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, fig. 14 (Marshall Is.);
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(Solomon Is. and New Britain, additional meristic data given).
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Paxton
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(
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Winterbottom
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(Chagos Archipelago, Indian Ocean).
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(South
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).
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Allen
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(
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Fricke
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., 2011: 349
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(
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(Red Sea, etc.).
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, Springer
<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA08F19D3B11B4DFCACF968" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">et al</emphasis>
. coll.;
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(1 spm,
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TL),
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<collectingDate id="5A3AB613FFA08F19D3481B82FA15F948" box="[1336,1489,1687,1711]" pageId="0" pageNumber="301" value="2012-03-08">08 Mar. 2012</collectingDate>
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,
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and
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coll.
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<footnote id="5DDB7535FFA08F19D6DA1A20FB6AF8AC" box="[170,1198,1845,1867]" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA08F19D6DA1A20FB6AF8AC" blockId="0.[170,1198,1845,1950]" box="[170,1198,1845,1867]" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">(1) Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, MRC-534, 4210 Silver Hill Rd, Suitland, MD 20746.</paragraph>
</footnote>
<footnote id="5DDB7535FFA08F19D6DA1A44FCDFF880" box="[170,795,1873,1895]" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA08F19D6DA1A44FCDFF880" blockId="0.[170,1198,1845,1950]" box="[170,795,1873,1895]" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">(2) Station of Naturalists, Omsk, Russia. [ic187196@yandex.ru]</paragraph>
</footnote>
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<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA08F19D6DA1A78FCB3F865" blockId="0.[170,1198,1845,1950]" box="[170,887,1900,1922]" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">(3) King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. [aomal@kau.edu.sa]</paragraph>
</footnote>
<footnote id="5DDB7535FFA08F19D6DA1A9DFD83F879" box="[170,583,1928,1950]" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">
<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA08F19D6DA1A9DFD83F879" blockId="0.[170,1198,1845,1950]" box="[170,583,1928,1950]" pageId="0" pageNumber="301">* Corresponding author [smithd@si.edu]</paragraph>
</footnote>
<subSubSection id="76DA3AB0FFA18F18D6DA1DEAFDEDFA3F" pageId="1" pageNumber="302" type="description">
<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA18F18D6DA1DEAFD70FEF0" blockId="1.[170,813,255,1208]" box="[170,692,255,279]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D6DA1DEAFD70FEF0" bold="true" box="[170,692,255,279]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">
Description (based on two
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specimens)
</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA18F18D6A01C35FD8EFE50" blockId="1.[170,813,255,1208]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">
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In % TL: preanal 33, predorsal 14-15, head 13-14, depth at anus ca 3. In % head length: snout 17-20, eye 7-10, interorbital 17-19, snout-rictus 30-31, pectoral fin 20. Pores: LL 1, POM 6,
<specimenCode id="6E66C140FFA18F18D7501C6AFE95FE70" box="[288,337,383,407]" collectionCode="IO" country="Portugal" name="Instituto de Oceanografia da Universidade de Lisboa" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">IO 4</specimenCode>
, SO 3, ST 0. Pectoral-fin rays 10. Vertebrae:
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, PA 32, Total 112 (
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.
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<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA18F18D6A01CAAFD35FCB0" blockId="1.[170,813,255,1208]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Body moderate in length, anus near first third of TL. Dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin, dorsal fin begins approximately above gill opening, anal fin begins immediately behind anus; pectoral fins present. Eyes well-developed. Rictus slightly behind posterior margin of eye. Anterior nostril tubular, near tip of snout, directed anterolaterally; posterior nostril on edge of upper lip, near anterior margin of eye. Lateral line reduced, only a single pore in branchial region anterior to gill opening. Teeth small and conical; intermaxillary teeth in a short patch at anterior end of roof of mouth; maxillary and dentary teeth in narrow rows; vomerine teeth in two long series on each side, widely diverged, each closer to maxillary series than to its counterpart on other side.</paragraph>
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Figure 1. -
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D5CC1FE5FB5CFCE1" box="[956,1176,752,774]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Kaupichthys atronasus</emphasis>
, SMF
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34947 (76 mm TL). Photo S. Tränkner. Scale bar = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA18F18D6A01E75FDCDFB5F" blockId="1.[170,813,255,1208]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Three supraorbital pores: one at tip of snout just above lip (the ethmoidal pore, by convention treated as part of the supraorbital series), one at tip of snout just above previous one, and one on top of snout medial to anterior nostril. Four infraorbital pores along upper lip: one just behind anterior nostril, one between anterior and posterior nostrils, one below anterior margin of eye, one below posterior margin of eye; no pores in ascending branch of canal behind eye. Six pores in mandibular section of preoperculo-mandibular canal, all anterior to rictus; no pores in preopercular section. No pores in supratemporal canal.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D6DA19F5FEF0FB1F" bold="true" box="[170,308,1248,1272]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Colouration</emphasis>
(based on photograph of fresh specimen)
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<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA18F18D6A01815FDEDFA3F" blockId="1.[170,813,1248,1496]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Semitranslucent with small irregular brown blotches on body and head; a large diffuse dark brown blotch behind eye, and dark brown vertical streak before eye; anterior nostril and area immediately around base of nostril black, nostril tips white; red gills visible through skin; fins uniform pale grey. Colour of preserved specimens similar, with some variation in intensity of brown blotches.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D6DA1B15FE79F9FF" bold="true" box="[170,445,1536,1560]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Distribution and habitat</emphasis>
</paragraph>
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Figure 2. -
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D5CF1B04FB10F9C1" box="[959,1236,1553,1574]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Phyllophichthus xenodontus</emphasis>
, USNM
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314692 (193 mm TL). Photo S. Raredon. Scale bar = 10 mm.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA18F18D6A01B35FF23F8DF" blockId="1.[170,813,1536,1848]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">
Central Pacific and Indian Ocean, from the
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to the Red Sea; in the Pacific from
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in the north to
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in the south; in the Indian Ocean reported from Chagos Archipelago and
<collectingCountry id="46D729ABFFA18F18D7CA1B95FDB5F97F" box="[442,625,1664,1688]" name="Christmas Island" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Christmas Island</collectingCountry>
only (
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Winterbottom
<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D6AA1BB4FECDF95F" box="[218,265,1696,1720]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">et al</emphasis>
., 1989
</bibRefCitation>
;
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Allen
<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D7D21BB4FE15F95F" box="[418,465,1696,1720]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">et al</emphasis>
., 2007
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). Found in shallow water around coral reefs; most specimens collected with ichthyocide. Specimen from Al Lith,
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, was collected from a crevice, deep inside the fringing reef at a depth of
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<subSubSection id="76DA3AB0FFA18F1BD6DA1A75FD51FD50" lastPageId="2" lastPageNumber="303" pageId="1" pageNumber="302" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="3E7F693BFFA18F18D6DA1A75FCE9F87F" blockId="1.[170,813,1888,1945]" box="[170,813,1888,1945]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">
<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D6DA1A75FED6F89F" bold="true" box="[170,274,1888,1912]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Remarks</emphasis>
The species of the genus
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D7A71A95FD98F87F" box="[471,604,1920,1944]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Kaupichthys</emphasis>
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occur in all oceans.
</paragraph>
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Three species are known from the Indian Ocean:
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D30D1B6AFC55F951" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">K. atronasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D5D01B8AFB96F950" box="[928,1106,1695,1719]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">K. brachychirus</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D2F91B8AFAD2F950" box="[1161,1302,1695,1719]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">K. diodontus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, all described by
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. The latter two are easily distinguished by their plain brown colour;
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D22F1BCAFACFF910" box="[1119,1291,1759,1783]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">K. brachychirus</emphasis>
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is characterised by very short pectoral fins.
<bibRefCitation id="5A5114CAFFA18F18D22D1BEAFA84F8F0" author="RANDALL J. E. &amp; ALLEN G. R. &amp; STEENE R. C." box="[1117,1344,1791,1815]" pageId="1" pageNumber="302" refId="ref5173" refString="RANDALL J. E., ALLEN G. R. &amp; STEENE R. C., 1997. - Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. 2 nd edit., 557 p. Honolulu: Univ. of Hawaii Press." type="book" year="1997">
Randall
<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D2C91BEAFB2DF8F0" box="[1209,1257,1791,1815]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">et al</emphasis>
. (1997)
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reproduced a photo of a fresh specimen of
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D2FB1A0AFAD7F8D1" box="[1163,1299,1823,1846]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">K. atronasus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and described the tip of the snout as black. We examined 28 lots of
<taxonomicName id="F9C012B8FFA18F18D31F1A2AFC36F891" family="Chlopsidae" genus="Kaupichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="1" pageNumber="302" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="atronasus">
<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA18F18D31F1A2AFC36F891" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="302">Kaupichthys atronasus</emphasis>
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from all over the Indo-Pacific, and all have the same colour pattern as the Red Sea specimens: snout colour like the head, with a black blotch around the base of anterior nostrils only. In none was the tip of the snout black. As mentioned above, there is some variation in the intensity of the brown blotches, and we suspect that
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Randall
<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA28F1BD5691C75FF7BFE70" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="303">et al</emphasis>
. (1997)
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may simply have had a specimen with unusually dark blotches and interpreted this as black. There is very little geographic variation in
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<emphasis id="0CB4B529FFA28F1BD7A61CAAFD17FE30" box="[470,723,447,471]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="303">Kaupichthys atronasus</emphasis>
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over its range. The
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from the
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has 114 vertebrae, and the
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from the Red Sea both have 112. Chlopsid eels tend to be remarkably uniform in their main characters, showing little variation in colour, pores and vertebral number, and proportions within species. It is possible that genetic data would show more heterogeneity, but such data are not yet available for this species.
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