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A species of
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with second dorsal fin I,10; anal fin I,9; pectoral fin 1718; lateral scales 2324; TRB 78; predorsal with about 1415 cycloid scales terminating just posterior to interorbital space; three preopercular pores present; cheek and opercle naked; mental frenum fleshy but not bilobed; gill opening restricted, terminating at ventral base of pectoral fins; anterior half of body rounded, posterior half laterally compressed; live colours and patterns unknown, in preservative, pale beige with dark brown elongate oval spot commencing just anterior of dorsal insertion of opercle and terminating posterior to pectoral fin base; inner folds of branchiostegal rays dusky.
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Based on
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specimens, 23.032.0 mm SL (
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) (morphometrics presented in text below; means are presented). Counts for
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First dorsal fin VI* second dorsal fin I, 10*; anal fin I, 9*; pectoral fin rays 1718*; segmented caudal fin rays 1617*, in 9/8 and 8/7 pattern; 7/7 and 7/8 branched caudal fin rays; lateral scales 2324*; TRB 78*; TRF 810*; predorsal scales 14*15,
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slightly damaged at predorsal area (10 scales observed).
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<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395BFF907AE5EB4019A9FF1D" blockId="19.[151,1437,1308,2019]" lastBlockId="20.[151,1437,151,933]" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="513" pageId="19" pageNumber="512">Body compressed posteriorly, rounded anteriorly. Head rounded, dorsoventrally depressed, head length 26.5- 29.6% (mean 28.1%) of SL; head depth 45.154.1% (mean 50.5%) of HL; head width 43.754.4% (mean 48.5%) of HL. Mouth terminal, oblique, forming an angle of about 3540° with body axis; lower lip and chin tip anteriormost; jaws reaching short of mid-eye; upper jaw length 38.945.9% (mean 42.8%) of HL. Eyes 15.516.7% (mean 16.2%) of HL. Snout rounded in dorsal view, 9.815.6% (mean 12.2%) of HL; posterior nostril oval, placed anterior and interior to each eye; anterior nostril in low tube with low rounded flap on dorsal side of tube. Interorbital flat, 4.96.7% (mean 5.7%) of HL. Body depth at anus 12.213.3% (mean 12.8%) of SL. Caudal peduncle compressed, length 22.125.0% (mean 23.1%) of SL; caudal peduncle depth 7.28.8% (mean 8.1%) of SL.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395CFF907AE5ED7B1F86FE35" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">First dorsal fin pointed, fourth spine longest. Second dorsal fin more than half height of first dorsal fin, slightly pointed posteriorly. Anal fin similar in height to second dorsal fin; fin slightly pointed posteriorly. Second dorsal and anal fin rays falling well short of caudal fin when depressed. Pectoral fin oval, central rays longest, pectoral fin length 21.924.6% (mean 23.6%) of SL; all rays branched, posterior tip of fin falling well short of anus. Pelvic fins oval, innermost rays longest, pelvic fin length 17.119.7% (mean 18.8%) in SL. Caudal fin short, tapering, pointed posteriorly, 25.328.3% (mean 26.6%) of SL.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395CFF907AE5EDA31917FDFD" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">Gill opening terminating at ventral base of pectoral fin. Gill rakers on outer face of first arch relatively short; rakers on inner face of first arch and outer face of second arch stubby and low.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395CFF907AE5EE5B1962FD4D" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">Teeth in upper jaw in about three to four rows across front, narrowing to two to one at side of jaw, outermost row of teeth largest, curved inwards and pointed at tips; teeth in innermost row small, sharp and evenly sized. Teeth in lower jaw similar to those in upper jaw; outermost row of teeth in lower jaw slightly more upright than outer row of teeth in upper jaw; outermost teeth slightly larger and caniniform at mid-point of jaw.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395CFF907AE5EECB1FFDFCF1" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">Predorsal scales small, cycloid, terminating posterior to interorbital space; cheek and opercle naked; pectoral fin base covered with cycloid scales; prepelvic area with cycloid scales at isthmus; body scales weakly ctenoid posteriorly and cycloid anteriorly including belly region.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395CFF907AE5EF661E75FC41" blockId="20.[151,1437,151,933]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">
<emphasis id="B906EAD7395CFF907AE5EF661CE8FCDD" bold="true" box="[199,505,798,825]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">Sensory canals and pores.</emphasis>
Nasal pore at level of each posterior nostril, anterior interorbital pore absent, single posterior interorbital pore, no postorbital pore, elongate oval slit-like pore behind eye and two pores present on canal over preopercle; a pore at each end of short, separate part of oculoscapular canal over opercle; three preopercular pores present (
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). Sensory papillae in longitudinal pattern.
</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B906EAD7395CFF907AB5E9241C0FFA90" bold="true" box="[151,286,1372,1396]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="B906EAD7395CFF907B01E9241CF0FA90" box="[291,481,1372,1396]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">Aulopareia vadosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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</emphasis>
, 32mm SL holotype, ZRC 54321, Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait. Photograph by Heok Hui Tan.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="B906EAD7395CFF907AB5EBD01C30F824" bold="true" box="[151,289,1960,1984]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">FIGURE 15.</emphasis>
Sensory pores and papilla in
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<emphasis id="B906EAD7395CFF907870EBD11E03F825" box="[594,786,1961,1985]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="513">Aulopareia vadosa</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23557AC395CFF90793BEBD11E45F825" box="[793,852,1961,1985]" pageId="20" pageNumber="513" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</emphasis>
; ZRC 54321, holotype, 32 mm SL, male. Photograph by Heok Hui Tan.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395DFF917AE5ECEE1FD9FE80" blockId="21.[151,1437,150,500]" pageId="21" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="B906EAD7395DFF917AE5ECEE1C86FF54" bold="true" box="[199,407,150,176]" pageId="21" pageNumber="514">Preserved colour.</emphasis>
Head and body light beige to cream, uniform base colour throughout body; scale margins, especially on dorsal half of body, dusky grey to brown; 57 indistinct dark grey to brown blotches on dorsal region when viewed from above; distinct dark brown elongate oval blotch commencing anterior to opercular insertion and terminating posterior to pectoral fin base; branchiostegal rays dusky grey; first dorsal, second dorsal, and anal fins pale dusky grey, caudal and pectoral fins dusky grey to brown, with distinct dark margin along ventral margin; small white spot on dorsal base of pectoral fin (
<figureCitation id="13492A40395DFF917845ED321FAAFE80" box="[615,699,330,356]" captionStart="FIGURE 14" captionStartId="20.[151,250,1372,1396]" captionTargetBox="[152,1436,957,1349]" captionTargetId="figure-388@20.[152,1436,957,1349]" captionTargetPageId="20" captionText="FIGURE 14. Aulopareia vadosa n. sp., 32mm SL holotype, ZRC 54321, Sulaibikhat Bay, Kuwait. Photograph by Heok Hui Tan." figureDoi="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6691406" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/6691406/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="514">Fig. 14</figureCitation>
).
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C368654E395DFF917AE5ED161F0BFE10" pageId="21" pageNumber="514" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395DFF917AE5ED161E6BFE49" blockId="21.[151,1437,150,500]" pageId="21" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="B906EAD7395DFF917AE5ED161C5FFE6C" bold="true" box="[199,334,366,392]" pageId="21" pageNumber="514">Etymology.</emphasis>
From the Latin
<emphasis id="B906EAD7395DFF917828ED161F75FE6C" box="[522,612,366,392]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="514">vadosus</emphasis>
, referring to shoals or shallow water, as the intertidal is the only habitat from which it is known (soft-bottom habitats within
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Bay).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8BCD36C5395DFF917AE5EDCE1F0BFE10" blockId="21.[151,1437,150,500]" pageId="21" pageNumber="514">
<emphasis id="B906EAD7395DFF917AE5EDCE1C7CFE34" bold="true" box="[199,365,438,464]" pageId="21" pageNumber="514">Comparisons.</emphasis>
This small species does not resemble any of its congeners and is distinguished by the dark oval blotch above the pectoral-fin base.
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