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<mods:title id="8DE6DBEAFBA56346E9819F81628D209E">Bathycongrus trimaculatus, a new congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes) from the southwestern Pacific, with a redescription of Bathycongrus bleekeri Fowler</mods:title>
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<bibRefCitation id="70184B223B287A2BFE634018EF24F942" author="Fowler, H. W." box="[398,593,872,895]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30" pagination="233 - 367" refId="ref6732" refString="Fowler, H. W. (1934) Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 85, 233 - 367." type="journal article" year="1934">Fowler, 1934: 272</bibRefCitation>
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:
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,
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, Agassiz trawl, "Albatross."
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<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B287A2BFF2B408FECF8FE24" bold="true" box="[198,397,1023,1049]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30">Other material:</emphasis>
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<specimenCode id="442F9EA83B287A2BFE7B4770EF38FE27" box="[406,589,1024,1050]" collectionCode="USNM" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="30" type="Museum">USNM 135119</specimenCode>
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; Agassiz trawl, “Albatross.”
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<specimenCode id="442F9EA83B287A2BFCFF4758EEBEFE7F" box="[786,971,1064,1090]" collectionCode="USNM" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34871" name="Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History" pageId="4" pageNumber="30" type="Museum">USNM 135120</specimenCode>
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,
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135119.
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<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B287A2BFF2B4707EC33FEAC" bold="true" box="[198,326,1143,1169]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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Small, moderately elongate; tail slender, but not filiform. Dorsal-fin origin slightly behind origin of pectoral fin. Snout equal to or shorter than eye, projecting beyond lower jaw. Upper labial flange rudimentary or absent. Third supraorbital pore and infraorbital pores enlarged. Teeth small, conical, in narrow bands on jaws; in a slightly elongate patch on vomer, none of the teeth enlarged; intermaxillary teeth partly exposed when mouth closed. Total vertebrae 113, preanal lateral-line pores ca. 25–26.
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<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B287A2BFF2B464FEC22FF64" bold="true" box="[198,343,1343,1369]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30">Description</emphasis>
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(values given for
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, with those of other specimens in parentheses; n.a. indicates value not available). Measurements as % TL: preanal length 34 (36–38), predorsal length 17 (21), head length 18 (18), depth at anus 6.6 (6.1–7.3); as % of head length: snout length 22 (19), horizontal eye diameter 22 (24– 28), snout to rictus 37 (28–31), gill opening 13 (16–20), interbranchial 19 (24–25), pectoral-fin length n.a. (27–30). Meristic characters: preanal lateral-line (LL) pores 26 (25), preoperculomandibular (POM) pores 10 (10), infraorbital (IO) pores 5 (5), supraorbital (SO) pores 3 (3), supratemporal commissure (STC) pores 1 (1). Predorsal vertebrae 7 (9), preanal 28 (28–29), precaudal 35 (36–37), total 105
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(113). Pectoral-fin rays 14 (14), dorsal fin-rays 182
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(215–217), preanal dorsal-fin rays 42 (44–49), anal-fin rays 136
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(147–167), caudalfin rays n.a.(5+4, 5+5). Branchiostegal rays 8 (8).
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<paragraph id="143636D33B287A2BFF2B45DEEF1BFD55" blockId="4.[151,1436,943,2016]" pageId="4" pageNumber="30">Body moderate, not greatly elongate, compressed, tip of tail slender but not filiform; anus slightly posterior to anterior third of total length. Dorsal fin begins approximately over midpoint of appressed pectoral fin, continuous around tip of tail with caudal and anal fins. Anal fin begins immediately behind anus. Pectoral fin well developed. Gill opening relatively large, upper end at or slightly above midpoint of pectoral-fin base. Myorhabdoi absent, fin rays segmented.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B287A2AFF2B4406EC2EFB3F" blockId="4.[151,1436,943,2016]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1436,152,258]" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="31" pageId="4" pageNumber="30">Head deepest about midway between posterior margin of eye and gill opening, tapering anteriorly from that point; snout about equal to or shorter than eye, projecting slightly beyond tip of lower jaw; fleshy part of snout projecting slightly beyond anterior end of intermaxillary tooth patch; rictus nearly below middle of eye. Lower jaw with a downturned flange, upper jaw with flange greatly reduced or absent. Eye large. Anterior nostril tubular, near tip of snout, directed ventrolaterally. Posterior nostril elliptical, with a slightly raised rim, at mid-eye level.</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="40F6665B3B297A2AFF7A41EDEE17F889" box="[151,866,669,693]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31" startId="5.[151,255,669,693]">
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B297A2AFF7A41EDEE17F889" blockId="5.[151,866,669,693]" box="[151,866,669,693]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B297A2AFF7A41EDEC62F889" bold="true" box="[151,279,669,693]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">FIGURE 5.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B297A2AFEF041EFEC80F889" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1934" box="[285,501,671,692]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B297A2AFEF041EFEC80F889" box="[285,501,671,692]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">Bathycongrus bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, holotype, 76 mm TL, USNM 92353.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="40F6665B3B297A2AFF7A471FEFE0FEBB" box="[151,661,1135,1159]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31" startId="5.[151,255,1135,1159]">
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B297A2AFF7A471FEFE0FEBB" blockId="5.[151,661,1135,1159]" box="[151,661,1135,1159]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B297A2AFF7A471FEC62FEBB" bold="true" box="[151,279,1135,1159]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">FIGURE 6.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B297A2AFEF04701EC80FEBB" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1934" box="[285,501,1137,1158]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B297A2AFEF04701EC80FEBB" box="[285,501,1137,1158]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">Bathycongrus bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, holotype, head.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="40F6665B3B297A2AFF7A468BEE6CFC2F" box="[151,793,1531,1555]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31" startId="5.[151,255,1531,1555]" targetBox="[193,1395,1240,1475]" targetPageId="5">
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B297A2AFF7A468BEE6CFC2F" blockId="5.[151,793,1531,1555]" box="[151,793,1531,1555]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B297A2AFF7A468BEC62FC2C" bold="true" box="[151,279,1531,1555]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B297A2AFEF0468DEC80FC2F" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1934" box="[285,501,1533,1554]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B297A2AFEF0468DEC80FC2F" box="[285,501,1533,1554]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">Bathycongrus bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, 180 mm TL, USNM 135119.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="40F6665B3B297A2AFF7A44AAEFA1FDCC" box="[151,724,2010,2034]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31" startId="5.[151,255,2010,2034]">
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B297A2AFF7A44AAEFA1FDCC" blockId="5.[151,724,2010,2034]" box="[151,724,2010,2034]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B297A2AFF7A44AAEC62FDCC" bold="true" box="[151,279,2010,2034]" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B297A2AFEF044ACEF33FDCC" authority=", USNM" authorityName="USNM" box="[285,582,2012,2033]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B297A2AFEF044ACEC80FDCC" box="[285,501,2012,2033]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="31">Bathycongrus bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
, USNM
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
135119, head.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<caption id="40F6665B3B2A7A29FF7A41ABEF01F8CF" box="[151,628,731,755]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" startId="6.[151,255,731,755]">
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2A7A29FF7A41ABEF01F8CF" blockId="6.[151,628,731,755]" box="[151,628,731,755]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FF7A41ABEC62F8CF" bold="true" box="[151,279,731,755]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2A7A29FEF041ADEC80F8CF" box="[285,501,733,754]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FEF041ADEC80F8CF" box="[285,501,733,754]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Bathycongrus bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, upper teeth.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2A7A29FF2B4056E82AFE35" blockId="6.[151,1437,806,2032]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Lateral line complete, ca. 25–26 pores before anus. Head pores large. Supraorbital canal with three pores, the first (ethmoidal) on ventral side of tip of snout, just ahead of lip, the second enlarged and immediately in front of anterior nostril, the third greatly enlarged and immediately above anterior nostril. Infraorbital canal with five pores, four slit-like pores along upper jaw flange, the first three noticeably enlarged, and one large, round pore behind rictus at mid-eye level; adnasal pore absent; no pores behind eye. Preoperculomandibular canal with 10 pores, six before and four behind rictus. Supratemporal commissure with one medial pore.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2A7A29FF2B4766EE25FEC5" blockId="6.[151,1437,806,2032]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
|
||
Teeth (
|
||
<figureCitation id="8CB22A563B2A7A29FEFA4766EC29FE0D" box="[279,348,1046,1072]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="6.[151,255,731,755]" captionText="FIGURE 9. Bathycongrus bleekeri, upper teeth." pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
|
||
) moderately large, conical. Intermaxillary teeth in two transverse rows, separated from maxillary and vomerine teeth, mostly excluded from closed mouth. Maxillary and mandibular teeth in bands, wider anteriorly, roughly in four to five rows, narrower posteriorly, in one to two rows; outermost teeth larger than innermost. Vomerine tooth patch longer than broad, reaching about to level of posterior nostril; teeth conical, in approximately four longitudinal rows anteriorly, narrower posteriorly, the middle teeth larger than outer ones and slightly smaller than those of intermaxillary.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2A7A29FF2B4676E805FF1D" blockId="6.[151,1437,806,2032]" box="[198,1392,1286,1312]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Gas bladder terminates behind anus. Stomach reaches about 2/3 of distance from gill opening to anus.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2A7A29FF2B465EE8E5FFA5" blockId="6.[151,1437,806,2032]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
|
||
Color in preservative light brown, without markings. Stomach and intestine brown (perhaps black in life). Branchial cavity pale.
|
||
<typeStatus id="CB3288713B2A7A29FE484626EF67FF4D" box="[421,530,1366,1392]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
retains traces of larval pigmentation as a series of small melanophores just below lateral line, spaced irregularly every several myomeres, from shortly behind pectoral fin to end of tail.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="5C9365583B2A7A29FF2B46D6EF8BFFFD" box="[198,766,1446,1472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2A7A29FF2B46D6EF8BFFFD" blockId="6.[151,1437,806,2032]" box="[198,766,1446,1472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FF2B46D6EC12FFFD" bold="true" box="[198,359,1446,1472]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Known only from the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="6C9E76433B2A7A29FD9F46D6EF8FFFFD" box="[626,762,1446,1472]" name="Philippines" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Philippines</collectingCountry>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="5C9365583B2A7A28FF2B46BEEE1EF8DF" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="33" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2A7A29FF2B46BEEC82FD45" blockId="6.[151,1437,806,2032]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FF2B46BEEC4DFFD5" bold="true" box="[198,312,1486,1512]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Remarks</emphasis>
|
||
. Fowler described
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2A7A29FDF146BEEE50FFDA" box="[540,805,1486,1511]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FDF146BEEE50FFDA" box="[540,805,1486,1511]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Bathycongrus bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from a single juvenile specimen collected during the Albatross Philippine Expedition, 1907–1910. His description was cursory, consisting of a few proportional measurements and some color notes, and he did not provide an illustration. The species has not been reported since and indeed would be difficult to recognize based on Fowler’s account. Two additional specimens were found among the Albatross Philippine material deposited at the National Museum of Natural History,
|
||
<collectingRegion id="D64DF8313B2A7A29FABF451EED90FC8D" country="United States of America" name="Washington" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Washington</collectingRegion>
|
||
, DC. They were catalogued some years after Fowler’s publication and misidentified initially as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2A7A29FAB345E6ECECFCEA" authorityName="Fowler" authorityYear="1934" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Ariosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachyrhynchus">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FAB345E6ECECFCEA" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ariosoma brachyrhynchus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
(=
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2A7A29FE2845CEEE38FCEA" baseAuthorityName="Fowler" baseAuthorityYear="1934" box="[453,845,1726,1751]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Parabathymyrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="brachyrhynchus">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FE2845CEEE38FCEA" box="[453,845,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Parabathymyrus brachyrhynchus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
) and later as
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2A7A29FC1C45CEE996FCEA" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1853" box="[1009,1251,1726,1751]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Ariosoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anagoides">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FC1C45CEE996FCEA" box="[1009,1251,1726,1751]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Ariosoma anagoides</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, both members of a different subfamily. These specimens are substantially larger than the
|
||
<typeStatus id="CB3288713B2A7A29FBEE4596E91CFD3D" box="[1027,1129,1766,1792]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
and allow us to provide a redescription of the species here. Although there is some damage to the lower jaw in both specimens, all of the critical characters are still discernable. Most important, both specimens appear to have intact tails, hence their vertebral counts are available.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2A7A28FF2B44F6EE24FAE7" blockId="6.[151,1437,806,2032]" lastBlockId="7.[151,1436,152,738]" lastPageId="7" lastPageNumber="33" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="70184B223B2A7A29FF2B44F6EF63FD9D" author="Castle, P. H. J. & Smith, D. G." box="[198,534,1926,1952]" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" pagination="973 - 995" refId="ref6689" refString="Castle, P. H. J. & Smith, D. G. (1999) A reassessment of the eels of the genus Bathycongrus in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Fish Biology, 54, 973 - 995." type="journal article" year="1999">Castle & Smith (1999: 991)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
excluded
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2A7A29FD7944F6EEEAFDA2" box="[660,927,1926,1951]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FD7944F6EEEAFDA2" box="[660,927,1926,1951]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Bathycongrus bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
from their reassessment of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2A7A29FB1F44F6E8E0FDA2" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1898" box="[1266,1429,1926,1951]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FB1F44F6E8E0FDA2" box="[1266,1429,1926,1951]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Bathycongrus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, primarily on the basis of three characters. First, the vomerine tooth patch is more elongate and the individual teeth are smaller than those of other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2A7A29FDA444A6EE25FDCD" box="[585,848,2006,2032]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="6" pageNumber="32" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2A7A29FDA444A6EF99FDD2" box="[585,748,2006,2031]" italics="true" pageId="6" pageNumber="32">Bathycongrus</emphasis>
|
||
species.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
Second, the eye is larger and the snout is shorter. Third, the remnants of the larval melanophores, visible on the
|
||
<typeStatus id="CB3288713B2B7A28FC9843E8EEAAFA8F" box="[885,991,152,178]" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
, are in a single lateral row rather than the three rows characteristic of other
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FDA643B0EE24FAE7" box="[587,849,192,218]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="undetermined">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FDA643B0EF9BFAE4" box="[587,750,192,217]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">Bathycongrus</emphasis>
|
||
species.
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="143636D33B2B7A28FF2B4398EE1EF8DF" blockId="7.[151,1436,152,738]" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">
|
||
Although
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FED34398ECCAFB3C" box="[318,447,232,257]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FED34398ECCAFB3C" box="[318,447,232,257]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">B. bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs in some ways from the other species currently assigned to the genus, these differences are perhaps less significant than Castle & Smith presumed. The vomerine teeth are indeed somewhat different from those of previously known Indo-Pacific species. Rather than a short patch with few teeth, one or two of them distinctly enlarged (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="70184B223B2B7A28FD8E4210EE13FB47" author="Castle, P. H. J. & Smith, D. G." box="[611,870,352,378]" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" pagination="973 - 995" refId="ref6689" refString="Castle, P. H. J. & Smith, D. G. (1999) A reassessment of the eels of the genus Bathycongrus in the Indo-West Pacific. Journal of Fish Biology, 54, 973 - 995." type="journal article" year="1999">Castle & Smith, 1999</bibRefCitation>
|
||
: fig. 3),
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FC2B4210E930FB44" box="[966,1093,352,377]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FC2B4210E930FB44" box="[966,1093,352,377]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">B. bleekeri</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has an elongate, oval-shaped patch with numerous small teeth. This pattern is similar to that of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FC4542F8E928FB9C" authorityName="Karmovskaya & Smith" authorityYear="2008" box="[936,1117,392,417]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="trimaculatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FC4542F8E928FB9C" box="[936,1117,392,417]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">B. trimaculatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, however (see above), and also to that of the Atlantic
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FE3942C0EE49FBF7" authority="(Smith, 1989 a: 534)" baseAuthorityName="Smith" baseAuthorityPageNumber="534" baseAuthorityYear="1989" box="[468,828,432,458]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubius">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FE3942C0EF36FBF4" box="[468,579,432,457]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">B. dubius</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="70184B223B2B7A28FDB942C0EE46FBF7" author="Smith, D. G." box="[596,819,432,458]" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" pagination="460 - 567" refId="ref7128" refString="Smith, D. G. (1989 a) Family Congridae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoir of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, No. 1, Part 9, 460 - 567." type="book chapter" year="1989">Smith, 1989a: 534</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
. The eye is larger in proportion to the snout than in other species, but this is a matter of degree rather than kind. The same can be said of the tail, distinctly less filiform than the other species, again a difference in degree. The uniserial lateral larval pigment is found also in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FF7A4158EF0AF87F" authority="Smith (1989 b: 752)" authorityName="Smith" authorityPageNumber="752" authorityYear="1989" box="[151,639,552,578]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dubius">
|
||
<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FF7A4158ECFAF87C" box="[151,399,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">Bathycongrus dubius</emphasis>
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<bibRefCitation id="70184B223B2B7A28FE7B4158EF0AF87F" author="Smith, D. G." box="[406,639,552,578]" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" pagination="723 - 763" refId="ref7180" refString="Smith, D. G. (1989 b) Family Congridae: Leptocephali. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoir of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, No. 1, Part 9, 723 - 763." type="book chapter" year="1989">Smith (1989b: 752)</bibRefCitation>
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. Other characters in common with
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<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FBF44158E9C9F87C" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1898" box="[1049,1212,552,577]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FBF44158E9C9F87C" box="[1049,1212,552,577]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">Bathycongrus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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include the lack of a well-developed flange on the upper lip, the enlarged infraorbital pores, the elongate gas bladder, and the pigmented stomach. Although the species of
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<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FD6C4108EE51F8AC" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1898" box="[641,804,632,657]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FD6C4108EE51F8AC" box="[641,804,632,657]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">Bathycongrus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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show considerable divergence in a number of characters, they still seem well differentiated from other congrid genera, and we find no compelling reason to separate any of the species, including
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<taxonomicName id="D3894D503B2B7A28FDB941B8EFA6F8DC" box="[596,723,712,737]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="7" pageNumber="33" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bleekeri">
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<emphasis id="26FDEAC13B2B7A28FDB941B8EFA6F8DC" box="[596,723,712,737]" italics="true" pageId="7" pageNumber="33">B. bleekeri</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, at this time.
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</paragraph>
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</treatment>
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