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<figureCitation id="457EF68C8C00619EF8FAFD90E53D6BAC" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. The Mexican specimen of Ophidion josephi, CIFI- 222. A) An adult female, 181 mm SL. B) An adult male, 212 mm SL, the arrow points to the typical supraoccipital ridge of males. C) Arrangements of scales in body side. D) Radiographs of three specimens, 182 - 230 mm SL (CIFI- 1949)." figureDoi="10.3897/aiep.52.86571.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/722747" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Fig. 2</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="7F463B7072F98C8FDE5B22712BDB141F" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">New records.</paragraph>
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MEXICO • 7 specimens (177-212 mm SL); Las Barrancas, Alvarado, Veracruz;
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; 15 Nov. 2018; Pedro Ramon Roman leg.; CIFI-222 • 5 specimens (198-213 mm SL); Las Barrancas, Alvarado, Veracruz;
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,
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; 15 Nov. 2019; Pedro Ramon Roman leg.; CIFI-1417 • 5 cleared specimens (182-230 mm SL); Las Barrancas, Alvarado, Veracruz;
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,
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; 18 Oct. 2020; Pedro Ramon Roman leg.; CIFI 1649 • 1 specimen (198 mm SL); Las Barrancas, Alvarado, Veracruz;
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,
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; 27 Sep. 2021; Pedro Ramon Roman leg.; CIFI-1907.
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<paragraph id="0CEEE0A78EF0252836A00028E58C3801" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Identification.</paragraph>
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The Mexican specimens of
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measured 177-213 mm SL and weighed 40.0-67.5 g (Fig.
<figureCitation id="F4F3DF033A61F817158E096EB54F5AB7" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. The Mexican specimen of Ophidion josephi, CIFI- 222. A) An adult female, 181 mm SL. B) An adult male, 212 mm SL, the arrow points to the typical supraoccipital ridge of males. C) Arrangements of scales in body side. D) Radiographs of three specimens, 182 - 230 mm SL (CIFI- 1949)." figureDoi="10.3897/aiep.52.86571.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/722747" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">2</figureCitation>
). The morphometric and meristic data are reported in Tables
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and
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, respectively.
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<emphasis id="E4BACF64302104CB08EB1F300D45E749" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Table 1.</emphasis>
Morphometrics measurements expressed as proportion to the standard length (SL) and head length (HL) of
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collected in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico.
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CIFI-222 (
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CIFI-1417 (
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CIFI-1907 (
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<td id="1EB8D682C49B513097A836964332F4A3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">40.0-67.5</td>
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<td id="594ED96F731781461884C4203C2ABD04" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">177-212</td>
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<emphasis id="10384A419039B1097DA47BCDE992FF06" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">In %SL</emphasis>
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<td id="C4241C2D9F3C2AC4792B81A1FC596612" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">11.3-12.9</td>
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<td id="52FC98C121121088D1267F799A8DDD54" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">17.9-19.5</td>
<td id="DD94C74B5AE3B4FEBFC072F4BF821CC3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">18.0-19.3</td>
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<td id="75344AD6FBBFD23A689353B18985B5DE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Preanal length</td>
<td id="4DB17DBEA1B1C987610249BC27D6145B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">39.0-41.8</td>
<td id="042C278172C6FF42FB38C93ABD74D3C3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">37.2-39.0</td>
<td id="8E8E1120308DDC492CA1F3EC0C0A34B0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">37.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4A661ECA1948A1ED89B9F8B1C37AE1D0" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="4665F8D78D504E81D68F8EBC5A208E67" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Predorsal length</td>
<td id="1F1E887E5E805F63C1D611BBF2EB856C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">24.7-27.4</td>
<td id="9DF2E4A7D2350F3FAF25F06F1894B218" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">25.7-27.0</td>
<td id="6E72A7A125AD0593AE33FF8F104D250F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">26.4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CBA64A92D3D34AB6DE33EB02A9959B81" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="FBF10FF9F2B4B9DD85AD6FCDBC1A17E6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Prepectoral length</td>
<td id="CF9D3A85BE4018E7185D413CF7DB2E3B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">15.4-17.8</td>
<td id="1B33CA21CCFE73ED3E087C1946E83FD8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">15.4-17.1</td>
<td id="5427BD097AE658E1AE4F5310C3718550" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">16.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0B90DF20CD8315AD5EE72F7A30106EED" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="FFE08603740929AC12C7DA3DF36F96B5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Prepelvic length</td>
<td id="E3E1347F8D0EB164D227607BD3C4391B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">5.0-6.9</td>
<td id="C66304658B05B1DB3474503111B1EBAD" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">4.7-6.0</td>
<td id="3B5FE1E7E7B4CEF7AE8199120D9B137B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">5.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="048B17F5563E26B848A3D63155766F06" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="FC8C6948CA7EC1493983054BD492E1DA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Dorsal fin base</td>
<td id="754FF60FFBC54421E3C6B8C8E1FF9244" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">72.3-75.0</td>
<td id="0F397A7600445CC89DE5A1B9157B53B3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">71.9-74.5</td>
<td id="4C2B066A3DACA5F97CCDE7761E174AAE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">72.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C6972B5C32C6A017132622A250E9B18C" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="021DC0E78D1BB450B851F9A64998A738" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Anal fin base</td>
<td id="4066CD9F94EC1FDC73864CFDC187FBBA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">57.6-61.3</td>
<td id="A240D55D3906131F189899E3B5E1005A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">59.1-62.1</td>
<td id="222FCADAEB4246B77D50BA290FEB7B81" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">62.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="A2EE26710DABC6AEEF667059463C02C3" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="6198304CE7AABA593C793F68D8D727A1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Pectoral fin length</td>
<td id="987C6068F9B17DA2AEA8E5921D3D15FA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">10.6-16.3</td>
<td id="04C8D3170D3976C15993722B8AF27D41" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">11.0-13.3</td>
<td id="4E8F35088E0EB1A6F4F2567F9C13DFD8" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">13.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="07E335F6915070994B11020F60F0AE40" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="14FA85746D8E8FC2F2CB92BA18CEE5EC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Pelvic fin length</td>
<td id="D496998AEEE6CFBDA5E6E1AB7D3845ED" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">6.6-15.4</td>
<td id="4D370313011ED94E05DABE18F0988DC6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">13.9-16.1</td>
<td id="F8B9E013210812E30A7377236BEFA51C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">16.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8576107105C12E8AA6D5EE79DAE2FD1A" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="09072DC3B988AD666AC64D739084F6A7" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Postorbital length</td>
<td id="AE39EB32C93F73E407551ED9A2859AD9" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">10.2-11.8</td>
<td id="DCE26E8848E4F037A736FF8B43AD7D4A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">10.5-11.8</td>
<td id="378B67FE2A8142D1FC7550ADA9D9321C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">10.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="903A2A5DCC644EEEBE4C5626A6D25BED" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="22C6C976B2AA97581346F47CDEBCF7FF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Eye length</td>
<td id="F877511F176452070CFED16C71F2394C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">3.3-4.3</td>
<td id="55ED7B275BDD2B3CEC17F2C20390F55B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">3.2-4.0</td>
<td id="7981E6EA6CD6C73A5C47175240FC6001" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">3.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BDA0B98CDAB72FC73994EE13722F9566" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="67DBB9F4BDFE00FFB90EFFC125973BF9" colspan="4" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">
<emphasis id="0A9D700B7F85574000B69785BDCB5A33" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">In %HL</emphasis>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="64D18AEE4356362C535A378382655645" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="17DAD5F704245EFEF6872E5BD8CCF81E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Snout length</td>
<td id="61B750EA64AF52C3E1EAB2ED74B43059" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">18.3-21.0</td>
<td id="462C9399DB9B8B2618BC83F6A39D5913" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">20.0-23.3</td>
<td id="374381C82584CADD4711695551A69FA3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">20.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5A8E783BD864C501DE211D0B096A48BF" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="FDF2881D8A7F40B773EE1248FBCA8A8E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Interorbital width</td>
<td id="ABED0A383E744D099BD949190FD6CAA2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">16.9-20.9</td>
<td id="948CCFABAD340EE7C6FCDD85163127EA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">15.2-16.6</td>
<td id="AD987A1195E63186FC75492A7EAA5B08" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">16.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="01AD1152730E07B762E85EB859EC21B0" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="2334C181D36BFADEA5DCDECC046A9BE1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Eye length</td>
<td id="9D76C78C1C73FA9F3ACC260393033C33" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">18.4-24.1</td>
<td id="8B51F79CAB5F3E7D6B07DC5EFCEC2E83" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">16.7-21.1</td>
<td id="303BF46A211AD0E4D0B2BE3F09E762B0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">18.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8D8D22ED24A1096EA6918F933EDBBB49" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="735BA2160E96525EE36C0A075E483A43" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Upper jaw length</td>
<td id="794A1298C014538D9B201F4195316822" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">40.3-44.7</td>
<td id="A11CC6D75E11E35E88CA388A18719C3E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">39.6-43.0</td>
<td id="21F90786C9D3EC60F697356EC9A43EF2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">39.6</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="A600368CA924929AD52B8EAD650744E8" ID-Table-UUID="A600368CA924929AD52B8EAD650744E8" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/A600368CA924929AD52B8EAD650744E8" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" start="Table 2" startId="T2">
<paragraph id="00A0759B7641CCBD7117CB1D760898EA" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<emphasis id="9AF684084E91DF0950F1648C374FE3A5" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Table 2.</emphasis>
Meristic counts of five specimens of
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<emphasis id="ED266C9E44172736E13C47AB8AA243AF" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Ophidion josephi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(182-230 mm SL) collected in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico (CIFI-1649).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="F6A7697B86B00750A35739B54E810539" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<table id="6DE72BD0348F23A2C0BD03D8D15C71D2" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<tr id="F4CE2426FAF36CE8C249E220A46A5E96" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<th id="8B34E60EACD586EFDF20AAEAD121AF46" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="2">Character</th>
<th id="E22B94E949637EFE7CBBFDF1E8428069" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">CIFI-1649</th>
<th id="57EC12936C9C6AB76C887480700E1C4D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">CIFI-1649</th>
<th id="C6A765F8B6F8898A55A4F5F751FC07C2" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">CIFI-1649</th>
<th id="2BDE92A05C78D936050DE76A430567B6" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">CIFI-1649</th>
<th id="AA499AB66739C62950FD7B26E6999808" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">CIFI-1649</th>
</tr>
<tr id="2BCCDC77F08B7F05727E2E36D5D46CF7" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<th id="5E20683A2AE158BF419772327FE0A2CF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">(1) female</th>
<th id="A24BA08956141F2C31AC39E9CBB811AB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">(2) female</th>
<th id="CBFD71FB9EDA23EB44E69FC87EA95580" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">(3) male</th>
<th id="3B6BB4C079615C036EC524F7AE44BCC5" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">(4) male</th>
<th id="F149D60C3E6CE29F07271891EFA47A5F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">(5) female</th>
</tr>
<tr id="B9F2BBDFB176C5C000788E85893D49B2" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="71E7F1D09D9D17DA8CC8EDEDA78FEDFB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Caudal fin</td>
<td id="B32C91D6E66EDFA2BEF486F078703853" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="F032083B40CAA58E7E37D0821BE089FE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="1E51C62947850CC7D3B9E6928C731AE3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="97083291C66E1B9C32FBA17FFCE7A65F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">9</td>
<td id="C47AAD4CE5E2959EDF3A27D2AB6182BC" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="82EC44B058251004F9202BB0D6619202" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="DE2DD210C90E3704115B1D715284ED02" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Pectoral fin</td>
<td id="F73B8DD397D9112B55FD7D4E3B7DA3AE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">23</td>
<td id="6B7FD00E521BEBFE91B71E225DFA7035" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">21</td>
<td id="8C7A9EE67E2C034E3D4A9B984357C472" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">21</td>
<td id="13C5E014028DE321D4C87E5F3B492BA0" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">22</td>
<td id="C4AE7F53DF13FA167B8989285AED9469" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">22</td>
</tr>
<tr id="99DF9F99FBE8D095BAD771892BE8B9B5" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="B2D3F95A89A0DF4ED0C7D818B17C8AE3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Pelvic fin</td>
<td id="3210DC39CCF90DBD95C5AB487CBD2642" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="A25EE6EA380777C178AF40E2C458B2F3" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="46736C2861D6378772AA5A2CD78A2995" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="EBD9A7FDC4D6973C1CEFF705CF3BE55E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="76F85CBC2B8B3C6144465499135CA97D" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="638F2B7D5A5C94AC6EF4B4712603A0F2" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="E202FFE8D47E0AC9CB4290F528DAC131" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Dorsal fin</td>
<td id="0F5033A6914A4F6DE5F7B4B7BCE1E23E" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">142</td>
<td id="0290A1C8168A518C594E42132F98D11C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">139</td>
<td id="1046BEF2B38356B05E6318F964089BB1" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">139</td>
<td id="B0FCEF2A87C902A3CC0A30EE8956578A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">147</td>
<td id="EDDEBE849824040F978A6DA27BC1AF16" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">142</td>
</tr>
<tr id="13525620731489B25CC62C9CA039933F" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="AEC7831FCDBD9A41CCB04ADF26008981" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Anal fin</td>
<td id="8A33E993113CE733221EA98DDCEF30EA" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">115</td>
<td id="6D01899307C1B8F1E66848E13A61C291" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">108</td>
<td id="E75690DAB7EA213B6058E90EB9D08481" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">112</td>
<td id="52078FBE0427B6B7014CC0DC81A8601F" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">117</td>
<td id="7A958C54D343BAED05AA420917EE0F82" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">115</td>
</tr>
<tr id="28071B075E42B23E46FC13CFFDA39F52" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="C28F980ABF352389EF4764103B1A5516" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Branchiostegal rays</td>
<td id="ED2FD95E03C66B865682700E42916411" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td id="CDE63553D57C4E21D443ADAA11DE3D13" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td id="161085C441103648B8F84E9326F0AFDB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td id="9A02E4784558E2F7F34CEEE3AE6C86EE" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">7</td>
<td id="6C113955998E96871F90210C4EC6C109" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FC7B576489FDBB77E03B311E157B0D87" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="B4FE51D1E16B583F67EBE9B6575FBB6A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Gill rakers (upper-lower)</td>
<td id="E402E65194B299DE0E6F5D32C821DCDB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2 + 4</td>
<td id="90A156B34D6A3338A3C1B5F4A877FB4B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2 + 4</td>
<td id="FDF3CF7AFFA34D78F505D8C6AD975A9B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2 + 4</td>
<td id="397685C36DF24BFEA0E234B22FE373DF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2 + 4</td>
<td id="0D690AD8DE6DB494E9DF73EC41FD02AB" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">2 + 4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1571F0324A4E22FDAE87E1838CA4BA0B" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<td id="80F2BAD601574D0A1084400D2F06787C" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">Vertebrae (thoracic-caudal)</td>
<td id="43D85136112BC2C49CFC7D886E749C9A" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">16 + 50</td>
<td id="13D28318C0454471F9CE290DB39EEE53" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">16 + 51</td>
<td id="952E072B13393E643495CF1F2EC56ACF" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">15 + 52</td>
<td id="87DA4E3AA25B38F4D17069B87F86236B" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">15 + 51</td>
<td id="9A39D83BFD11D0FDA105E14DE8354A61" colspan="1" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" rowspan="1">16 + 52</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="B7146B8485422F668DFA3BF291763DD4" doi="10.3897/aiep.52.86571.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/722747" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" start="Figure 2" startId="F2">
<paragraph id="C4D44B9977561BCD364D3475E7E07A08" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">
<emphasis id="EA842E1EB796E6621AA6293899AEE65F" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Figure 2.</emphasis>
The Mexican specimen of
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<emphasis id="675C9FCB039BDCFFF215CDBFE0A5BC3F" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Ophidion josephi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, CIFI-222.
<emphasis id="7EAC1B3C3C4716CE1F21B3D93DC34D67" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">A</emphasis>
) An adult female, 181 mm SL.
<emphasis id="6B43AE0B621AF683B09B92F92F7D7BA2" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">B</emphasis>
) An adult male, 212 mm SL, the arrow points to the typical supraoccipital ridge of males.
<emphasis id="AB015370C2C0EDBB7B610E038DA43265" bold="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">C</emphasis>
) Arrangements of scales in body side.
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) Radiographs of three specimens, 182-230 mm SL (CIFI-1949).
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<subSubSection id="2539DAAC36A5F8E01F9E6B5E193B0018" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" type="description">
<paragraph id="4AD00DB16BF09DAE5783A4A7AF90A47D" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="60A4B91E5336D067E132D5F16C033F65" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Dorsal fin rays: 139-147; anal fin rays: 108-117; pectoral fin rays: 21-23; pelvic fin rays: 2; caudal fin rays: 9; branchiostegal 7; gill rakers total: 7; and trunk vertebrae total 16, and caudal vertebrae number 50 to 52. Elongate body covered with diminutive elongated cycloid scales, except for cephalic region. Identified by following combination of characteristics: short blunt snout (3.3%-4.4% of SL), slightly subterminal mouth, maxilla ending behind orbital margin. Moderate eye size, its length approximating that of snout (3.3%-4.3% SL). Five to four gill rakers on lover limb. Head length 17.9%-19.5% SL, with straight dorsal profile or in males strong crest, in straight line over preopercular region. Strong supraopercular spine covered by dermal fold. Pectoral fins shorter than head (57.5%-70% HL), round in shape, its coloration intense yellow, and in some cases, black. Distal margin of dorsal and anal fin black; that of anal fin wider. Predorsal fin length 24.7% to 27.4% in SL and its origin on middle part of pectoral fin. Yellow body coloration, some brown regions. Ventral part slightly lighter that dorsal one. Base of dorsal fin black along its entire length, becoming fainter near caudal fin. Three rows of dark spots on sides, upper one continuous, remaining ones interrupted and blurred. Body covered with cycloid and elongate scales, having basket-shaped pattern.</paragraph>
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<subSubSection id="D9E9E911391101F43593E6E7229FF0E8" pageId="0" pageNumber="189" type="diagnosis">
<paragraph id="DFAFDA7B39DD51D9C716C7732E8D217B" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="AAAA1F6617D7AAFD21DBE264E187969C" pageId="0" pageNumber="189">This species is distinguished from its congeners by having three to four rows of spots usually fused into a solid stripe, with a distinct crest on the spots; and a swollen nape or crest.</paragraph>
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