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<emphasis id="B913A51368031A15E5EA8AFAFE7F01EA" bold="true" box="[151,464,718,744]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="138">Bathycongrus macroporis</emphasis>
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; Tables 1–3, 7–8
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<emphasis id="B913A51368031A15E5EA8BAFFE3500B6" bold="true" box="[151,410,923,948]" pageId="20" pageNumber="138">Specimens examined.</emphasis>
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A large, robust species of
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Proportional measurements and meristic data are shown in
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. Head length 2.3 (
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<paragraph id="8BD8790168031A15E5BA8F2BFEA40482" blockId="20.[151,1437,923,1920]" pageId="20" pageNumber="138">Lateral line complete, first pore on each side slightly enlarged, the canal extended to caudal-fin base; 5 (5) before pectoral-fin base, 6 (7) pores before dorsal-fin origin, 30 (32) before anal-fin origin, total pores not countable.</paragraph>
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<caption id="DF18298968021A14E5EA8EB5FDA505B4" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1446578/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="139" startId="21.[151,250,1665,1687]" targetBox="[151,1436,193,1638]" targetPageId="21">
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<paragraph id="8BD8790168021A14E5EA8EB5FDA505B4" blockId="21.[151,1436,1665,1718]" pageId="21" pageNumber="139">
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<emphasis id="B913A51368021A14E5EA8EB5FEBA0594" bold="true" box="[151,277,1665,1687]" pageId="21" pageNumber="139">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
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<taxonomicName id="4C67028268021A14E4628EB5FD4C0595" authority="(Kotthaus, 1968)" authorityName="Kotthaus" authorityYear="1968" baseAuthorityName="Kotthaus" baseAuthorityYear="1968" box="[287,739,1665,1687]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="139" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macroporis">
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<emphasis id="B913A51368021A14E4628EB5FD860595" box="[287,553,1665,1687]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="139">Bathycongrus macroporis</emphasis>
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(Kotthaus, 1968)
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</taxonomicName>
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, USNM 398471, 415+ mm TL. Bar indicates locality of posterior nostril. Arrow indicates the ST pore.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<paragraph id="8BD8790168021A17E5BA8ED6FCF803F5" blockId="21.[151,1436,1762,2003]" lastBlockId="22.[151,1436,151,1005]" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="140" pageId="21" pageNumber="139">
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Head pores vary in size, most enlarged to some extent (
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<figureCitation id="135C658468021A14E62E8ED6FC0105F9" box="[851,942,1762,1787]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="21.[151,250,1665,1687]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,193,1638]" captionTargetId="figure@21.[151,1436,193,1644]" captionTargetPageId="21" captionText="FIGURE 9. Bathycongrus macroporis (Kotthaus, 1968), USNM 398471, 415+ mm TL. Bar indicates locality of posterior nostril. Arrow indicates the ST pore." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1446578/files/figure.png" pageId="21" pageNumber="139">Fig. 9C</figureCitation>
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||
). Supraorbital canal with 3 pores; the first (ethmoidal pore) small, on ventral surface of snout tip, just above lip; the second enlarged, about twice the size of first, and immediately in front of anterior nostril, the third greatly enlarged and immediately above anterior nostril, about same size as anterior nostril. Infraorbital canal with 5 pores, the first 3 pores enlarged; the first at posterodorsal corner of anterior nostril; second behind and below the first, on upper lip; third behind second, on upper lip, about midway between anterior nostril and eye; fourth slightly smaller, below anterior part of eye; fifth behind and slightly below rictus; no pores behind eye. Preoperculomandibular canal with 10 pores; 7 pores in mandibular section, 6 along lower jaw and 1 behind rictus; first pore small, near tip of lower jaw, second and third pores progressively larger, the third the largest in the series; fourth through seventh smaller; 3 pores in preopercular section. Supratemporal commissure with a single median pore.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BD8790168011A17E5BA8930FD100267" blockId="22.[151,1436,151,1005]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">
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Predorsal vertebrae 9 (10); preanal vertebrae 34 (36); precaudal vertebrae 40 (39). Total vertebrae not available due to the damaged tails in both specimens, the incomplete counts are 148+ (117+). The
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<typeStatus id="54DCC7A368011A17E1B48913FA840242" box="[1225,1323,295,320]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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was also incomplete, with 126 vertebrae (
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||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF604F068011A17E77F8978FD1C0267" box="[514,691,332,357]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" refId="ref16194" refString="Kotthaus, A. (1968) Fische des Indischen Ozeans. A. Systematischer Teil. III. Ostariophysi und Apodes. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse, Reihe D, Biologie, 3, 14 - 56." type="journal article">Kotthaus, 1968</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BD8790168011A17E5BA895BFF5C013F" blockId="22.[151,1436,151,1005]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">
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||
Teeth on jaws moderately stout to blunt (
|
||
<figureCitation id="135C658468011A17E7EF895BFD48028A" box="[658,743,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="5.[151,250,1429,1451]" captionTargetBox="[169,1400,300,1396]" captionTargetId="figure@5.[151,1436,265,1407]" captionTargetPageId="5" captionText="FIGURE 3. Tooth pattern on upper jaw. A. Bathycongrus bimaculatus sp. nov., NMMB-P7012, paratype. B. B. bleekeri, NMMB-P26214. C. B. castlei sp. nov., NMMB-P21740, paratype. D. B. guttulatus, NMMB-P7607. E. B. graciliceps sp. nov., holotype. F. B. macroporis, NMMB-P29128. Not to scale." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/1446566/files/figure.png" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Fig. 3F</figureCitation>
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||
). Intermaxillary with 5 or 6 transverse rows of teeth, those on outer 2 rows large, gradually smaller posteriorly, not exposed when mouth closed. No clear gap between intermaxillary and vomerine teeth. Vomerine teeth conical, forming a long patch, extending about half length of maxillary tooth band. Maxillary teeth in about 5 irregular rows, gradually narrowing to 1 or 2 rows posteriorly, outer teeth longest, inner teeth gradually smaller. Mandibular teeth similar in size and arrangement to those on maxilla.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BD8790168011A17E5B38A73FAE901AA" blockId="22.[151,1436,151,1005]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">
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||
<emphasis id="B913A51368011A17E5B38A73FEF90162" bold="true" box="[206,342,583,608]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Coloration.</emphasis>
|
||
Light brown dorsally, paler ventrally. Dorsal and anal fin pale with broad black margin; posterior portion entirely black. Pectoral fin pale. Stomach, intestine, and peritoneum pale. Mouth cavity pale; gill chamber unpigmented on outer side, inner side with small, closely spaced melanophores forming a slight darkening.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C37D2A8A68011A17E5BA8A80FB0801CF" box="[199,1191,692,717]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="8BD8790168011A17E5BA8A80FB0801CF" blockId="22.[151,1436,151,1005]" box="[199,1191,692,717]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">
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||
<emphasis id="B913A51368011A17E5BA8A80FECF01CF" bold="true" box="[199,352,692,717]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Distribution.</emphasis>
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||
Known from off Sokotra Is. in the western Indian Ocean and now
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||
<collectingCountry id="F370399168011A17E1308A80FB0C01CF" box="[1101,1187,692,717]" name="Taiwan" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
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||
.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C37D2A8A68011A17E5BA8AE3FC9400EF" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph id="8BD8790168011A17E5BA8AE3FC9400EF" blockId="22.[151,1436,151,1005]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">
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||
<emphasis id="B913A51368011A17E5BA8AE3FE9401F2" bold="true" box="[199,315,727,752]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Remarks.</emphasis>
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||
This species is placed in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C67028268011A17E7198AECFCAF01F2" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1898" box="[612,768,728,752]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B913A51368011A17E7198AECFCAF01F2" box="[612,768,728,752]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Bathycongrus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
provisionally. The lack of any notably enlarged teeth, and the long and broad vomerine tooth patch differ from the condition found in most species of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C67028268011A17E1D18AC8FAE70016" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1898" box="[1196,1352,764,788]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Bathycongrus" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B913A51368011A17E1D18AC8FAE70016" box="[1196,1352,764,788]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Bathycongrus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, which have a short patch with at least a few teeth enlarged. The elevated position of the posterior nostril, above the dorsal margin and behind the anterior margin of the eye, differs markedly from the other species, which have the nostril in front of the eye near mid-eye level.
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="EFF604F068011A17E75B8B53FD730082" box="[550,732,871,896]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" refId="ref16194" refString="Kotthaus, A. (1968) Fische des Indischen Ozeans. A. Systematischer Teil. III. Ostariophysi und Apodes. Meteor Forschungsergebnisse, Reihe D, Biologie, 3, 14 - 56." type="journal article">Kotthaus (1968)</bibRefCitation>
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||
placed it in the genus
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C67028268011A17E6AA8B5CFB3A0082" authorityName="Roule" authorityYear="1915" box="[983,1173,872,896]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Pseudophichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
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||
<emphasis id="B913A51368011A17E6AA8B5CFB3A0082" box="[983,1173,872,896]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Pseudophichthys</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, but the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DCC7A368011A17E18B8B5CFA890082" box="[1270,1318,872,896]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">type</typeStatus>
|
||
species of that genus,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C67028268011A17E4658BB9FD8000A6" authority="(Lea, 1913)" baseAuthorityName="Lea" baseAuthorityYear="1913" box="[280,559,908,932]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Congridae" genus="Pseudophichthys" higherTaxonomySource="GBIF" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="splendens">
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||
<emphasis id="B913A51368011A17E4658BB9FE0C00A6" box="[280,419,908,932]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">P. splendens</emphasis>
|
||
(Lea, 1913)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, is more slender and has the posterior nostril in front of mid-eye. This species was known previously only from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="54DCC7A368011A17E7468B9BFD3200CA" box="[571,669,943,968]" pageId="22" pageNumber="140" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
collected in the northwestern Indian Ocean. Its discovery in
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F370399168011A17E0378B9BFA3300CA" box="[1354,1436,943,968]" name="Taiwan" pageId="22" pageNumber="140">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
|
||
suggests that it may be present in intermediate areas as well.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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