13/87/D51387D63246FF93FC3AF8B4FA9EFAE6.xml
2024-06-21 12:53:16 +02:00

722 lines
87 KiB
XML
Raw Blame History

This file contains ambiguous Unicode characters

This file contains Unicode characters that might be confused with other characters. If you think that this is intentional, you can safely ignore this warning. Use the Escape button to reveal them.

<document id="0522711402FFF7E518BDDBC3BD2F5D58" ID-DOI="10.12782/sd.22_213" ID-ISSN="2189-7301" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5737961" IM.materialsCitations_approvedBy="felipe" IM.metadata_approvedBy="felipe" IM.tables_requiresApprovalFor="existingObjects,plazi" IM.taxonomicNames_approvedBy="felipe" checkinTime="1638227963400" checkinUser="felipe" docAuthor="Tashiro, Fumihito, Hibino, Yusuke &amp; Miyamoto, Kei" docDate="2017" docId="D51387D63246FF93FC3AF8B4FA9EFAE6" docLanguage="en" docName="SpeciesDiversity.22.2.213-217.pdf" docOrigin="Species Diversity 22" docStyle="DocumentStyle:27FECD2C3CD153DA405029F2D33C9514.7:SpeciesDiversity.2012-.journal_article" docStyleId="27FECD2C3CD153DA405029F2D33C9514" docStyleName="SpeciesDiversity.2012-.journal_article" docStyleVersion="7" docTitle="Ophichthus exourus McCosker 1999" docType="treatment" docVersion="3" lastPageNumber="216" masterDocId="292AFFAE3246FF90FF90FF95FFAEFFE9" masterDocTitle="First Records of the Rare Snake Eel Ophichthus exourus (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Northern Hemisphere" masterLastPageNumber="217" masterPageNumber="213" pageNumber="213" updateTime="1699433626676" updateUser="plazi" zenodo-license-document="CC-BY-4.0">
<mods:mods id="04127BB650880CC2ED60EF8FA6E69A85" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3">
<mods:titleInfo id="094774C3A0C9E911A656925886AA598E">
<mods:title id="1DF814E730452EC29BCF6290C9B79722">First Records of the Rare Snake Eel Ophichthus exourus (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Northern Hemisphere</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:name id="E411704CC36D1A159DDED68F8DFBE3AD" type="personal">
<mods:role id="4DC272C276DBAC6F68DDCB0842653F91">
<mods:roleTerm id="6907BB42F30E1C99DF8452A7C99F88B7">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="6540D199AE79F3F64EE955346514AD63">Tashiro, Fumihito</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="F70B7256B0EC0334A2BE2203BA7D8FAC">Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Nagahama, Maizuru, Kyoto 625 - 0086, Japan, E-mail: fumihito. tashiro @ gmail. com &amp; Corresponding author</mods:affiliation>
<mods:nameIdentifier id="C4EB5659DBC144841A6F16A89A61E411" type="email">fumihito.tashiro@gmail.com</mods:nameIdentifier>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="95806C9E1242D46AC20BE02DCA415D08" type="personal">
<mods:role id="8E43F617BE2D659CAC12AA39F95B2479">
<mods:roleTerm id="F01D54B6146AF79AAB8CC4F1333AFB82">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="654BA7FD2E3022E2180EE7829785580C">Hibino, Yusuke</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="225982B0834900EBF7893A8DDABB7EEE">Fisheries Research Laboratory, Mie University, 4190 - 172 Wagu, Shima-cho, Shima, Mie 517 - 0703, Japan &amp; Present address: Laboratory of Fisheries Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6 - 10 - 1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812 - 8581, Japan</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:name id="D2321E809227915CC40DC2FD17D6E8B7" type="personal">
<mods:role id="838773D38AFA811BE5D99AEFC6FF3661">
<mods:roleTerm id="941784F0A3026325E463A3B041C69A77">Author</mods:roleTerm>
</mods:role>
<mods:namePart id="E48CFD3D4DBDBE56432E010D1997E27F">Miyamoto, Kei</mods:namePart>
<mods:affiliation id="75F9FE5DF9BBCE93F9A5BB68A9543BA6">Okinawa Churashima Foundation, 888 Ishikawa, Motobu, Kunigami, Okinawa 905 - 0206, Japan</mods:affiliation>
</mods:name>
<mods:typeOfResource id="F03D9649172E7AF0773F5B50B7506505">text</mods:typeOfResource>
<mods:relatedItem id="76C2E2CA1E89CDD22FAF2E94B11740FD" type="host">
<mods:titleInfo id="9F6557D305BC2F1FBCE22C0F06AF9E81">
<mods:title id="5580F7BC12DEBBF8BF0918A46F56A248">Species Diversity</mods:title>
</mods:titleInfo>
<mods:part id="F1668D4B43655AA2C4FEA5226DDC6F42">
<mods:date id="D2BB21158F249482B1ADBA0E3F198CCD">2017</mods:date>
<mods:detail id="5A88F4A026BAD35F45670B8A79231079" type="pubDate">
<mods:number id="37F1474A6D3C5A4EAC355CD60648C068">2017-11-25</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:detail id="98E309F8D52035F4349E9025D2ED3A8E" type="volume">
<mods:number id="F6336FE8F8CC6B089C6FBCB879CDAC5E">22</mods:number>
</mods:detail>
<mods:extent id="E0F2FC4A3F57DD3DB3760A857646CDAF" unit="page">
<mods:start id="6CF2456F1E43C4066E4DFFDBE8B0A0E0">213</mods:start>
<mods:end id="92CC27B7914E05CDE59642C6C4DDF189">217</mods:end>
</mods:extent>
</mods:part>
</mods:relatedItem>
<mods:classification id="29DC8B81B1AA7D9E28448D205747AA41">journal article</mods:classification>
<mods:identifier id="E8F932CE6E2B025A39E8B7916993E13E" type="DOI">10.12782/sd.22_213</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="32EF3C64463901EC10044CFFF35DEAE5" type="ISSN">2189-7301</mods:identifier>
<mods:identifier id="51F62B9091A6A620E3E70D193085D888" type="Zenodo-Dep">5737961</mods:identifier>
</mods:mods>
<treatment id="D51387D63246FF93FC3AF8B4FA9EFAE6" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D51387D63246FF93FC3AF8B4FA9EFAE6" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/D51387D63246FF93FC3AF8B4FA9EFAE6" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="216" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">
<subSubSection id="15A0654B3246FF90FC3AF8B4FB6DF893" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" type="nomenclature">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03246FF90FC3AF8B4FA8DF8D0" blockId="0.[938,1315,1825,1849]" box="[938,1315,1825,1849]" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">
<heading id="064D81AC3246FF90FC3AF8B4FA8DF8D0" box="[938,1315,1825,1849]" centered="true" fontSize="10" level="2" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" reason="2">
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433246FF90FC3AF8B4FA8DF8D0" ID-CoL="49VGZ" authority="McCosker, 1999" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[938,1315,1825,1849]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23246FF90FC3AF8B4FBD4F8D1" bold="true" box="[938,1146,1825,1849]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313246FF90FBEFF8B4FA8DF8D0" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[1151,1315,1825,1849]" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref3116" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 180: 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker, 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5D0536C03246FF90FCFFF8D7FB6DF893" blockId="0.[879,1373,1857,1914]" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">
[New standard Japanese name: Gunbai-umihebi] (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453246FF90FB80F8F7FBC6F893" box="[1040,1128,1890,1914]" captionStart-0="Fig" captionStart-1="Fig" captionStart-2="Fig" captionStartId-0="2.[156,187,1044,1066]" captionStartId-1="2.[156,187,1844,1866]" captionStartId-2="3.[156,187,427,449]" captionTargetBox-0="[265,1323,205,1006]" captionTargetBox-1="[485,1102,1127,1804]" captionTargetBox-2="[159,764,205,389]" captionTargetId-0="figure-77@2.[265,1323,205,1006]" captionTargetId-1="figure-100@2.[483,1104,1126,1806]" captionTargetId-2="figure-915@3.[159,764,205,389]" captionTargetPageId-0="2" captionTargetPageId-1="2" captionTargetPageId-2="3" captionText-0="Fig. 1. Fresh specimen of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL, off Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, East China Sea, Japan." captionText-1="Fig. 2. Lateral view of the head (A), and schematic diagram of dentition on upper jaw (left) and lower jaw (right) (B), of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL.Dotted circles in (B) represent missing teeth." captionText-2="Fig. 3. Enlarged lateral view of posterior end of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL." figureDoi-0="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737963" figureDoi-1="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737965" figureDoi-2="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737967" httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/5737963/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/5737965/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/5737967/files/figure.png" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">Figs 13</figureCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="1038037B3246FF90FBE2F8F7FB17F893" box="[1138,1209,1890,1914]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="1.[156,204,1064,1086]" captionText="Table 1. Counts and proportional measurements of Ophichthus exourus." pageId="0" pageNumber="213">Table 1</tableCitation>
)
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="15A0654B3246FF90FCA5F836FAB3F815" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03246FF90FCA5F836FAB3F815" blockId="0.[821,1432,1955,2077]" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">
<treatmentCitationGroup id="7DAA11EE3246FF90FCA5F836FAB3F815" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">
<treatmentCitation id="DC1B10D13246FF90FCA5F836FB4BF852" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[821,1253,1955,1979]" page="575" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" year="1999">
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433246FF90FCA5F836FB4BF852" ID-CoL="49VGZ" authority="McCosker, 1999: 575" authorityName="McCosker" authorityPageNumber="575" authorityYear="1999" box="[821,1253,1955,1979]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23246FF90FCA5F836FC51F852" box="[821,1023,1955,1979]" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313246FF90FB98F836FB4BF852" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[1032,1253,1955,1979]" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref3116" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 180: 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker, 1999: 575</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
</treatmentCitation>
, figs 1, 2A (
<typeStatus id="820188623246FF90FAFAF836FA39F852" box="[1386,1431,1955,1979]" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">type</typeStatus>
locality:
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503246FF90FC38F851FBE4F835" box="[936,1098,1988,2012]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073246FF90FBC6F856FB6AF835" box="[1110,1220,1987,2012]" degrees="18" direction="south" minutes="56.30" orientation="latitude" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" precision="9" value="-18.938334">18°56.30S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073246FF90FB41F851FAE3F832" box="[1233,1357,1988,2012]" degrees="163" direction="east" minutes="12.90" orientation="longitude" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" precision="9" value="163.215">163°12.90E</geoCoordinate>
,
<quantity id="9A429B253246FF90FACBF856FA36F832" box="[1371,1432,1987,2011]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.2" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" unit="m" value="520.0">520 m</quantity>
depth);
<treatmentCitation id="DC1B10D13246FF90FC0DF871FBCDF815" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[925,1123,2020,2044]" page="15" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" year="2010">
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313246FF90FC0DF871FBCDF815" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[925,1123,2020,2044]" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref3201" refString="McCosker, J. E. 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505: 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="2010">McCosker, 2010: 15</bibRefCitation>
</treatmentCitation>
(
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503246FF90FBE0F871FABCF815" box="[1136,1298,2020,2044]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
).
</treatmentCitationGroup>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="15A0654B3246FF91FCDEF791FE97FEA9" lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="214" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" type="materials_examined">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03246FF91FCDEF791FE97FEA9" blockId="0.[821,1432,1955,2077]" lastBlockId="1.[156,767,198,1004]" lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="214" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23246FF90FCDEF791FBB4F7F5" bold="true" box="[846,1050,2052,2076]" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">Material examined.</emphasis>
<materialsCitation id="EDD23C9D3246FF91FBA4F790FE9BFEA9" collectingDate="1967-08" collectingDateMax="2016-03-16" collectingDateMin="1967-08" collectionCode="FAKU" country="China" county="Sea" lastPageId="1" lastPageNumber="214" latitude="26.573833" location="Saipan" longLatPrecision="12" longitude="127.85883" municipality="East" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" specimenCode="OCF-P03211" specimenCount="1">
<collectionCode id="3BABAE053246FF90FBA4F790FBDBF7F4" box="[1076,1141,2053,2077]" country="Japan" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/ist4-jfcv" name="Kyoto University" pageId="0" pageNumber="213">FAKU</collectionCode>
<quantity id="9A429B253246FF90FBEAF790FA8EF7F5" box="[1146,1312,2053,2077]" metricMagnitude="5" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.03293685" pageId="0" pageNumber="213" unit="mm" value="1.03293685E8">103293, 685 mm</quantity>
TL, female, off
<location id="5865601B3247FF91FF2FFF53FEABFF37" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D51387D63246FF93FC3AF8B4FA9EFAE6:5865601B3247FF91FF2FFF53FEABFF37" box="[191,261,198,222]" country="China" county="Sea" latitude="26.573833" longLatPrecision="12" longitude="127.85883" municipality="East" name="Saipan" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Saipan</location>
,
<date id="290410003247FF91FE80FF52FE3DFF37" box="[272,403,198,223]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" value="1967-08">
<collectingDate id="3940E9E83247FF91FE80FF52FE3DFF37" box="[272,403,198,223]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" value="1967-08">August 1967</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<specimenCode id="0D1C9EBB3247FF91FE0FFF53FD88FF37" box="[415,550,198,222]" collectionCode="OCF-P" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">OCF-P03211</specimenCode>
,
<quantity id="9A429B253247FF91FDA2FF53FD2DFF37" box="[562,643,198,222]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.34" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" unit="mm" value="634.0">634 mm</quantity>
TL, female, sea surface off western coast of
<location id="5865601B3247FF91FE61FF72FD38FF16" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D51387D63246FF93FC3AF8B4FA9EFAE6:5865601B3247FF91FE61FF72FD38FF16" box="[497,662,231,255]" country="China" county="Sea" latitude="26.573833" longLatPrecision="12" longitude="127.85883" municipality="East" name="Okinawa Island" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Okinawa Island</location>
,
<location id="5865601B3247FF91FD34FF72FEA8FEF6" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:D51387D63246FF93FC3AF8B4FA9EFAE6:5865601B3247FF91FD34FF72FEA8FEF6" country="China" county="Sea" latitude="26.573833" longLatPrecision="12" longitude="127.85883" municipality="East" name="Okinawa Prefecture" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Okinawa Prefecture</location>
,
<collectingMunicipality id="BD61ACBA3247FF91FE81FE9DFE92FEF6" box="[273,316,264,287]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">East</collectingMunicipality>
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503247FF91FED3FE92FE2FFEF6" box="[323,385,263,287]" name="China" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">China</collectingCountry>
<collectingCounty id="B4644E4C3247FF91FE19FE9DFE03FEC9" box="[393,429,264,288]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Sea</collectingCounty>
,
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503247FF91FE29FE9DFE5AFEF6" box="[441,500,264,287]" name="Japan" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Japan</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073247FF91FE6FFE92FDDDFEF6" box="[511,627,263,287]" degrees="26" direction="north" minutes="34.43" orientation="latitude" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" precision="9" value="26.573833">26°34.43N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073247FF91FDEFFE92FD55FEF6" box="[639,763,263,287]" degrees="127" direction="east" minutes="51.53" orientation="longitude" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" precision="9" value="127.85883">127°51.53E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="290410003247FF91FF0CFEBDFE9BFEA9" box="[156,309,296,320]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" value="2016-03-16">
<collectingDate id="3940E9E83247FF91FF0CFEBDFE9BFEA9" box="[156,309,296,320]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" value="2016-03-16">16 March 2016</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="15A0654B3247FF91FF25FEDDFD42FD2F" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03247FF91FF25FEDDFD42FD2F" blockId="1.[156,767,198,1004]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FF25FEDDFE8BFE89" bold="true" box="[181,293,328,352]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A species of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433247FF91FE4FFEDDFDFEFE89" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1789" box="[479,592,328,352]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FE4FFEDDFDFEFE89" box="[479,592,328,352]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Ophichthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with following combination of characters: head 8.310.0% TL; upper jaw 36.138.1% HL; pectoral-fin rounded, length 19.224.1% HL; rear margin of eye above or slightly behind rictus; eye diameter 44.461.2% snout length; horizontal length of posterior nostril dermal flap much greater than diameter of base of anterior nostril; gill opening to dorsal-fin origin greater than twice pectoral-fin length; preopercular pores 2; predorsal and total vertebrae 2021 and 173177, respectively; lower-jaw teeth nearly uniserial; body without bands or spots; posteriormost portion of anal-fin membrane (much shorter than head length) indistinct darkish brown.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="15A0654B3247FF93FF25FD5AFDF4FD8C" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="216" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" type="description">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03247FF91FF25FD5AFB8BFC02" blockId="1.[156,767,198,1004]" lastBlockId="1.[820,1432,198,1003]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FF25FD5AFE97FD0E" bold="true" box="[181,313,719,743]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Description.</emphasis>
Counts and proportional measurements are given in
<tableCitation id="1038037B3247FF91FE8FFD7AFEC5FCEE" box="[287,363,751,775]" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="1.[156,204,1064,1086]" captionText="Table 1. Counts and proportional measurements of Ophichthus exourus." pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Table 1</tableCitation>
. Body moderately elongate, cylindrical anteriorly, gradually tapering and laterally compressed posteriorly; head considerably elongate; anus situated somewhat anterior to midpoint of body. Snout obtuse, conical; fleshly tip congruent with or slightly overhanging tip of mandible. Mouth moderate, subterminal; rictus nearly straight, its posterior end just below or slightly beyond posterior margin of eye; lips with minute papillae, barbels ab- sent on upper lip. Eye large, round, its rear margin behind midpoint of rictus. Anterior nostril short, tubular, its height
<quantity id="9A429B253247FF91FCA4FE92FC31FEF6" box="[820,927,263,287]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="6.985" metricValueMax="7.111999999999999" metricValueMin="6.858" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" unit="in" value="2.75" valueMax="2.8" valueMin="2.7">2.72.8 in</quantity>
eye diameter; tip distinctly notched. Posterior nostril a slit-like pore covered by a flap, situated on outer edge of upper lip slightly behind anterior nostril; horizontal length of posterior nostril dermal flap much greater than diameter of anterior nostril tube. Gill opening large, crescentic, situated low on side just anterior to pectoral-fin base. Gill opening to dorsal-fin origin greater than twice pectoral-fin length; anal-fin origin just behind anus; dorsal and anal fins moderately elevated, sharply reducing in height posteriorly, but posteriormost portion expanded (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453247FF91FAE0FDB9FC91FD8C" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1044,1066]" captionTargetBox="[265,1323,205,1006]" captionTargetId="figure-77@2.[265,1323,205,1006]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 1. Fresh specimen of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL, off Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, East China Sea, Japan." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737963" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737963/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
); maximum heights of dorsal and anal fins approximately equal to eye diameter. Pectoral fin rounded, lacking elongate rays (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453247FF91FC0BFD1BFC45FD4F" box="[923,1003,654,678]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1844,1866]" captionTargetBox="[485,1102,1127,1804]" captionTargetId="figure-100@2.[483,1104,1126,1806]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2. Lateral view of the head (A), and schematic diagram of dentition on upper jaw (left) and lower jaw (right) (B), of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL.Dotted circles in (B) represent missing teeth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737965" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737965/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
). All teeth small, simple and conical, with tips slightly curved posteriorly. Intermaxillary with rosette of 714 teeth, single row of 1621 teeth on vomer (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453247FF91FAD0FD5AFA22FD0E" box="[1344,1420,719,743]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1844,1866]" captionTargetBox="[485,1102,1127,1804]" captionTargetId="figure-100@2.[483,1104,1126,1806]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2. Lateral view of the head (A), and schematic diagram of dentition on upper jaw (left) and lower jaw (right) (B), of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL.Dotted circles in (B) represent missing teeth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737965" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737965/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). Maxillary dentition biserial, 2432 teeth on outer and 1518 on inner rows (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453247FF91FC4BFC85FB84FCC1" box="[987,1066,784,808]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1844,1866]" captionTargetBox="[485,1102,1127,1804]" captionTargetId="figure-100@2.[483,1104,1126,1806]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2. Lateral view of the head (A), and schematic diagram of dentition on upper jaw (left) and lower jaw (right) (B), of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL.Dotted circles in (B) represent missing teeth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737965" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737965/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
); inner teeth distinctly larger than outer. Lower jaw teeth mostly uniserial with 3035 teeth, a few inner teeth scattered on inner edge (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453247FF91FB74FCC4FA9AFC80" box="[1252,1332,849,873]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1844,1866]" captionTargetBox="[485,1102,1127,1804]" captionTargetId="figure-100@2.[483,1104,1126,1806]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2. Lateral view of the head (A), and schematic diagram of dentition on upper jaw (left) and lower jaw (right) (B), of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL.Dotted circles in (B) represent missing teeth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737965" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737965/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Fig. 2B</figureCitation>
). Lateralline and cephalic pores minute. Frontal pore 1; supratemporal pores 01+1+1=23; supraorbital pores 1+4=5; infraorbital pores 2+4=6; preoperculo-mandibular pores 67+2=89 (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453247FF91FC5BFC46FBB7FC02" box="[971,1049,979,1003]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1844,1866]" captionTargetBox="[485,1102,1127,1804]" captionTargetId="figure-100@2.[483,1104,1126,1806]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 2. Lateral view of the head (A), and schematic diagram of dentition on upper jaw (left) and lower jaw (right) (B), of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL.Dotted circles in (B) represent missing teeth." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737965" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737965/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Fig. 2A</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="09C566483247FF91FF0CFBBDFC95FBD4" box="[156,827,1064,1086]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" startId="1.[156,204,1064,1086]">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03247FF91FF0CFBBDFC95FBD4" blockId="1.[156,827,1064,1086]" box="[156,827,1064,1086]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
Table 1. Counts and proportional measurements of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433247FF91FD15FBBDFC98FBD4" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[645,822,1064,1085]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FD15FBBDFC98FBD4" box="[645,822,1064,1085]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5D0536C03247FF91FD86FBCEFAE8F818" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<table id="2FBAC4603247006FFF21FBCEFA26F818" box="[177,1416,1115,2033]" gridcols="6" gridrows="30" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FBCEFA26FB86" box="[177,1416,1115,1135]" gridrow="0" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" rowspan-0="1">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FBCEFDC1FB86" box="[503,623,1115,1135]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Saipan</th>
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFBCEFC85FB86" box="[700,811,1115,1135]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Japan</th>
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FBCEFA26FB86" box="[873,1416,1115,1135]" colspan="3" colspanRight="2" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">New Caledonia and Fiji</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FB10FA26FB71" box="[177,1416,1157,1176]" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-4="1">
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FB10FBAEFB71" box="[873,1024,1157,1176]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Holotype</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FB10FA26FB71" box="[1254,1416,1157,1176]" gridcol="5" gridrow="1" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Other specimen</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FB0FFA26FB44" box="[177,1416,1178,1197]" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-5="1">
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FB0FFDC1FB44" box="[503,623,1178,1197]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">FAKU 103293</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFB0FFC85FB44" box="[700,811,1178,1197]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">OCF-P03211</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFB0FFB0FFB44" box="[1099,1185,1178,1197]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
Paratype
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FB06FB0FFB0FFB44" bold="true" box="[1174,1185,1178,1197]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">*</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FB3BFA26FB2B" box="[177,1416,1198,1218]" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-4="1">
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FB3BFBAEFB2B" box="[873,1024,1198,1218]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">MNHN 1995-425</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FB3BFA26FB2B" box="[1254,1416,1198,1218]" gridcol="5" gridrow="3" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">MNHN 2001-1062</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FB4DFA26FB02" box="[177,1416,1240,1259]" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FB4DFE36FB02" box="[177,408,1240,1259]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Total length (mm)</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FB4DFDC1FB02" box="[503,623,1240,1259]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">685</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFB4DFC85FB02" box="[700,811,1240,1259]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">634</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FB4DFBAEFB02" box="[873,1024,1240,1259]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">590</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFB4DFB0FFB02" box="[1099,1185,1240,1259]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">669</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FB4DFA26FB02" box="[1254,1416,1240,1259]" gridcol="5" gridrow="4" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">549</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FB62FA26FAE3" box="[177,1416,1271,1290]" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FB62FA26FAE3" box="[177,1416,1271,1290]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Counts</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FA83FA26FAC0" box="[177,1416,1302,1321]" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FA83FE36FAC0" box="[177,408,1302,1321]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Branchial lateral-line pores</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FA83FDC1FAC0" box="[503,623,1302,1321]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">8</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFA83FC85FAC0" box="[700,811,1302,1321]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">7</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FA83FBAEFAC0" box="[873,1024,1302,1321]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">8</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFA83FB0FFAC0" box="[1099,1185,1302,1321]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FA83FA26FAC0" box="[1254,1416,1302,1321]" gridcol="5" gridrow="6" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FAA0FA26FAA1" box="[177,1416,1333,1352]" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FAA0FE36FAA1" box="[177,408,1333,1352]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Predorsal lateral-line pores</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FAA0FDC1FAA1" box="[503,623,1333,1352]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">22</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFAA0FC85FAA1" box="[700,811,1333,1352]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">20</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FAA0FBAEFAA1" box="[873,1024,1333,1352]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">19</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFAA0FB0FFAA1" box="[1099,1185,1333,1352]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FAA0FA26FAA1" box="[1254,1416,1333,1352]" gridcol="5" gridrow="7" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">19</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FAC1FA26FA8E" box="[177,1416,1364,1383]" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FAC1FE36FA8E" box="[177,408,1364,1383]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Preanal lateral-line pores</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FAC1FDC1FA8E" box="[503,623,1364,1383]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">62</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFAC1FC85FA8E" box="[700,811,1364,1383]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">61</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FAC1FBAEFA8E" box="[873,1024,1364,1383]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">61</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFAC1FB0FFA8E" box="[1099,1185,1364,1383]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FAC1FA26FA8E" box="[1254,1416,1364,1383]" gridcol="5" gridrow="8" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">60</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FAE6FA26FA6F" box="[177,1416,1395,1414]" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FAE6FE36FA6F" box="[177,408,1395,1414]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Total lateral-line pores</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FAE6FDC1FA6F" box="[503,623,1395,1414]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">165</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFAE6FC85FA6F" box="[700,811,1395,1414]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">159</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FAE6FBAEFA6F" box="[873,1024,1395,1414]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">171</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFAE6FB0FFA6F" box="[1099,1185,1395,1414]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FAE6FA26FA6F" box="[1254,1416,1395,1414]" gridcol="5" gridrow="9" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">168</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FA07FA26FA4C" box="[177,1416,1426,1445]" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FA07FE36FA4C" box="[177,408,1426,1445]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Predorsal vertebrae</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FA07FDC1FA4C" box="[503,623,1426,1445]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">21</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFA07FC85FA4C" box="[700,811,1426,1445]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">20</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FA07FBAEFA4C" box="[873,1024,1426,1445]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
20
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FC25FA07FC6EFA4C" bold="true" box="[949,960,1426,1445]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">*</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFA07FB0FFA4C" box="[1099,1185,1426,1445]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">21</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FA07FA26FA4C" box="[1254,1416,1426,1445]" gridcol="5" gridrow="10" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FA24FA26FA2D" box="[177,1416,1457,1476]" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FA24FE36FA2D" box="[177,408,1457,1476]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Preanal vertebrae</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FA24FDC1FA2D" box="[503,623,1457,1476]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">59</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFA24FC85FA2D" box="[700,811,1457,1476]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">60</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FA24FBAEFA2D" box="[873,1024,1457,1476]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
61
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FC25FA24FC6EFA2D" bold="true" box="[949,960,1457,1476]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">*</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFA24FB0FFA2D" box="[1099,1185,1457,1476]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">60</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FA24FA26FA2D" box="[1254,1416,1457,1476]" gridcol="5" gridrow="11" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FA45FA26FA0A" box="[177,1416,1488,1507]" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FA45FE36FA0A" box="[177,408,1488,1507]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Total vertebrae</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67FA45FDC1FA0A" box="[503,623,1488,1507]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">174</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CFA45FC85FA0A" box="[700,811,1488,1507]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">173</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9FA45FBAEFA0A" box="[873,1024,1488,1507]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
176
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FC25FA45FC6EFA0A" bold="true" box="[949,960,1488,1507]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">*</emphasis>
</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBFA45FB0FFA0A" box="[1099,1185,1488,1507]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">177</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76FA45FA26FA0A" box="[1254,1416,1488,1507]" gridcol="5" gridrow="12" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21FA7AFA26F9EB" box="[177,1416,1519,1538]" gridrow="13" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21FA7AFA26F9EB" box="[177,1416,1519,1538]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Proportion as % TL</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F99BFA26F9C8" box="[177,1416,1550,1569]" gridrow="14" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F99BFE36F9C8" box="[177,408,1550,1569]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Head length</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F99BFDC1F9C8" box="[503,623,1550,1569]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">9.0</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF99BFC85F9C8" box="[700,811,1550,1569]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">10.0</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F99BFBAEF9C8" box="[873,1024,1550,1569]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">8.8</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF99BFB0FF9C8" box="[1099,1185,1550,1569]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">8.3</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F99BFA26F9C8" box="[1254,1416,1550,1569]" gridcol="5" gridrow="14" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">8.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F9B8FA26F9A9" box="[177,1416,1581,1600]" gridrow="15" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F9B8FE36F9A9" box="[177,408,1581,1600]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Trunk length</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F9B8FDC1F9A9" box="[503,623,1581,1600]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">30.5</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF9B8FC85F9A9" box="[700,811,1581,1600]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">32.8</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F9B8FBAEF9A9" box="[873,1024,1581,1600]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">30.7</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF9B8FB0FF9A9" box="[1099,1185,1581,1600]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">32.1</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F9B8FA26F9A9" box="[1254,1416,1581,1600]" gridcol="5" gridrow="15" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">30.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F9D9FA26F9B6" box="[177,1416,1612,1631]" gridrow="16" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F9D9FE36F9B6" box="[177,408,1612,1631]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Preanus length</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F9D9FDC1F9B6" box="[503,623,1612,1631]" gridcol="1" gridrow="16" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">39.1</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF9D9FC85F9B6" box="[700,811,1612,1631]" gridcol="2" gridrow="16" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">42.6</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F9D9FBAEF9B6" box="[873,1024,1612,1631]" gridcol="3" gridrow="16" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">39.6</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF9D9FB0FF9B6" box="[1099,1185,1612,1631]" gridcol="4" gridrow="16" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F9D9FA26F9B6" box="[1254,1416,1612,1631]" gridcol="5" gridrow="16" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">38.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F9FFFA26F994" box="[177,1416,1642,1661]" gridrow="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F9FFFE36F994" box="[177,408,1642,1661]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Tail length</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F9FFFDC1F994" box="[503,623,1642,1661]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">60.9</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF9FFFC85F994" box="[700,811,1642,1661]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">57.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F9FFFBAEF994" box="[873,1024,1642,1661]" gridcol="3" gridrow="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">60.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF9FFFB0FF994" box="[1099,1185,1642,1661]" gridcol="4" gridrow="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">59.6</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F9FFFA26F994" box="[1254,1416,1642,1661]" gridcol="5" gridrow="17" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">61.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F91CFA26F974" box="[177,1416,1673,1693]" gridrow="18" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F91CFE36F974" box="[177,408,1673,1693]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Predorsal length</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F91CFDC1F974" box="[503,623,1673,1693]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">16.6</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF91CFC85F974" box="[700,811,1673,1693]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">17.8</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F91CFBAEF974" box="[873,1024,1673,1693]" gridcol="3" gridrow="18" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">15.5</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF91CFB0FF974" box="[1099,1185,1673,1693]" gridcol="4" gridrow="18" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">16.6</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F91CFA26F974" box="[1254,1416,1673,1693]" gridcol="5" gridrow="18" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">14.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F93DFA26F955" box="[177,1416,1704,1724]" gridrow="19" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F93DFE36F955" box="[177,408,1704,1724]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Origin of dorsal fin to anus</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F93DFDC1F955" box="[503,623,1704,1724]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">22.5</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF93DFC85F955" box="[700,811,1704,1724]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">24.9</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F93DFBAEF955" box="[873,1024,1704,1724]" gridcol="3" gridrow="19" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">24.2</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF93DFB0FF955" box="[1099,1185,1704,1724]" gridcol="4" gridrow="19" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F93DFA26F955" box="[1254,1416,1704,1724]" gridcol="5" gridrow="19" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">24.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F952FA26F932" box="[177,1416,1735,1755]" gridrow="20" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F952FE36F932" box="[177,408,1735,1755]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Body depth at gill opening</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F952FDC1F932" box="[503,623,1735,1755]" gridcol="1" gridrow="20" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">3.1</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF952FC85F932" box="[700,811,1735,1755]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">3.8</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F952FBAEF932" box="[873,1024,1735,1755]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">3.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF952FB0FF932" box="[1099,1185,1735,1755]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F952FA26F932" box="[1254,1416,1735,1755]" gridcol="5" gridrow="20" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F973FA26F913" box="[177,1416,1766,1786]" gridrow="21" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F973FE36F913" box="[177,408,1766,1786]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Body depth at mid anus</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F973FDC1F913" box="[503,623,1766,1786]" gridcol="1" gridrow="21" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.9</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF973FC85F913" box="[700,811,1766,1786]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.1</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F973FBAEF913" box="[873,1024,1766,1786]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF973FB0FF913" box="[1099,1185,1766,1786]" gridcol="4" gridrow="21" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F973FA26F913" box="[1254,1416,1766,1786]" gridcol="5" gridrow="21" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F890FA26F8F0" box="[177,1416,1797,1817]" gridrow="22" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F890FE36F8F0" box="[177,408,1797,1817]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Body width at gill opening</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F890FDC1F8F0" box="[503,623,1797,1817]" gridcol="1" gridrow="22" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.5</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF890FC85F8F0" box="[700,811,1797,1817]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">1.9</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F890FBAEF8F0" box="[873,1024,1797,1817]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.2</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF890FB0FF8F0" box="[1099,1185,1797,1817]" gridcol="4" gridrow="22" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F890FA26F8F0" box="[1254,1416,1797,1817]" gridcol="5" gridrow="22" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F8B1FA26F8D1" box="[177,1416,1828,1848]" gridrow="23" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F8B1FE36F8D1" box="[177,408,1828,1848]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Body width at mid anus</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F8B1FDC1F8D1" box="[503,623,1828,1848]" gridcol="1" gridrow="23" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.3</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF8B1FC85F8D1" box="[700,811,1828,1848]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">1.9</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F8B1FBAEF8D1" box="[873,1024,1828,1848]" gridcol="3" gridrow="23" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF8B1FB0FF8D1" box="[1099,1185,1828,1848]" gridcol="4" gridrow="23" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F8B1FA26F8D1" box="[1254,1416,1828,1848]" gridcol="5" gridrow="23" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">2.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F8D6FA26F8BF" box="[177,1416,1859,1878]" gridrow="24" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F8D6FA26F8BF" box="[177,1416,1859,1878]" colspan="6" colspanRight="5" gridcol="0" gridrow="24" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Proportion as % HL</th>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F8F7FA26F89C" box="[177,1416,1890,1909]" gridrow="25" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F8F7FE36F89C" box="[177,408,1890,1909]" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Eye diameter</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F8F7FDC1F89C" box="[503,623,1890,1909]" gridcol="1" gridrow="25" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">13.7</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF8F7FC85F89C" box="[700,811,1890,1909]" gridcol="2" gridrow="25" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">13.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F8F7FBAEF89C" box="[873,1024,1890,1909]" gridcol="3" gridrow="25" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">14.1</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF8F7FB0FF89C" box="[1099,1185,1890,1909]" gridcol="4" gridrow="25" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">11.2</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F8F7FA26F89C" box="[1254,1416,1890,1909]" gridcol="5" gridrow="25" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">15.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F814FA26F87D" box="[177,1416,1921,1940]" gridrow="26" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F814FE36F87D" box="[177,408,1921,1940]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Interorbital width</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F814FDC1F87D" box="[503,623,1921,1940]" gridcol="1" gridrow="26" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">11.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF814FC85F87D" box="[700,811,1921,1940]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">15.0</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F814FBAEF87D" box="[873,1024,1921,1940]" gridcol="3" gridrow="26" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">10.0</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF814FB0FF87D" box="[1099,1185,1921,1940]" gridcol="4" gridrow="26" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">13.5</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F814FA26F87D" box="[1254,1416,1921,1940]" gridcol="5" gridrow="26" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">9.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F835FA26F85A" box="[177,1416,1952,1971]" gridrow="27" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F835FE36F85A" box="[177,408,1952,1971]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Snout length</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F835FDC1F85A" box="[503,623,1952,1971]" gridcol="1" gridrow="27" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">23.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF835FC85F85A" box="[700,811,1952,1971]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">25.3</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F835FBAEF85A" box="[873,1024,1952,1971]" gridcol="3" gridrow="27" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">24.4</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF835FB0FF85A" box="[1099,1185,1952,1971]" gridcol="4" gridrow="27" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">25.2</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F835FA26F85A" box="[1254,1416,1952,1971]" gridcol="5" gridrow="27" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">24.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F82AFA26F83B" box="[177,1416,1983,2002]" gridrow="28" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F82AFE36F83B" box="[177,408,1983,2002]" gridcol="0" gridrow="28" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Upper-jaw length</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F82AFDC1F83B" box="[503,623,1983,2002]" gridcol="1" gridrow="28" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">37.2</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF82AFC85F83B" box="[700,811,1983,2002]" gridcol="2" gridrow="28" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">38.1</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F82AFBAEF83B" box="[873,1024,1983,2002]" gridcol="3" gridrow="28" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">36.1</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF82AFB0FF83B" box="[1099,1185,1983,2002]" gridcol="4" gridrow="28" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">36.9</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F82AFA26F83B" box="[1254,1416,1983,2002]" gridcol="5" gridrow="28" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">36.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E38A34823247006FFF21F84BFA26F818" box="[177,1416,2014,2033]" gridrow="29" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<th id="A05B5DFE3247006FFF21F84BFE36F818" box="[177,408,2014,2033]" gridcol="0" gridrow="29" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">Pectoral-fin length</th>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFE67F84BFDC1F818" box="[503,623,2014,2033]" gridcol="1" gridrow="29" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">20.5</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFD2CF84BFC85F818" box="[700,811,2014,2033]" gridcol="2" gridrow="29" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">24.1</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFCF9F84BFBAEF818" box="[873,1024,2014,2033]" gridcol="3" gridrow="29" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">19.2</td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFBDBF84BFB0FF818" box="[1099,1185,2014,2033]" gridcol="4" gridrow="29" pageId="1" pageNumber="214"></td>
<td id="A05B5DFE3247006FFB76F84BFA26F818" box="[1254,1416,2014,2033]" gridcol="5" gridrow="29" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">22.3</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<footnote id="3EA12ACE3247FF91FF21F792FE18F7F2" box="[177,438,2055,2075]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03247FF91FF21F792FE18F7F2" blockId="1.[177,438,2055,2075]" box="[177,438,2055,2075]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23247FF91FF21F792FF12F7F3" bold="true" box="[177,188,2055,2074]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="214">*</emphasis>
Data from
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313247FF91FE8BF792FE1FF7F2" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[283,433,2055,2075]" pageId="1" pageNumber="214" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref3116" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 180: 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker (1999)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</footnote>
<caption id="09C566483244FF92FF0CFB81FA28FBC3" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737963" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5737963" box="[156,1414,1044,1066]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737963/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="215" startId="2.[156,187,1044,1066]" targetBox="[265,1323,205,1006]" targetPageId="2">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03244FF92FF0CFB81FA28FBC3" blockId="2.[156,1414,1044,1066]" box="[156,1414,1044,1066]" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">
Fig. 1. Fresh specimen of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433244FF92FE09FB81FDE4FBC3" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[409,586,1044,1066]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="215" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23244FF92FE09FB81FDE4FBC3" box="[409,586,1044,1066]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, OCF-P03211, 634 mm TL, off Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, East China Sea, Japan.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<caption id="09C566483244FF92FF0CF8A1FCE5F88F" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737965" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5737965" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737965/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="215" startId="2.[156,187,1844,1866]" targetBox="[485,1102,1127,1804]" targetPageId="2">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03244FF92FF0CF8A1FCE5F88F" blockId="2.[156,1432,1844,1894]" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">
Fig. 2. Lateral view of the head (A), and schematic diagram of dentition on upper jaw (left) and lower jaw (right) (B), of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433244FF92FB6AF8A1FF16F88F" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="215" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23244FF92FB6AF8A1FF16F88F" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, OCF-P03211, 634 mm TL. Dotted circles in (B) represent missing teeth.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5D0536C03244FF92FF25F836FBB2F815" blockId="2.[156,767,1955,2077]" lastBlockId="2.[820,1432,1955,2077]" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23244FF92FF25F836FE0AF852" box="[181,420,1955,1979]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">Color in fresh condition</emphasis>
(based on OCF-P03211) (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453244FF92FD25F836FD5EF852" box="[693,752,1955,1979]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="2.[156,187,1044,1066]" captionTargetBox="[265,1323,205,1006]" captionTargetId="figure-77@2.[265,1323,205,1006]" captionTargetPageId="2" captionText="Fig. 1. Fresh specimen of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL, off Okinawa Island, Okinawa Prefecture, East China Sea, Japan." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737963" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737963/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">Fig. 1</figureCitation>
). Body brownish dorsally, whitish ventrally, but uniformly brown for a portion equal to head length just before tail tip; fine brownish mottling ventrally on trunk. Median and pectoral fins colorless, except for posteriormost portion of anal fin (length equal to
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23244FF92FBBCF851FBE6F832" box="[1068,1096,1988,2011]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">ca.</emphasis>
one third head length) indistinct darkish brown (
<figureCitation id="C5812A453244FF92FC44F871FBBEF815" box="[980,1040,2020,2044]" captionStart="Fig" captionStartId="3.[156,187,427,449]" captionTargetBox="[159,764,205,389]" captionTargetId="figure-915@3.[159,764,205,389]" captionTargetPageId="3" captionText="Fig. 3. Enlarged lateral view of posterior end of Ophichthus exourus, OCF-P03211, 634mm TL." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737967/files/figure.png" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5D0536C03244FF93FCDEF790FDF4FD8C" blockId="2.[820,1432,1955,2077]" lastBlockId="3.[156,768,524,2077]" lastPageId="3" lastPageNumber="216" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23244FF92FCDEF790FC56F7F4" box="[846,1016,2053,2077]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="215">Color in alcohol</emphasis>
. Body coloration of OCF-P03211 had scarcely changed from that in fresh condition. The older specimen, FAKU 103293, was entirely faded due to longterm preservation in 10% formalin solution.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<caption id="09C566483245FF93FF0CFE3EFE1DFE34" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5737967" ID-Zenodo-Dep="5737967" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/5737967/files/figure.png" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" startId="3.[156,187,427,449]" targetBox="[159,764,205,389]" targetPageId="3">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03245FF93FF0CFE3EFE1DFE34" blockId="3.[156,767,427,477]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">
Fig. 3. Enlarged lateral view of posterior end of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FDF2FE3EFF16FE34" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FDF2FE3EFF16FE34" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, OCF-P03211, 634 mm TL.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<subSubSection id="15A0654B3245FF93FF25FDF8FDC8FCA1" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03245FF93FF25FDF8FDC8FCA1" blockId="3.[156,768,524,2077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FF25FDF8FEEFFD6C" bold="true" box="[181,321,621,645]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Distribution.</emphasis>
Widely distributed in the western Pacific, including
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FE95FD1BFE09FD4F" box="[261,423,654,678]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FE23FD1BFE78FD4F" box="[435,470,654,678]" name="Fiji" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Fiji</collectingCountry>
, Saipan and
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FDCDFD1BFD36FD4C" box="[605,664,654,677]" name="Japan" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Japan</collectingCountry>
. The type specimens were collected from the deep-sea floor (
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FD5BFD3BFF77FD0F" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.6" metricValueMax="5.2" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="m" value="460.0" valueMax="520.0" valueMin="400.0">400 520 m</quantity>
depth) off
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FECDFD5AFE51FD0E" box="[349,511,719,743]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
(
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FD83FD5AFDDEFD0E" box="[531,624,719,743]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) and off
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FD4EFD5AFD51FD0E" box="[734,767,719,743]" name="Fiji" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Fiji</collectingCountry>
(
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FF33FD65FEAEFCE1" box="[163,256,752,776]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
), although two individuals were collected from midwater (exact depth unknown) and the sea surface, respectively (
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FE9BFCA5FE01FCA0" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[267,431,816,841]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref3116" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 180: 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker 1999</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FE28FCA4FE45FCA0" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[440,491,817,841]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref3201" refString="McCosker, J. E. 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505: 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="2010">2010</bibRefCitation>
; this study).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="15A0654B3245FF93FF25FCC4FA9EFAE6" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="5D0536C03245FF93FF25FCC4FEC3FBA4" blockId="3.[156,768,524,2077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FF25FCC4FEB7FC80" bold="true" box="[181,281,849,873]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Remarks.</emphasis>
Morphological features of the present specimens were almost identical with those of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FDFCFCE7FD71FC60" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[620,735,882,905]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FDFCFCE7FD71FC60" box="[620,735,882,905]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">O. exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
as given in the original description, except for the number of infraorbital pores;
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FECDFC26FED4FC23" box="[349,378,947,970]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">i.e.</emphasis>
, 5 (2+3) pores in the
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FDFAFC26FD6DFC22" box="[618,707,947,971]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
of
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FD78FC26FEB9FC02" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FD78FC26FF58FC02" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourous">O. exourous</taxonomicName>
vs.
</emphasis>
6 (2+4) in the former (
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FD9DFC46FD1AFC02" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[525,692,979,1003]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref3116" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 180: 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker 1999</bibRefCitation>
). However, examination of the
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FE30FC61FE57FBE5" box="[416,505,1012,1036]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
showed that the infraorbital pores in fact numbered 6 (2+4), not 5 (2+3) as shown in
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FF26FBA0FEC7FBA4" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[182,361,1077,1101]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref3116" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 180: 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker (1999)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5D0536C03245FF93FF25FBC0FBB0FF37" blockId="3.[156,768,524,2077]" lastBlockId="3.[821,1432,198,1296]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FF25FBC0FE2EFB84" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[181,384,1109,1133]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FF25FBC0FE2EFB84" box="[181,384,1109,1133]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
shares a similar general appearance with
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FF44FBE3FDDAFB67" authority="Karrer, 1983" authorityName="Karrer" authorityYear="1983" box="[212,628,1142,1166]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachynopterus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FF44FBE3FE47FB67" box="[212,489,1142,1166]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus brachynopterus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FE62FBE3FDDAFB67" author="Karrer, C." box="[498,628,1142,1166]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="1 - 116" refId="ref3053" refString="Karrer, C. 1983. Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale 23: 1 - 116." type="journal article" year="1983">Karrer, 1983</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FD3FFBE3FE56FB47" authority="McCosker, 1999" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mystacinus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FD3FFBE3FEEEFB47" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus mystacinus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FEDCFB03FE56FB47" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[332,504,1174,1198]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref3116" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 180: 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker, 1999</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, the three species being distinguishable from other congeners by the following combination of characters: preopercular pores 2; gill opening to dorsal-fin origin greater than twice pectoral-fin length; body without bands or spots; and anal-fin end darkened (
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FF33FAACFEFFFAB8" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[163,337,1337,1361]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref3201" refString="McCosker, J. E. 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505: 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="2010">McCosker 2010</bibRefCitation>
).
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FEFAFAACFD97FAB8" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[362,569,1337,1361]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FEFAFAACFD97FAB8" box="[362,569,1337,1361]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is further distinguishable from
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FEAEFACFFE59FA98" authorityName="Karrer" authorityYear="1983" box="[318,503,1369,1393]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachynopterus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FEAEFACFFE59FA98" box="[318,503,1369,1393]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">O. brachynopterus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by head length (8.310.0
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FF0CFAEEFF19FA7B" box="[156,183,1403,1426]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
10.210.8% TL), pectoral-fin shape and length (rounded and 19.224.1
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FEA2FA0EFEE3FA5B" box="[306,333,1435,1458]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
wedge-shaped and 25.027.8% HL), position of rear margin of eye (above or slightly behind rictus
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FF0CFA49FF19FA1A" box="[156,183,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
slightly in advance of rictus), eye diameter (44.461.2
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FD75FA49FCAEFA1A" box="[741,768,1500,1523]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
75.185.1% of snout length), horizontal length of dermal flap of posterior nostril (much greater than diameter of anterior nostril tube
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FECFF9ABFED4F9BC" box="[351,378,1598,1621]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
almost equal to diameter of anterior nostril tube), upper jaw length (36.138.1
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FDF5F9CBFD2EF99C" box="[613,640,1630,1653]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
38.545.5% HL), predorsal vertebrae (2021
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FE6CF9EAFDB9F97F" box="[508,535,1663,1686]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
2731) and teeth arrangement in lower jaw (almost uniserial
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FDDFF90AFDC4F95F" box="[591,618,1695,1718]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
almost biserial); and from
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FEB7F955FE1CF93E" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[295,434,1728,1751]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mystacinus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FEB7F955FE1CF93E" box="[295,434,1728,1751]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">O. mystacinus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by pectoral-fin shape and length (rounded and 19.224.1
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FE3BF974FE68F911" box="[427,454,1761,1784]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
filamentous and 38.550.0% HL), position of rear margin of eye (above or slightly behind rictus
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FF71F8B7FF55F8D0" box="[225,251,1826,1849]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
slightly in advance of rictus), upper jaw length (36.138.1
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FE9CF8D7FE89F8B0" box="[268,295,1858,1881]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
50.055.6% HL), counts of predorsal and total vertebrae (2021 predorsal and 173177 total
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FDE3F8F6FD20F893" box="[627,654,1891,1914]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
3135 and 169174), teeth arrangement in lower jaw (almost uniserial
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FF0CF831FF19F852" box="[156,183,1956,1979]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
completely biserial), and coloration and length of posterior-most darkened portion of anal-fin (indistinct darkish brown and much shorter than head
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FDD0F870FDF4F815" box="[576,602,2021,2044]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">vs.</emphasis>
distinctly black and longer than head length) (
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FE42F790FDFEF7F4" author="Karrer, C." box="[466,592,2053,2077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="1 - 116" refId="ref3053" refString="Karrer, C. 1983. Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale 23: 1 - 116." type="journal article" year="1983">Karrer 1983</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FDCAF791FD55F7F4" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[602,763,2052,2077]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="571 - 588" refId="ref3116" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1999. Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Memoires du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle 180: 571 - 588." type="journal article" year="1999">McCosker 1999</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FCA5FF53FCC6FF37" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[821,872,198,222]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="669 - 674" refId="ref3155" refString="McCosker, J. E. 2005. A new species of deepwater snake eel, Ophichthus pullus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Angola and Guinea- Bissau. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 56: 669 - 674." type="journal article" year="2005">2005</bibRefCitation>
,
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FCE1FF53FC0AFF37" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[881,932,198,222]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref3201" refString="McCosker, J. E. 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505: 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="2010">2010</bibRefCitation>
; this study).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5D0536C03245FF93FCDEFF72FB00FC60" blockId="3.[821,1432,198,1296]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">
The type specimens of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FBA6FF72FB0DFF17" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[1078,1187,231,254]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FBA6FF72FB0DFF17" box="[1078,1187,231,254]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">O. exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
were collected from the deep-sea floor at
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FC72FE92FBFEFEF6" box="[994,1104,263,287]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.6" metricValueMax="5.2" metricValueMin="4.0" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="m" value="460.0" valueMax="520.0" valueMin="400.0">400520 m</quantity>
depth off
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FB27FE9DFAFCFEF6" box="[1207,1362,263,287]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
(
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FACFFE92FCCCFEA9" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
) and
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FC0FFEBDFC6EFEA9" box="[927,960,296,320]" name="Fiji" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Fiji</collectingCountry>
(
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FC40FEBDFB80FEA9" box="[976,1070,296,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
). An additional specimen (MNHN 2001-1062), captured by pelagic trawl in
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FB76FEDDFAFAFE89" box="[1254,1364,328,352]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" metricValueMax="5.85" metricValueMin="5.15" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="m" value="550.0" valueMax="585.0" valueMin="515.0">515585 m</quantity>
depth off
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FCCCFEFCFBAFFE68" box="[860,1025,361,385]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
, was listed in
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FB38FEFCFACCFE68" author="McCosker, J. E." box="[1192,1378,361,385]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="1 - 39" refId="ref3201" refString="McCosker, J. E. 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505: 1 - 39." type="journal article" year="2010">McCosker (2010)</bibRefCitation>
. The present
<specimenCount id="4BBCFD493245FF93FC14FE1FFBB7FE48" box="[900,1049,393,417]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="generic">two specimens</specimenCount>
from Saipan and Okinawa extend the distributional range of the species to the Northern Hemisphere. A new standard Japanese name, “Gunbai-umihebi”, is proposed for
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FB92FE7EFBDFFDEA" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[1026,1137,491,515]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FB92FE7EFBDFFDEA" box="[1026,1137,491,515]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">O. exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, in reference to a species of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FCA5FD9EFC08FDCA" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1789" box="[821,934,523,547]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FCA5FD9EFC08FDCA" box="[821,934,523,547]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(= “Umihebi”) having a strange tail-end shape,
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FCA5FDB8FCF6FDAD" box="[821,856,557,580]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">viz.</emphasis>
, expansion of the dorsal and anal fins in a manner reminiscent of a Japanese traditional gourd-shaped fan (=“Gunbai”). Although it is generally known that ophichthid eels are bottom-inhabiting fishes, the two
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FB50FD1BFA9EFD4C" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1999" box="[1216,1328,654,677]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FB50FD1BFA9EFD4C" box="[1216,1328,654,677]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">O. exourus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
individuals were collected in midwater (MNHN 2001-1062) and on the surface (OCF-P03211). Some similar cases have been reported for other species of
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FBF4FD7AFB5EFCEE" box="[1124,1264,751,775]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="family">Ophichthidae</taxonomicName>
(
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FA90FD65FA8FFCEE" box="[1280,1313,752,775]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">e.g.</emphasis>
,
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FABFFD7AFCC6FCC1" author="McCosker, J. E." pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="1 - 123" refId="ref3078" refString="McCosker, J. E. 1977. The osteology, classification, and relationships of the eel family Ophichthidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) 41: 1 - 123." type="journal article" year="1977">McCosker 1977</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="392B4B313245FF93FCE2FC85FBA8FCC1" author="Ho, H. - C. &amp; McCosker, J. E. &amp; Smith, D. G." box="[882,1030,784,808]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" pagination="1 - 20" refId="ref2996" refString="Ho, H. - C., McCosker, J. E., and Smith, D. G. 2013. Revision of the worm eel genus Neenchelys (Ophichthidae: Myrophinae), with descriptions of three new species from the western Pacific Ocean. Zoological Studies 52: 1 - 20." type="journal article" year="2013">
Ho
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FC09FC85FC62FCC1" box="[921,972,784,808]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">et al.</emphasis>
2013
</bibRefCitation>
), and the occurrence of bottom-inhabiting species on the surface has been occasionally noted during field surveys by the first two authors. However, reasons for this phenomenon remain unclear.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5D0536C03245FF93FCDEFC04FA9EFAE6" blockId="3.[821,1432,198,1296]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FCDEFC04FBCAFC40" bold="true" box="[846,1124,913,937]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Comparative materials.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FBEEFC07FBA4FC23" authority=": MNHN 1979" authorityName="MNHN" authorityYear="1979" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachynotopterus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FBEEFC07FCC8FC23" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus brachynotopterus</emphasis>
: MNHN
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FC46FC27FBA4FC23" box="[982,1034,946,970]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.1707" metricValueMax="2.1435" metricValueMin="0.1979" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="mm" value="11707.0" valueMax="21435.0" valueMin="1979.0">1979</quantity>
</taxonomicName>
-21, 435 mm TL,
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FB59FC27FA8AFC23" box="[1225,1316,946,970]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FAA5FC27FCFBFC03" name="Madagascar" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FCF1FC46FC1FFC02" box="[865,945,979,1003]" degrees="12" direction="south" minutes="40" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="925" value="-12.666667">12°40S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FC2EFC46FB8FFC03" box="[958,1057,979,1003]" degrees="48" direction="east" minutes="13.8" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="92" value="48.23">48°13.8E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="290410003245FF93FBBFFC46FB74FC02" box="[1071,1242,979,1003]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1972-01-18">18 January 1972</date>
; MNHN
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FAD0FC46FC2BFBE2" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2209999999999999" metricValueMax="2.2441" metricValueMin="0.1979" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="mm" value="12210.0" valueMax="22441.0" valueMin="1979.0">1979-22, 441 mm</quantity>
TL,
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FC52FC61FBB2FBE5" box="[962,1052,1012,1036]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FBBCFC66FB08FBE2" box="[1068,1190,1011,1035]" name="Madagascar" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FB27FC66FAA8FBE2" box="[1207,1286,1011,1035]" degrees="12" direction="south" minutes="52" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="925" value="-12.866667">12°52S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FA87FC66FAD4FBE2" box="[1303,1402,1011,1035]" degrees="48" direction="east" minutes="10.3" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="92" value="48.171665">48°10.3E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="290410003245FF93FA1BFC66FC01FBC5" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1971-03-04">4 March 1971</date>
; MNHN
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FB81FB81FB6EFBC2" box="[1041,1216,1044,1068]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2695" metricValueMax="2.3411" metricValueMin="0.1979" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="mm" value="12695.0" valueMax="23411.0" valueMin="1979.0">1979-23, 411 mm</quantity>
TL,
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FB60FB81FAE4FBC5" box="[1264,1354,1044,1068]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FAC5FB81FCDBFBA4" name="Madagascar" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Madagascar</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FCEFFBA1FC60FBA5" box="[895,974,1076,1100]" degrees="12" direction="south" minutes="43" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="925" value="-12.716666">12°43S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FC49FBA1FB84FBA5" box="[985,1066,1076,1100]" degrees="48" direction="east" minutes="15" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="925" value="48.25">48°15E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="290410003245FF93FBA5FBA1FB6FFBA5" box="[1077,1217,1076,1100]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1971-04-14">14 April 1971</date>
.
<materialsCitation id="EDD23C9D3245FF93FB5BFBA1FC77FB26" collectingDate="1985-09-18" collectingDateMax="1993-03-12" collectingDateMin="1985-09-18" collectionCode="MNHN" country="New Caledonia" latitude="-21.218666" location="New Caledonia" longLatPrecision="12" longitude="165.91867" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" specimenCount="1" typeStatus="holotype">
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FB5BFBA1FC6FFB84" authority=": MNHN 1995" authorityName="MNHN" authorityYear="1995" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exourus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FB5BFBA1FA3CFBA5" box="[1227,1426,1076,1100]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus exourus</emphasis>
: MNHN
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FC1FFBC0FC6FFB84" box="[911,961,1109,1133]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.137925" metricValueMax="4.2559" metricValueMin="0.01995" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="mm" value="213792.5" valueMax="425590.0" valueMin="1995.0">1995</quantity>
</taxonomicName>
-425, 590 mm TL,
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FB18FBC0FB4DFB84" box="[1160,1251,1109,1133]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FB61FBC0FA3AFB84" box="[1265,1428,1109,1133]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FCA5FBE0FC0CFB67" box="[821,930,1141,1166]" degrees="18" direction="south" minutes="56.30" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="9" value="-18.938334">18°56.30S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FC3EFBE0FB84FB64" box="[942,1066,1141,1165]" degrees="163" direction="east" minutes="12.90" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="9" value="163.215">163°12.90E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="290410003245FF93FBA5FBE3FB52FB64" box="[1077,1276,1141,1166]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1985-09-18">
<collectingDate id="3940E9E83245FF93FBA5FBE3FB52FB64" box="[1077,1276,1141,1166]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1985-09-18">18 September 1985</collectingDate>
</date>
;
<collectionCode id="3BABAE053245FF93FA97FBE3FAF9FB64" box="[1287,1367,1142,1165]" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">MNHN</collectionCode>
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FACEFBE3FC6DFB44" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.32275" metricValueMax="10.62549" metricValueMin="0.02001" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="mm" value="532275.0" valueMax="1062549.0" valueMin="2001.0">2001- 1062, 549 mm</quantity>
TL,
<collectingCountry id="25AD76503245FF93FC64FB03FB3AFB47" box="[1012,1172,1174,1198]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FB0EFB03FAA2FB47" box="[1182,1292,1174,1198]" degrees="21" direction="south" minutes="13.12" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="9" value="-21.218666">21°13.12S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FA87FB03FA3DFB44" box="[1303,1427,1174,1198]" degrees="165" direction="east" minutes="55.12" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="9" value="165.91867">165°55.12E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="290410003245FF93FCA5FB22FC77FB26" box="[821,985,1206,1231]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1993-03-12">
<collectingDate id="3940E9E83245FF93FCA5FB22FC77FB26" box="[821,985,1206,1231]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1993-03-12">12 March 1993</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
.
<materialsCitation id="EDD23C9D3245FF93FC78FB23FA82FAE6" collectingDate="1985-09-20" collectionCode="MNHN" country="New Caledonia" latitude="-18.93" longLatPrecision="13" longitude="163.23" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" specimenCount="2" typeStatus="holotype">
<taxonomicName id="9ABA4D433245FF93FC78FB23FADDFB27" authority=": MNHN 1998" authorityName="MNHN" authorityYear="1998" box="[1000,1395,1206,1230]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mystacinus">
<emphasis id="6FCEEAD23245FF93FC78FB23FB7DFB27" box="[1000,1235,1206,1230]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">Ophichthus mystacinus</emphasis>
: MNHN
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FAD0FB23FADDFB27" box="[1344,1395,1206,1230]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.4212" metricValueMax="4.6426" metricValueMin="0.1998" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="mm" value="24212.0" valueMax="46426.0" valueMin="1998.0">1998</quantity>
</taxonomicName>
-46, 426 mm TL,
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FC2BFB42FBB8FB06" box="[955,1046,1239,1263]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
,
<collectionCode id="3BABAE053245FF93FBB2FB4DFBDCFB06" box="[1058,1138,1240,1263]" country="France" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34988" name="Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle" pageId="3" pageNumber="216">MNHN</collectionCode>
<quantity id="9A429B253245FF93FBEBFB42FA82FB06" box="[1147,1324,1239,1263]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.46905" metricValueMax="4.7383" metricValueMin="0.1998" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" unit="mm" value="24690.5" valueMax="47383.0" valueMin="1998.0">1998-47, 383 mm</quantity>
TL,
<typeStatus id="820188623245FF93FAF2FB4DFCCDFAF9" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" type="paratype">paratype</typeStatus>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FCFCFB62FC77FAF9" box="[876,985,1271,1296]" degrees="18" direction="south" minutes="55.80" orientation="latitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="9" value="-18.93">18°55.80S</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="388E50073245FF93FC73FB62FBF1FAE6" box="[995,1119,1271,1295]" degrees="163" direction="east" minutes="13.80" orientation="longitude" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" precision="9" value="163.23">163°13.80E</geoCoordinate>
,
<date id="290410003245FF93FBF9FB6DFA82FAE6" box="[1129,1324,1271,1296]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1985-09-20">
<collectingDate id="3940E9E83245FF93FBF9FB6DFA82FAE6" box="[1129,1324,1271,1296]" pageId="3" pageNumber="216" value="1985-09-20">20 September 1985</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
</treatment>
</document>