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Hind margin of preopercle with single spine; dorsal-fin rays 96103; anal-fin rays 7987; pectoral-fin rays 2730; precaudal vertebrae 1314; total vertebrae 5760; pseudobranchial filaments 510; long rakers on anterior gill arch 810; head length 2225% SL; pelvic-fin length 2854% SL, fins reaching well beyond anus; orbit length 3.95.0% SL and 1722% HL; longest gill filament 1.32.7% SL and 5.711% HL; dorsal fin with a central ocellus, placed behind vertical line through anus, the spot distance being 4253% SL and the spot covering 913 dorsal-fin rays; ocellus spot not extending ventrally to body; no vertical bars on body in preserved and fresh specimens (see also
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); otolith length 4.86.2% SL, sulcus length 4.34.9% SL, and ostium height 1215% sulcus length and 2021% ostium length.
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W Pacific, off
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to Western Australia, at
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depth. Known up to
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SL.
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differs from
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in having only a single ocellus vs. two ocelli, longer upper jaw and gill filaments, smaller eyes, shorter pelvic fins; it differs from
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in having only a single ocellus vs. two ocelli, a smaller central-ocellus spot and more pectoral-fin rays; and, together with
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, it differs from
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in having fewer dorsal-fin rays, anal-fin rays, and total vertebrae.
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differs from the three other species in having a posterior ocellus vs. none; it differs from
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in having a larger central-ocellus spot and from both
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and
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFAFC34FF9272B6EACCFAAA934B" box="[1179,1306,1256,1282]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">N. longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a larger orbit length in % SL.
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<paragraph id="8B8436E8FC34FF9276EAEB15FF7D93DA" blockId="17.[151,1437,716,1499]" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6BFC34FF9276EAEB15FE5F9303" authorityName=": Nielsen" authorityYear="2002" box="[199,495,1328,1354]" family="Ophidiidae" genus="Neobythites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageId="17" pageNumber="196" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longiventralis">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFAFC34FF9276EAEB15FE5F9303" box="[199,495,1328,1354]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">Neobythites longiventralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from the other three species in having an anterior ocellus vs. none; it differs from
<taxonomicName id="4C3B4D6BFC34FF9276FBEB70FEE79327" authorityName="Smith &amp; Radcliffe" authorityYear="1913" box="[214,343,1364,1390]" family="Ophidiidae" genus="Neobythites" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageId="17" pageNumber="196" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="longipes">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFAFC34FF9276FBEB70FEE79327" box="[214,343,1364,1390]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">N. longipes</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having fewer dorsal- and anal-fin rays, fewer vertebrae, and a slightly smaller central-ocellus spot.
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<subSubSection id="C3216563FC34FF9276EAEBB9FC869392" pageId="17" pageNumber="196" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8436E8FC34FF9276EAEBB9FC869392" blockId="17.[151,1437,716,1499]" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">
<emphasis id="B94FEAFAFC34FF9276EAEBB9FE8493FF" bold="true" box="[199,308,1436,1462]" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">Remarks</emphasis>
.
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFAFC34FF92776FEBB9FD9C93FF" box="[322,556,1436,1462]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">Neobythites longipes</emphasis>
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was placed in the
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFAFC34FF9274D4EBB8FCDB93FF" box="[761,875,1437,1462]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">steatiticus</emphasis>
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species group by
<bibRefCitation id="EFAA4B19FC34FF927219EBB9FAE493FF" author="Uiblein F. &amp; Nielsen J. G." box="[1076,1364,1436,1462]" pageId="17" pageNumber="196" pagination="157 - 173" refId="ref21961" refString="Uiblein F. &amp; Nielsen J. G. (2018) Review of the steatiticus species group of the cuskeel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4387 (1), 157 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4387.1.7" type="journal article" year="2018">Uiblein &amp; Nielsen (2018)</bibRefCitation>
, but is now included in the newly established
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<emphasis id="B94FEAFAFC34FF927466EBE5FD579393" box="[587,743,1472,1498]" italics="true" pageId="17" pageNumber="196">longiventralis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group.
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