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<mods:title id="3549194187D6A3065A88B3365DC5987D">Revision of the Bahamian cave-fishes of the genus Lucifuga (Ophidiiformes, Bythitidae), with description of a new species from islands on the Little Bahama Bank.</mods:title>
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<treatment id="BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B" ID-DOI="http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6262581" ID-GBIF-Taxon="100117822" ID-Zenodo-Dep="6262581" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B" httpUri="http://treatment.plazi.org/id/BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B" lastPageNumber="33" pageNumber="27">
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<taxonomicName id="21C21C2C2436738DCBD3C404BCFAAED0" ID-CoL="3WBPN" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">Lucifuga lucayana</taxonomicName>
,
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<paragraph id="2696FA5A2F609E735EC8500B8D8EDECF" pageNumber="27">(Figs. 2-6, Tables 1-3)</paragraph>
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<taxonomicName id="4CF2525819A8993E8430890416DA1222" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04E3045B-4882-46AD-9081-948ADE55A3F6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Stygicola spelaeotes Cohen &amp; Robins 1970:135" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">Lucifuga spelaeotes</taxonomicName>
(not Cohen &amp; Robins, 1970): Yager 1981: 328; Cunliffe 1985: 108, photo; Palmer 1985a: 114, photo 51; Yager &amp; Williams 1988: 102; Wilkens et al. 1989: 127 (eyes); Smith -Vaniz &amp;
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1991: 202 (part); Cohen &amp; McCosker 1998: 184 (part); Proudlove 2001: 207 (part).
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<paragraph id="2778F9DEB2CA4542B2E95C77CDCD46F9" pageNumber="27">Material examined (6 specimens, of which 3 lack the head, 44-99 mm SL, due to earlier studies of the eye development (H. Wilkens pers. comm.). Identification of headless specimens based on finray and vertebrae counts).</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation id="41DC65105CCC29155BEEEF8408C92CCD" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923905663" collectingDate="1980-11-01" collectionCode="ANSP" collectorName="Dennis Williams" country="Bahamas" location="Lucayan Caverns, depth 12 m" specimenCode="ANSP 146475" stateProvince="Grand Bahama Island" typeStatus="Holotype">
<typeStatus id="C16339B7AA39545812F65E36476B78F6">Holotype</typeStatus>
:
<specimenCode id="BABFF2AC5FD19DE9FDBEA8126CB6F6DE">
<collectionCode id="AF83A4AAF30935EC94F556DE67449B8D">ANSP</collectionCode>
146475
</specimenCode>
, 99 mm SL, female,
<collectingRegion id="5390C4194CE3916040622489554A4D55">Grand Bahama Island</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="AB6005C4232D9CABF213159BB65696AB" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B:AB6005C4232D9CABF213159BB65696AB" country="Bahamas" name="Lucayan Caverns, depth 12 m" stateProvince="Grand Bahama Island">Lucayan Caverns, depth 12 m</location>
, collected by
<collectorName id="C7867426CC4047A144242465EF5DC9D9">Dennis Williams</collectorName>
,
<date id="699A16B82FD2A107C43A6781055305B0" day="01" month="11" value="1980-11-01" year="1980">
<collectingDate id="C19FA48F6BF44A25CAA1EC15E8234712" day="01" month="11" value="1980-11-01" year="1980">1 November 1980</collectingDate>
</date>
.
</materialsCitation>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B4A6EAB33748BCEF801B523872DB7CE2" pageNumber="27">
<materialsCitation id="2CC5803CC022C9DA65C4FABA639A5321" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923905665" collectionCode="ANSP" collectorName="Dennis Williams" country="Bahamas" location="inland sink hole, precise location and depth unknown" specimenCode="ANSP 148497" stateProvince="Abaco Island" typeStatus="Paratype">
<typeStatus id="71D4A3E5AC45103B53C8911E5CAFDE81">Paratypes</typeStatus>
:
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148497
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, 44 mm SL, male,
<collectingRegion id="56BCC467FB3BB074944E2854A80411C9">Abaco Island</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="26D0D06A613D340872350B4CEB45FBCA" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B:26D0D06A613D340872350B4CEB45FBCA" country="Bahamas" name="inland sink hole, precise location and depth unknown" stateProvince="Abaco Island">inland sink hole, precise location and depth unknown</location>
, collected by
<collectorName id="A992BCD99EC43C8E9FF7AEEBAF7CF2E0">Dennis Williams</collectorName>
, date unknown
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;
<materialsCitation id="D365FF0F24AC561CFF6F878EE6B4F33B" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923905668" collectingDate="1984-07-04" collectionCode="BMNH" collectorName="Robert Palmer" country="Bahamas" location="Pisces Cave, Zodiac Caverns, depth 15 m" specimenCode="BMNH 1984.12.1.20" stateProvince="Grand Bahama Island" typeStatus="Paratype">
<specimenCode id="F335DA5557D2FE695CD0E48708264D42">
<collectionCode id="06513FEF6EC1CEDFA2ADBE77E677F792">BMNH</collectionCode>
1984.12.1.20
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, 80 mm SL, female,
<collectingRegion id="BA5C99E1374DF7FFA738171E004773ED">Grand Bahama Island</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="4A2B83183E8315F8BF769652752D5022" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B:4A2B83183E8315F8BF769652752D5022" country="Bahamas" name="Pisces Cave, Zodiac Caverns, depth 15 m" stateProvince="Grand Bahama Island">Pisces Cave, Zodiac Caverns, depth 15 m</location>
, collected by
<collectorName id="F81C1912442EA938ADDED85D40696213">Robert Palmer</collectorName>
,
<date id="B9A18A5E573CF8335058DB073F36399F" day="04" month="07" value="1984-07-04" year="1984">
<collectingDate id="689A6215DA976A2ED18093AADA130EC0" day="04" month="07" value="1984-07-04" year="1984">4 July 1984</collectingDate>
</date>
(see Palmer 1985a)
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;
<materialsCitation id="5170D52860D14F0A79F7C00DE4C282F0" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923905666" collectingDate="1984-06-07" collectionCode="ZMH" collectorName="Dennis Williams" country="Bahamas" latitude="26.241667" location="Abaco Island" longitude="-77.19028" specimenCode="ZMH 9517" stateProvince="Abaco Island" typeStatus="Paratype">
<specimenCode id="BBD444F308AF6C95ACD1D0F5B7A8D49F">
<collectionCode id="DB406C8C62AED642E5FF630962DF1702">ZMH</collectionCode>
9517
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, ca. 85 mm SL, head missing, female,
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<location id="BA004871676748F59C42B1DFF0E7A700" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B:BA004871676748F59C42B1DFF0E7A700" country="Bahamas" latitude="26.241667" longitude="-77.19028" name="Abaco Island" stateProvince="Abaco Island">Abaco Island</location>
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,
<geoCoordinate id="F3540A9AEF1DF4E7A2DA1E5020DEF5A0" direction="north" orientation="latitude" value="26.241667">26°14'30''N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="4FD9363E49C8F1CC005B97535B08D1AF" direction="west" orientation="longitude" value="-77.19028">77°11'25''W</geoCoordinate>
, collected by
<collectorName id="C8B59430CDA8DCD0D3BD0782F99C39AE">Dennis Williams</collectorName>
,
<date id="BB89A8EAA822C7EB5AD3B944478A8CDC" day="07" month="06" value="1984-06-07" year="1984">
<collectingDate id="7D258B6408DB36A39A753E9919DFCE5C" day="07" month="06" value="1984-06-07" year="1984">7 June 1984</collectingDate>
</date>
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="18C39881208C8DF664F14C0E16E3F2C0" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923905671" collectionCode="ZMH" country="Bahamas" location="Lucayan Caverns" specimenCode="ZMH 9522" stateProvince="Grand Bahama Island" typeStatus="Paratype">
<specimenCode id="91E323C3A8A891CB139875793E98E79B">
<collectionCode id="6EC71935E86F768C5415966A88EFC1AB">ZMH</collectionCode>
9522
</specimenCode>
, ca. 110 mm SL, head missing, male,
<collectingRegion id="99D1FE4AF4F758DE0473C56BD5A3DE0F">Grand Bahama Island</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="E9C5ED07D007603D2D1B68741391A16B" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B:E9C5ED07D007603D2D1B68741391A16B" country="Bahamas" name="Lucayan Caverns" stateProvince="Grand Bahama Island">Lucayan Caverns</location>
, other data missing
</materialsCitation>
;
<materialsCitation id="B2B26746A38CA73953B5E525358602C1" ID-GBIF-Occurrence="923905669" collectionCode="ZMH" country="Bahamas" location="Lucayan Caverns" specimenCode="ZMH 9566" stateProvince="Grand Bahama Island" typeStatus="Paratype">
<specimenCode id="D3B5366AAD9BFCEABF1399D7D64DA28C">
<collectionCode id="E7627F14BF5447EB561BA79F5C94AB8C">ZMH</collectionCode>
9566
</specimenCode>
, ca. 125 mm SL, head missing, male,
<collectingRegion id="C821CFFE43CFE8306EF67930ACD1A14B">Grand Bahama Island</collectingRegion>
,
<location id="7E3B82F96551D3332D773E7C11EE0031" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:BE7865D90AEEF1419931F22381B8189B:7E3B82F96551D3332D773E7C11EE0031" country="Bahamas" name="Lucayan Caverns" stateProvince="Grand Bahama Island">Lucayan Caverns</location>
, other data missing
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.
</paragraph>
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Diagnosis.
<taxonomicName id="714E87D66439620896860955C1FBF123" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="27" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">Lucifuga lucayana</taxonomicName>
is distinguished from other members of the genus by the following combination of characters: Vertebrae 12-13+37-39=50-52, dorsal finrays
<pageStartToken id="C0C6FEEE8E5B724BDA5E025EF760C066" pageNumber="28">84</pageStartToken>
-91, anal finrays 63-69, pectoral finrays 17-18, caudal finrays 10; head profile above eye strongly depressed, scales on occiput, eyes present (0.9-1.0 % SL); palatine teeth absent; color uniformly light brown, long gill-rakers 3, pale.
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<paragraph id="44DDB8FDECE52EBBB36E1603D6C8AAD1" pageNumber="28">
Similarity.
<taxonomicName id="6F514A920F916E00768FB57133B47DBF" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">Lucifuga lucayana</taxonomicName>
resembles
<taxonomicName id="0755B0AA5C054A135490EF81E8189195" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04E3045B-4882-46AD-9081-948ADE55A3F6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Stygicola spelaeotes Cohen &amp; Robins 1970:135" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">L. spelaeotes</taxonomicName>
in all but a few characters listed in Tables 1-3. It differs in the lack of palatine teeth (vs. 3-56) (fig. 6), color of elongated gill-rakers (pale vs. dark) and the broadly scaled occiput (vs. occiput scaled only in central part) (fig. 4). Furthermore,
<taxonomicName id="52AB3B6E938D5301C59FC3162F8CFC45" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">L. lucayana</taxonomicName>
in average have fewer dorsal finrays (84- 91, x=89.2 vs. 86-109, x=97.5), anal finrays (63-69, x=66.2 vs. 66-82, x=73.8) (Tables 1- 3) and perhaps smaller eyes (0.9-1.0, x=1.0 vs. 0.7-1.8, x = 1.3 % SL, fig. 5).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FBA0DA6D7FFB3771EA1FFF796A1DAE18" pageNumber="28">
<taxonomicName id="B4F53361D8AFDBEE01DC3BC177C091BB" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">Lucifuga lucayana</taxonomicName>
resembles two Cuban species
<taxonomicName id="DCA12C72B0BA19F55AA0AE371D72088D" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subterranea">L. subterranea</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="9E7FD302FF2D9FCA5735ECC424F05C38" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:24EB78F2-38D8-4FAE-B191-DC24A54CF94A" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga teresinarum Díaz Pérez 1988:38" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="teresinarum">L. teresinarum</taxonomicName>
in the lack of palatine teeth, but it differs from these and the two other Cuban species in several characters e.g. larger eye (0.9-1.0 vs. 0.0-0.3 % SL), and in the higher number of vertebrae(12-13 +37-39 = 50-52 vs. 11+34-37 = 45-48 (unknown for
<taxonomicName id="57DAC7F81289AA0C6FC3DF5D281FFE84" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:24EB78F2-38D8-4FAE-B191-DC24A54CF94A" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga teresinarum Díaz Pérez 1988:38" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="teresinarum">L. teresinarum</taxonomicName>
) and caudal finrays (10 vs. 8) (Table 3). It further differs from the Cuban species
<taxonomicName id="3CE69A92005090134C976D7D390DB079" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentata">L. dentata</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="810EBABD61C35C0A5C49AF93D79CE9BC" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4CF16E7E-6EC2-4B20-82A7-D48BE1619BD5" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga simile Nalbant 1981:189" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="28" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simile">L. simile</taxonomicName>
by the lack of palatine teeth and number of anal finrays (63-69 vs. 69-78 and 57- 60, respectively).
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<subSubSection id="8338EBECEEB9E7D4864EAD89E5D31935" type="description">
<paragraph id="BEDF6176C79F37B4DAE5F33A8BCE97F6" pageNumber="28">Description. Meristic and morphometric characters are given in Tables 1-3. Body moderately elongate, compressed. Head profile strongly depressed (figs. 2-4). Eyes relatively small, 0.9-1.0 % SL (fig. 5). Upper jaw slightly protruding. Anterior nostril tubeshaped, placed low on snout near upper lip; posterior nostril a mere hole, larger, about midway between snout and eye. Maxilla expanded posteriorly, not sheathed by skin flap. Opercular spines absent. Anterior gill arch with 3 elongate rakers and 13 (10-14) broad plates arranged in the following configuration: Upper branch with 3 (3-5) broad plates; the bend between upper and lower gill arch with one long raker, and lower gill arch with 1 (0- 1) small plate, 2 elongate rakers interspersed with 1 small plate and followed by 8 (6-8) small plates. Pseudobranchial filaments 2 (1-2). Branchiostegal rays 7.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8317ED797FA00BB4616C83FA3C54676A" pageNumber="28">Scales on body large, oval (in HT about 1.6 mm horizontally at mid-body, and about 20 horizontal rows above anal fin origin); vertical fins and pectoral fin naked except for scales on pectoral fin peduncle. Predorsal area, operculum and top of head, including the occiput scaled. Snout, interorbital, area below eyes and narrow supraorbital and postorbital bands naked (figs. 3A, 4A -B).</paragraph>
<paragraph id="B074EB3E37EAE0D7661DF61E4B1013C5" pageNumber="28">Origin of dorsal fin above tip of pectoral fins. Pelvic fin with a single ray reaching about one third from its base to origin of anal fin. Pectoral fin on the middle of body, peduncle short and narrow. Caudal fin free, not fused with dorsal and anal fins.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="FED7CE225D1BDB09E827BF83C57153B5" pageNumber="28">Head sensory pores: Supraorbital pores 4, anteriormost 3 on snout and posteriormost above opercular flap; infraorbital pores 6 (3 large anteriorly and smaller 3 posteriorly); mandibular pores 6 (3 anterior and 3 posterior), the 2nd anterior very long, the posterior ones increasing in size; preopercular pores 2 (2 lower and 0 upper) (fig. 3A). Lateral line with 13 (12-13) dorsal neuromasts anteriorly and 35 (34-35) medio-lateral neuromasts posteriorly. Many small sensory papillae on head.</paragraph>
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<pageStartToken id="76E67C0CED96C14949F3030A5B6DBA79" pageNumber="29">TABLE</pageStartToken>
1. Meristic and morphometric characters of
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="55546A49D9674774ABB545036B8AA807" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
and
<taxonomicName id="841A2E217A0339F3D557D667ED69AD08" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04E3045B-4882-46AD-9081-948ADE55A3F6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Stygicola spelaeotes Cohen &amp; Robins 1970:135" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="29" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">L. spelaeotes</taxonomicName>
.
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<paragraph id="94EEF7E3970DA0F44B22FC7BCBBBB11D">
<table id="C77B8C5086B3D3B1D8ED80F8C8262622" border="0" frame="box" pageNumber="29" rules="all">
<tr id="6EECA6A448B5B1471323E8C089B4E7BB" pageNumber="29">
<td id="3DA503AEC035A1559FC19992171A1EB5" colspan="2" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="23D594644AB330580AC313BBAEA6F4A2" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">L. lucayana</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="41F3C0FA4527C0CDC6F148DAACC6B0BF" colspan="2" pageNumber="29">
<taxonomicName id="B020E58250430A1B3C0E589972431721" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04E3045B-4882-46AD-9081-948ADE55A3F6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Stygicola spelaeotes Cohen &amp; Robins 1970:135" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">L. spelaeotes</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1B63710D64D35E3603703C767B0D2318" pageNumber="29">
<td id="79D95052094BEF18B3F52B8516BF75EB" pageNumber="29">HT</td>
<td id="56B88CD3396C8CEADE64BF4173B512C4" pageNumber="29">HT and 5 PTs1</td>
<td id="77434991D11B96011B2D2255EDD440EA" pageNumber="29">HT</td>
<td id="D99B86378B5111964A8CD279D1EBAD43" pageNumber="29">HT, PT and 42 nontypes</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4E7751D6E6342E436814BE3F06C1240D" pageNumber="29">
<td id="2EBE56187D539D49929EC7F64CC17BE8" pageNumber="29">ANSP 146475</td>
<td id="EE07E404AB0583952995F688054C8B1C" pageNumber="29">Mean and range</td>
<td id="8AFDEB3A81F1F98A20AFDD5AB2B34026" pageNumber="29">USNM 204603</td>
<td id="1EA384BC6FAF528FEB030439A1C9368B" pageNumber="29">Mean and range</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0B82FA38199DA5659E8C58426E2A60E6" pageNumber="29">
<td id="8DB672D144C74E383102EED05216A149" pageNumber="29">SL (mm)</td>
<td id="ACE4AE77DA006380EF25A37772FB68D4" pageNumber="29">99</td>
<td id="D10D78B65718569A8F6559F29B9FB798" pageNumber="29">74.3(44-99)</td>
<td id="7B4CBC163E39392F80EBED2614EB15B8" pageNumber="29">110</td>
<td id="E3745EF4546560555810141C8E615ED6" pageNumber="29">106.3(42-166)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7B9452E4C01E5E80792FC609473078BF" pageNumber="29">
<td id="9A5E7F99592B8D2C62DEE655E8ED4E59" pageNumber="29">Meristic characters</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CD6E724CBA839F52388A41A2C4F3A7D7" pageNumber="29">
<td id="9480FAACE762F59E6E7D24E26565B937" pageNumber="29">Dorsal finrays</td>
<td id="867E1E4D9477AD67B83C1766A2D37FF9" pageNumber="29">91</td>
<td id="217A0B9E6641A3729A5680F7AF854922" pageNumber="29">89.2(84-91)</td>
<td id="C685F566B588E372408D44F2C967F87F" pageNumber="29">92</td>
<td id="A273FFBDAAFE3D4E796A9B68839FEA31" pageNumber="29">97.5(86-109)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="847BA78FC304F92DF831B13FD8BE8775" pageNumber="29">
<td id="E3BF4DA30A92E3443E38D85C76A0E7B8" pageNumber="29">Caudal finrays</td>
<td id="94B7CE24A63F2869CCA850CEF4E316EA" pageNumber="29">10</td>
<td id="EF804DAE7479BC697F9BF3FEE711DA17" pageNumber="29">10</td>
<td id="680EA4DEDBCF432133A24AE1FB5F0B45" pageNumber="29">10</td>
<td id="D946136A1674B56216AFD832971BE58F" pageNumber="29">10</td>
</tr>
<tr id="03F623BC8BD23A8B45619FA9A1B9DA93" pageNumber="29">
<td id="02B4E80B094FEFFA95B333426F86CA10" pageNumber="29">Anal finrays</td>
<td id="B3A6FA00EB2F972BB018CF78FCFBB4DC" pageNumber="29">67</td>
<td id="5921E5DA869C63B2D7EA4F95EBBC440E" pageNumber="29">66.2(63-69)</td>
<td id="F23CEA1765D661E4045102F5F231BD75" pageNumber="29">71</td>
<td id="0C3934A6277C2F542A7CAC5DAECD3E51" pageNumber="29">73.8(66-82)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0DDB06921207FE0BDA4C344A0FEE554F" pageNumber="29">
<td id="3D9E673CAC5D1B858E5AD74CC16D54C9" pageNumber="29">Pectoral finrays</td>
<td id="03CF5013EC8F74785063D95D50CAF64C" pageNumber="29">17</td>
<td id="298E79D2CDBBCE55931E0744F8FC285F" pageNumber="29">17.2(17-18)</td>
<td id="15AF34425E0CAF98626C8EF946E91F90" pageNumber="29">18</td>
<td id="4882F17F95E62FD34AF1F80B078003C6" pageNumber="29">18.5(17-20)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="977F6DC1893028829A16450A3078D2D3" pageNumber="29">
<td id="E9D19CA9C3C27FA0D76686FAB4B0514F" pageNumber="29">Precaudal vertebrae</td>
<td id="76D0C516E1FF850398556BC5753422B3" pageNumber="29">13</td>
<td id="C7517477B6889B7C0F6590B2BFED61BA" pageNumber="29">12.8(12-13)</td>
<td id="FAE532A78E19A6B7F7B9A1E10CE75207" pageNumber="29">13</td>
<td id="11F91F476289F6E1BE038FCCEB4B0409" pageNumber="29">13.2(13-14)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3DD4E1A40DF1AB1507D863C84EEE042D" pageNumber="29">
<td id="7784941BCEF0C38AFA6C7C8DAF8F6E4D" pageNumber="29">Caudal vertebrae</td>
<td id="DEA693FFAF195C84E1AD3BC5AAB7FE63" pageNumber="29">39</td>
<td id="A1155F0E9C83CB0D18C36D961935F781" pageNumber="29">38.6(37-39)</td>
<td id="6C7DE75A477E946E54F9F33AC94AFA12" pageNumber="29">39</td>
<td id="AAD306C51569796CB40279954E6D2254" pageNumber="29">39.5(38-42)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0AB1FAF9B9AE0E4E2EA744D197C10824" pageNumber="29">
<td id="149112E345E498A250DB59FD3E1F78FF" pageNumber="29">Total vertebrae</td>
<td id="CDF6F6B7C2142BC7582D8FAFBAD30556" pageNumber="29">52</td>
<td id="AB6D33779E1D3D3C19A14EAFF7EFBA16" pageNumber="29">51.3(50-52)</td>
<td id="527DF2F78D4329B24FEE0BA1EB519F87" pageNumber="29">52</td>
<td id="EC7309709CDD63E43320C2B42D3DD65A" pageNumber="29">52.7(51-55)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0B15C192972D46327A9BFE56BBAA6C0E" pageNumber="29">
<td id="603D10130355BFFB2A8731EB5B273F8A" pageNumber="29">Rakers on anterior gill arch</td>
<td id="C94E17CF537157C5CD99718A466C8F08" pageNumber="29">16</td>
<td id="6F99276411DD3B22FC48CFBC1D8B0838" pageNumber="29">15.3(13-17)</td>
<td id="FE9B99521E925558525EEA3C45C673AF" pageNumber="29">21</td>
<td id="31273FA24DB6A5D333F66EC72B0B5498" pageNumber="29">18.8(15-23)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3672440EF8414F5502D5A0DF140C15A6" pageNumber="29">
<td id="AFFEA5B14FD018F0A52D299E7A0B9C51" pageNumber="29">Pseudobranchial filaments</td>
<td id="4971BD36869A59BB7EC1BA8A15355B4F" pageNumber="29">2</td>
<td id="2B4A70911C8688563D704C6D0EB73D55" pageNumber="29">1.5(1-2)</td>
<td id="C97EFF33E269E7291A1E032E0962011D" pageNumber="29">0</td>
<td id="CEF58FCD8464066D6F0BFFB3F204DFAD" pageNumber="29">1.3(0-4)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="26ECE890AC6A14F5C483A8C4C85B95E3" pageNumber="29">
<td id="6540FAF00DE838BDB4F933F1D1AF2A4B" pageNumber="29">Anterior dorsal fin ray above vertebra no. (D/V)</td>
<td id="0E962BF1EB8D683D49847781E614082B" pageNumber="29">8</td>
<td id="816C81F3E8427D7FAFC14E5EC94548E2" pageNumber="29">8.5(8-9)</td>
<td id="810A210434367BF96A15170AC0304482" pageNumber="29">9</td>
<td id="A35BBEB4671C422C5B591697D41DC2B1" pageNumber="29">9.0 (8-10)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="22A5F671988120094EE9C8A1747F64CE" pageNumber="29">
<td id="D42DA76387530B14DE0D655068622259" pageNumber="29">Anterior anal fin ray below dorsal fin ray no. (D/A)</td>
<td id="44B6C4CEE1806950D3D8265B4085F0A0" pageNumber="29">27</td>
<td id="3BE941F7FCC1ABED705A140BBB10EEAF" pageNumber="29">26.3(23-28)</td>
<td id="27A1028F918432BC2C406350C9F7AE84" pageNumber="29">25</td>
<td id="301AF89F48FC3164DDD4ADC52CF7748B" pageNumber="29">27.2(24-32)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F602D8FB2F588F5E60638CCFD0418655" pageNumber="29">
<td id="3B730F355B16FBB21F0660AA60BEE19E" pageNumber="29">Anterior anal fin ray below vertebra no. (V/A)</td>
<td id="F8CBDA1B5A86AD7B23CF4C8EC705F48D" pageNumber="29">19</td>
<td id="9E70B9B038638A2D8C59B0C679E43040" pageNumber="29">18.8(18-20)</td>
<td id="846C97AE289BAA9E84BCABDCD99F8E97" pageNumber="29">19</td>
<td id="C8FA53922E3777D829ED6BB904C36445" pageNumber="29">18.9(18-20)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1EEE9B1B4B65D8A7F47057D6D7A81825" pageNumber="29">
<td id="4D0638600CAB28F68C835D68079198D0" pageNumber="29">Palatine teeth rows</td>
<td id="5F1B3E5F8038F3E3289EE6958A74A97D" pageNumber="29">0</td>
<td id="CA3ABD12EA5DA9A0D75D45ACBC625F1F" pageNumber="29">0</td>
<td id="049EE607C82DCA1755CD9D61F39766CD" pageNumber="29">5</td>
<td id="528ECA81F1353D50531D8F0B742BEE65" pageNumber="29">3.7(l-7)2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C9221C18E967D29942B437E7F468487E" pageNumber="29">
<td id="C7EB98DFB4211F771DAA466222C3A495" pageNumber="29">Palatine teeth number</td>
<td id="6A7A0C0CB956375BB4A23064DE7E7484" pageNumber="29">0</td>
<td id="B2D30C268DE0F5117311D39D13E65838" pageNumber="29">0</td>
<td id="6DBDDFB9AFF4CF03B4DC08DD6D3AA8B1" pageNumber="29">?</td>
<td id="11FD318988BA6F310F67F3664936FB3F" pageNumber="29">22.6(3-56)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1B6C7D4C440A87F92F00154EA8403608" pageNumber="29">
<td id="A2FB5DE94F4A9E9A29AD71D8013C0ED2" pageNumber="29">Premaxillary teeth rows</td>
<td id="349326369074C47D686746DD2F000D0E" pageNumber="29">7</td>
<td id="23DB6D43A63C784A87AD2631E76E6827" pageNumber="29">5-7</td>
<td id="E0E8771EC25F27B4D087780D6D355B1B" pageNumber="29">8</td>
<td id="0DC8A325EF100B122AE1AF826D2EC64E" pageNumber="29">6.8(4-10)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="55F448D6D08E53BDAA56B9EB386638AD" pageNumber="29">
<td id="48ABAC2233DBE62616547265CBC9B908" pageNumber="29">Morphometric characters in % of SL</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B72CF24AFB9A18C20EAB2249566CE8BB" pageNumber="29">
<td id="57D2403D3C0B30ACAD8057AC2F815895" pageNumber="29">Head length</td>
<td id="AF1B6B759735950DC7A09AE66CEE2905" pageNumber="29">28.8</td>
<td id="7F8CE6622A28F2522C37CC148B874E8B" pageNumber="29">28.4(27.1-29.3)</td>
<td id="417FD1509C6DC61584F331A8D9EA1369" pageNumber="29">29.1</td>
<td id="63D058D522950CDEB77F80F69703AFA2" pageNumber="29">28.8(26.2-31.3)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="566ECAC584EC0A94E96B69C9F5311030" pageNumber="29">
<td id="9FD90AA37B5266C287756DFA7311268A" pageNumber="29">Head width</td>
<td id="7E754EA1EF3A1596F1360E0B3AEB5965" pageNumber="29">14.2</td>
<td id="D6CF4E17F4C3C6ABAA3293C979C6EFBE" pageNumber="29">12.3(10.5-14.2)</td>
<td id="6FBC4A898C02D28E315003EBDF1C8F26" pageNumber="29">14.2</td>
<td id="BD649C297B68E014DFACFFBFB6342652" pageNumber="29">14.5(11.4-17.0)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BC2AAAE5D450BA666FDF9FD14A21DCF1" pageNumber="29">
<td id="9C7A7CF2F2AB10DB0E95909D8565E1C6" pageNumber="29">Head height</td>
<td id="408043DA08D61991159BFA42FE352FFF" pageNumber="29">16.8</td>
<td id="CCBE911B88964FCED240FC39E065A4DB" pageNumber="29">15.1(13.9-16.8)</td>
<td id="CC841B37FA2DC71EF82BC61365F3FE8D" pageNumber="29">16.3</td>
<td id="AB533C5612A0CC40A1829634CF3E9D63" pageNumber="29">16.4(13.7-19.4)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="841D93671A16CCCAFD8A279C0BD72034" pageNumber="29">
<td id="876D70C6F366BE9C0E9557A984FF3512" pageNumber="29">Snout length</td>
<td id="7976F76555BD801018680CE8BAC1373A" pageNumber="29">7.3</td>
<td id="08F91B7A0973E9F39FF7A7DFA4B87351" pageNumber="29">7.3(7.1-7.6)</td>
<td id="0021E7AF38FC8C3E1D8C86E707742AE0" pageNumber="29">7.5</td>
<td id="9036B1DA27004E94C25165FD2F82B012" pageNumber="29">7.4(6.2-8.7)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="393A2834DA9A6D86F238A3A2C31D32BA" pageNumber="29">
<td id="0E63601A92B58D985353B3B99B7E179D" pageNumber="29">Upper jaw length</td>
<td id="58854F4A1192DD0D9386496BD6D2F2FC" pageNumber="29">14.9</td>
<td id="D75558AC116D7D76459D010E93D67F66" pageNumber="29">14.2(13.2-14.9)</td>
<td id="2296D59C734DAE0276CE9310081429CE" pageNumber="29">16.2</td>
<td id="EC24C4B3F8F46F97DD99D8E9E1C30BE0" pageNumber="29">14.7(12.4-16.8)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="23EC07209AEE9BACC30A2D0D26506DA0" pageNumber="29">
<td id="3EC2D575CBCFA6E60764EEE2FE89274B" pageNumber="29">Maxillary height</td>
<td id="211A5507398C887EE33133BD21667C79" pageNumber="29">4.3</td>
<td id="6EA876CADDFB7F6445ADEDE4CE7F4988" pageNumber="29">4.1(3.9-4.3)</td>
<td id="3FE388B06F78AE2AF19F128E89229C49" pageNumber="29">5.4</td>
<td id="7E6E229282ACC6B5B99487EB050D10ED" pageNumber="29">5.0(3.5-6.3)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="69615797EE7C3EAE7C77E431F5C98C3D" pageNumber="29">
<td id="027655244315C5B8C39446ABB1B12C11" pageNumber="29">Diameter of pigmented eye</td>
<td id="6522D84C6522F66D2300D3CCD993870F" pageNumber="29">1.0</td>
<td id="488622C49E257B18BD5D9D4875FD94A7" pageNumber="29">1.0(0.9-1.0)</td>
<td id="2D4E5860B2F11F3C8C0CFF2F3B2DD65B" pageNumber="29">1.3</td>
<td id="F86F6E0FD14B86D84CB9BB09E49E9B47" pageNumber="29">1.3(0.7-1.8)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FBC9135B65B0847535575A01D94276EE" pageNumber="29">
<td id="ADAE3F722A3A46EECF709F0589594447" pageNumber="29">Interorbital width</td>
<td id="90514AABFFACD80B9BEB11F636F44E18" pageNumber="29">6.9</td>
<td id="0A0EBD9961A5A4CE6027ECD81A127588" pageNumber="29">6.0(4.3-6.9)</td>
<td id="2FA43E9886F208993D81F40111667000" pageNumber="29">5.5</td>
<td id="C14946E57F081400F442025750C8754A" pageNumber="29">5.6(4.1-7.6)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DBA28835DD9C0876F2E45284BE39F6F5" pageNumber="29">
<td id="1DA92BD7C56641AF12C9CE3DEE9D39FF" pageNumber="29">Postorbital length</td>
<td id="446B5452630785C8234FEC81F30EEBC0" pageNumber="29">20.9</td>
<td id="7DAF8A8B290CF53CA448E7E267D50B1C" pageNumber="29">20.5(19.3-21.3)</td>
<td id="F285FF6F5E1F139250D755CF760BBEF6" pageNumber="29">21.0</td>
<td id="4AB0CB22CE53A1D45BB167E9B8D9F2EA" pageNumber="29">20.4(18.4-22.6)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="29FC92ADB09C43CB7DC3604D375CD34A" pageNumber="29">
<td id="E8773D37116228FC383C01F5E435815B" pageNumber="29">Preanal length</td>
<td id="0686A1BF5343326BEAF7060E53B298DF" pageNumber="29">55.6</td>
<td id="1DEB565596EE4E24A04FDF5A99A25FD8" pageNumber="29">55.0(51.7-57.6)</td>
<td id="50A309DF1B2B0181AF5154917FC9B999" pageNumber="29">54.1</td>
<td id="76AF1161E6015B3D9559BACD86003615" pageNumber="29">54.2(48.2-60.5)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8BBF11BE4800C644A80BD8F05CE9D673" pageNumber="29">
<td id="1DC1EF120AB6764980B8BD19CC5D5FE5" pageNumber="29">Predorsal length</td>
<td id="BD556A765B40672342200D14366755CA" pageNumber="29">37.0</td>
<td id="B1211761C20127EA199B9AD127F5F408" pageNumber="29">36.4(35.5-37.0)</td>
<td id="6D10917CB880EADA9CAA45E3A825C2B6" pageNumber="29">39.3</td>
<td id="8E6F1BFDAE6A92F8E3E272FE37359C00" pageNumber="29">38.1(34.7-41.1)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5DEF13918EB1B8818448A278AE1A3D57" pageNumber="29">
<td id="1890DBB915D7DD12C802EED56FBBBCE1" pageNumber="29">Body depth at origin of anal fin</td>
<td id="806630B88A5B48A1C77D7C509CCE7C2C" pageNumber="29">14.6</td>
<td id="764E0701A847482F43E6226A3B5A7126" pageNumber="29">13.4(9.9-15.8)</td>
<td id="9D7D6125D0E5C7446414D87E82DFDE5E" pageNumber="29">14.3</td>
<td id="49FAC54BCF977D30B4D0AE5BBE1CD380" pageNumber="29">13.5(10.9-15.4)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3AF73B2CC4D427070D8159DD73830F1A" pageNumber="29">
<td id="E210FB8A084687723A3EA28BC5441AA8" pageNumber="29">Pectoral fin length</td>
<td id="38713A39130F252E8C4334413A09B9DC" pageNumber="29">13.3</td>
<td id="62D8B39FC3330162B1C9A1CF5F4C0632" pageNumber="29">12.6(11.3-13.3)</td>
<td id="A584E6C08920BEB17645A0ABF65ACFC5" pageNumber="29">12.5</td>
<td id="690424CB5062F20E4C08C69E9CEF1C62" pageNumber="29">12.7(11.1-14.4)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="50E9DF2C34749656C04352782280DDEC" pageNumber="29">
<td id="A55BDD2252BBDBB43A72C8C9FB2338F8" pageNumber="29">Pelvic fin length</td>
<td id="909841D54AA0CBBCA8296D988120F4B1" pageNumber="29">11.8</td>
<td id="F1518BFA3CD07B59F642E428F620ED05" pageNumber="29">10.6(9.4-11.8)</td>
<td id="C2EDF7EF5AA3C37078767DB97504A00C" pageNumber="29">14.7</td>
<td id="5CB0ED62569DB956A055004F45602FBF" pageNumber="29">14.0(8.0-20.0)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="08C8617D47245FFEA4A0EE7F419770E4" pageNumber="29">
<td id="B4385691CC484AF0FA0E993E40A0E04F" pageNumber="29">Base of pelvic fin to anal fin origin</td>
<td id="B8B0E24689BB2C05BE7184B3B46A975A" pageNumber="29">34.9</td>
<td id="013F635645E684E3773BE913EDE698A7" pageNumber="29">33.7(29.4-36.9)</td>
<td id="0AF4CFC13F2BF545C46F5877B7B70E23" pageNumber="29">31.3</td>
<td id="8256448E883DDEFAE8F1D2BF38805150" pageNumber="29">31.2(27.0-36.9)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7ECE400C7CAA58B6493AD0744DDED6D3" pageNumber="29">
<td id="9CE82F959E82A89D41720DB2D1035640" pageNumber="29">Caudal fin length</td>
<td id="788439DB6E20BF96F3EE1E1275EEC734" pageNumber="29">9.6</td>
<td id="47E06EB50D206E65F10F129636540CA9" pageNumber="29">10.9(9.6-12.2)</td>
<td id="988DC56EBD6B4D7ED989BAA479226795" pageNumber="29">?</td>
<td id="6F47929C8D7890AD5C0948F767A609CA" pageNumber="29">9.5(6.4-12.3)</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<footnote id="4BAE5E7CC29F3F712F47659F2163621D">
<paragraph id="D0E844CCD2A28B27E972F5FDBF7BFAC8" pageNumber="29">1 Head missing in three paratypes.</paragraph>
</footnote>
<footnote id="1420472EFD493BF1D60923C858CD031D">
<paragraph id="D1F13B0DD7306D672B116C1777A8DD75" pageNumber="29">2 Bony projection without teeth on left palatine and damaged palatine teeth on right palatine in one specimen (USNM 274737).</paragraph>
</footnote>
<caption id="0BAF3C0956B1140C3EB5BF6AB22F4A63">
<paragraph id="CD97CBE033F1047F9E44FBB656570A2E" pageNumber="30">
<pageStartToken id="1EE108E4AD1B7577279749825A8E0D8B" pageNumber="30">TABLE</pageStartToken>
2. Meristc frequency.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="5CB6A3EEFFB1358685DE24F604068EA2">
<table id="81107ED9280C0D96B2C71BF9F3A5AB4F" border="0" frame="box" pageNumber="30" rules="all">
<tr id="16741C7FB7FB09345D118A548A9059AC" pageNumber="30">
<td id="D9964B39D5889D955584DCD0D769CFDC" colspan="27" pageNumber="30">Number of dorsal finrays</td>
</tr>
<tr id="49E1B2E7B2DDE86C634624617D26B820" pageNumber="30">
<td id="A9E42F7A10567F77209D0252448CCA25" pageNumber="30">84</td>
<td id="309D20FD99AA89D5C10936734957A2A2" pageNumber="30">85</td>
<td id="6CAE1A2C2F431C27E1CF584BF3FAF231" pageNumber="30">86</td>
<td id="1A7596876CB81066C5E2845431105C72" pageNumber="30">87</td>
<td id="EE07A0ECFD63D28D9E2A06349762A06E" pageNumber="30">88</td>
<td id="120B93B39027DAFABF3D48FB6DA0E342" pageNumber="30">89</td>
<td id="5C845B527B51CF9EE56E966AC0B23607" pageNumber="30">90</td>
<td id="7A72E48161A184E6E84A6E37FBB6B007" pageNumber="30">91</td>
<td id="93609EE5697557707E737E5CB29CB630" pageNumber="30">92</td>
<td id="25D33D3CD71B9783F2E08563906848CC" pageNumber="30">93</td>
<td id="1D9C1C101B42FF48EC86A7BF9A18707E" pageNumber="30">94</td>
<td id="6510F7EAA6976CC8A95D011C372F2382" pageNumber="30">95</td>
<td id="7222DC0F137C58B04DCF7AC1B0E43C33" pageNumber="30">96</td>
<td id="906372BA76EAC2D729892FEC18F059D3" pageNumber="30">97</td>
<td id="E8E51FE3E9768D8812AFE939C909C496" pageNumber="30">98</td>
<td id="89028F7D9977809138787803EBF8ADF4" pageNumber="30">99</td>
<td id="E907A046F7566D160E27FAD9C15A663F" pageNumber="30">100</td>
<td id="B3C2D412CCF92B272F6F53E48D016078" pageNumber="30">101</td>
<td id="CFF7AE9B51596A1A5F355A6262FA1D6E" pageNumber="30">102</td>
<td id="ECB6ABDA893D8CAD01BE90194134571F" pageNumber="30">103</td>
<td id="1195B6DE861109E1B33863D527D7055B" pageNumber="30">104</td>
<td id="F3D34A2C53EA0BABDBAC49E5212A14AC" pageNumber="30">105</td>
<td id="1155A29BA7A84454615433A36A34E887" pageNumber="30">106</td>
<td id="D293ADC39E4133B0DA512EF62CEE01B5" pageNumber="30">107</td>
<td id="345E9CDD1E26550CDECF36E27D266210" pageNumber="30">108</td>
<td id="BA944535ABDEEEE45C7E7E1688FF8674" pageNumber="30">109</td>
<td id="ACAEB71DC2AE7D620C7ABC7E2E181001" pageNumber="30">n</td>
</tr>
<tr id="DD3BB460027BF0986C9848DE64547599" pageNumber="30">
<td id="7D3BEF3CC3C03785DD0D076A2F4B56A6" pageNumber="30">
<taxonomicName id="BC5A3AE0E2B2D0DBC3827668075B4820" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">L. lucayana</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="3717166DD2815A89D48A61D3EB5C34DC" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="73CB3B7D49C1590AE47A07018BFDAA1D" pageNumber="30">
<td id="EF91192C18F6AF77E0A3B15241C1A966" pageNumber="30">Grand Bahama Island</td>
<td id="7C1864A2FC468161D1FB18DBBEA0D893" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="EF54282C794A77660A180C1EAC4E293A" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="6618F9CA1A079F92DBA12DBEA8265044" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="9A8E424E960D62847F18CF3D4DB7A6D8" pageNumber="30">4</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0F98BDF5BAB34650050A31BB40F54D82" pageNumber="30">
<td id="12109F8F237C782F76A8B5B76911AA9B" pageNumber="30">Abaco Island</td>
<td id="D0F4FF1B13A055E785B9C2DDCCF19D01" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="0D6D7CFA01BA70046D0170C9C253FC07" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="23C14299A693BDCAE1F739DE60873DAE" pageNumber="30">
<td id="6E22C99FA01AFBF138F3411467DD5C21" pageNumber="30">
<taxonomicName id="426912A8F97C6F261CB2F3D40EA85378" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04E3045B-4882-46AD-9081-948ADE55A3F6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Stygicola spelaeotes Cohen &amp; Robins 1970:135" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">L. spelaeotes</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="0BB1347C295E83497A4710D164F2D0BC" pageNumber="30">
<td id="40D26CCE573E007782675CE73FCCEB2C" pageNumber="30">Berry Islands</td>
<td id="38C91B7AF8F7CED4E1238F03DD4200CD" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="1DFC514E196B82168CFD3C04B1F80F3D" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8166DB54D94B25DFCE67CBAA116721C0" pageNumber="30">
<td id="4EA6F39CFB0A03CC60A7BF88A1BDAD9F" pageNumber="30">New Providence Island</td>
<td id="21F200928AF25C54CD15D4F3CC67F5C2" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="40ED0BCFF4584B6561CBCAFB9C39CE92" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="B766D97514FE51C764AED56ABA3A5B1D" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="58F1C90F1F8B3C4263E105BC7A1B9C7B" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="A870E8ED5E386189C498332C2748EC81" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="E676E50E26916FE9F1542AB503A5BCAD" pageNumber="30">6</td>
<td id="C792BA888F6543BBC87D301EA8EB325D" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="93835875B9D47F9B2C65190CBDAC7944" pageNumber="30">3</td>
<td id="AE449766BE85DF61D5AD8B152EF6E52C" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="CC0930578FFD7EE2C90E25D75F9E3BF2" pageNumber="30">4</td>
<td id="51179C2A631A8D701184A212FE2FC0CB" pageNumber="30">6</td>
<td id="9E8304A36EB527249FE32ECB727ED9D0" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="4CD6AFEB13654CE470C7956E13DA68C7" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="95968F96BC66343659F3EDF398EC3035" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="6CABDC2A0AA967D02009EC0E7233DDB2" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="0AB5E62F1AFE71EEB5AE0E5C00249283" pageNumber="30">0</td>
<td id="E93C85C0F86F0970C50C3896D5F40374" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="71C4D19E8BB1FAB5E4C081CA79FF88FB" pageNumber="30">34</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E0D006CF98C7453E19233F9754D7B89D" pageNumber="30">
<td id="1DB8C9B79BBC271782FB976BBFF76091" pageNumber="30">Eleuthera Island</td>
<td id="887229BA958A0EFE5C931EC66518FEB6" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="FE3710651A23AE57A63353865F2A0BBA" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="96100512309CA3D622FAF52CCDF5B396" pageNumber="30">
<td id="D6416E1AD67A780087228831CD58D441" pageNumber="30">Great Exuma Island</td>
<td id="63A1B887372CE45DF8A88C5601325BB0" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="6BCB0F45E89F9E7B434C2EFF26E95E17" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4B428ADFBDFA1FAD6109828A5D9A7D69" pageNumber="30">
<td id="306502BD0182229837DE83B415EC7B27" pageNumber="30">Long Island</td>
<td id="BC5BE8E52697CF75AE0575F8DA830D67" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="E2D8D93C44E4D029758F5FF8621C5027" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="89C4C559EDA6C50E305FB0EB9C4C6BE3" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="A9CEE5CA2C1CD390CD895807A9DF4A6A" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="F0DED9E8C21E4787411AD6FBF1E372FD" pageNumber="30">5</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="276E9F2FF1D38052F7411862C44B66B1">
<table id="D9C04916658FA2BDA3DA13423B45160E" border="0" frame="box" pageNumber="30" rules="all">
<tr id="0603A26C06CEC8A74F6284864C2548FF" pageNumber="30">
<td id="D0512138D560A76BC247478A390111F8" colspan="21" pageNumber="30">Number of anal finrays</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7D9AD6240FA9E60FAFA91699D3E5A56A" pageNumber="30">
<td id="366C40613D149C38406EBC8144B72E78" pageNumber="30">63</td>
<td id="52A52F15EB9DB2E1DFCA001E42B679ED" pageNumber="30">64</td>
<td id="2F041953318B1FD16A21D2ECF2A0907B" pageNumber="30">65</td>
<td id="CDA09587444134E01F508BA5DA7C9939" pageNumber="30">66</td>
<td id="C245D976B5437BF4F95D35D79C099D6C" pageNumber="30">67</td>
<td id="2BAF6BBC264CD8CB48833F8366D1068A" pageNumber="30">68</td>
<td id="BAB46FC8859BE984B5AB0DC652DBEF8A" pageNumber="30">69</td>
<td id="084235672356DEEE0C43417C150BA275" pageNumber="30">70</td>
<td id="BB54F4CB3116459C6C7FB4ECBE19DB38" pageNumber="30">71</td>
<td id="3FB7E0197C9B78B9C6F27B79753BA8BD" pageNumber="30">72</td>
<td id="0EC5F37C769CB7A3C29D6C575F64054C" pageNumber="30">73</td>
<td id="CAFA2CB8D6BF174C6E50013D24327F24" pageNumber="30">74</td>
<td id="AF6B13456DB9C8585E7C9226C17B8A67" pageNumber="30">75</td>
<td id="142BB9ECF68B6B0A186037109E80553D" pageNumber="30">76</td>
<td id="088AA2EAF7E569EAEBA2D8BB0FC13744" pageNumber="30">77</td>
<td id="443C2F9306B394319B473977BC78153E" pageNumber="30">78</td>
<td id="F0698480FAC27105770FFEE996B95209" pageNumber="30">79</td>
<td id="09960B36E6980464C63405E2573225D2" pageNumber="30">80</td>
<td id="5B7AFA5DE35FFEE9A496892BAD8F7499" pageNumber="30">81</td>
<td id="57B88D7402069141B33BE462968A7CEA" pageNumber="30">82</td>
<td id="4875D50BF2795C783D45FBD38894F7E9" pageNumber="30">n</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9FDB487D31FD37F4B23C925868288392" pageNumber="30">
<td id="657C8238D1BEC64A96C6163C74C3704F" pageNumber="30">
<taxonomicName id="0295CF7C266C11C64CC1AE259F7B4AC0" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">L. lucayana</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="EE3F7CAAF210A9BF53BE8EFEFC42BAD6" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FA79070ED8F7F9B1E2E4E3E43EC19126" pageNumber="30">
<td id="431D9D3132C6D311FD34D11E73E51B8D" pageNumber="30">Grand Bahama Island</td>
<td id="FFB996B088B662F161305B1269051A07" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="B945CC9651EC0C62F4EC3A4271B0ECDD" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="A4C8FB36BEFBE0988F7EE5487D22D506" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="23D89691A588ADD640D259DFAC575FD8" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="ABFFBA39DD12DE1E78E16DE7D9C756F8" pageNumber="30">
<td id="960C1DBA9DDC9E9FAF53B171C3C2CD8D" pageNumber="30">Abaco Island</td>
<td id="963C3689B30208F26C7C2ACFCA7523BA" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="DE4FF07890A6470FD4C575A8728F1958" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2A81A5A49F4FEB0F17700E0E1D8748FC" pageNumber="30">
<td id="3A653EF74D61F3AC61C8D09CA891A435" pageNumber="30">
<taxonomicName id="76A0A620B7BF368C37B3F893E32CCA1A" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04E3045B-4882-46AD-9081-948ADE55A3F6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Stygicola spelaeotes Cohen &amp; Robins 1970:135" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">L. spelaeotes</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C48FF217FA8C294452A524FF0E585112" pageNumber="30">
<td id="C8D1F7237B18422F67FB2DDFD5715CEA" pageNumber="30">Berry Islands</td>
<td id="19AB2361BBE869FA77B4D24E71AD1A22" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="225CD0D58BE636FE849988B8E93EF78F" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B85275F7A1B9EB5AD6BCFA069B17B72E" pageNumber="30">
<td id="A33A5DCDF4386ED22962F0DB8858AF4B" pageNumber="30">New Providence Island</td>
<td id="9901D083610CBD6F6553C5D00C5BD4E5" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="6EB3D588726883E8C88891AFF4676852" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="7F38F83154F6E2CD9C44AEBA28035D32" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="8903B7DB4ED79174DA8751F352F4D69A" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="83998C9948D7D9AB63F0456541D9508C" pageNumber="30">7</td>
<td id="2DFEA95F3AB52531A6FC0C76E26D4FAD" pageNumber="30">5</td>
<td id="570EE4B68B9C15EFD9ADFB37186DB046" pageNumber="30">3</td>
<td id="20AE70ECB7BC61F7268F09C2D825ED7F" pageNumber="30">3</td>
<td id="BEEA4CD4CC02EC466E2B6C8F3798F9E6" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="73F6960288FAD3497DD23AD667598239" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="CA0B25883DD46E2EDCD6ABF3C3FBB372" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="4C352042AC8B71E99122B4D0712FDD13" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="3EFA639B8832B7107C360E492F8188C4" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="19E9F7DD5E635969318BEDA55DBBE020" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="C30FF101FCD22A4D6753F80256E779DC" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="CD4E6705A408AEBE62A839D09DFEE722" pageNumber="30">34</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3A956EC8983E225200152B4E88349A35" pageNumber="30">
<td id="83023C62E15B37D139880B0556EAFF5C" pageNumber="30">Eleuthera Island</td>
<td id="E1E6D80C4B1B90A94AA71751F244E10F" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="29A80E80F6542412D48C6FE3B5637064" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9F9385E80C670F0CA1DCA852FD458AC9" pageNumber="30">
<td id="A086204665CA860AEC4E54A66B4315F7" pageNumber="30">Great Exuma Island</td>
<td id="0F84146934BFE176448B18ED0C3B8B31" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="CF2D6663052FFDEB7D7D04D6D5570AC5" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C718A87FA29F69373BF54447278090D2" pageNumber="30">
<td id="36152DC3B55715240BC46E004A69244B" pageNumber="30">Long Island</td>
<td id="524A16EE27A189021B27F93E1049194B" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="7842E300A436CAF4FDAAA3611338BF9F" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="69D16C42BEC57A05175BCE9B3D27169F" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="5DE67AD697A6D1FA9173229C8B845F44" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="E24155C20BAE91F3F958F8473F85A586" pageNumber="30">5</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D004FB90C126FEC5EB055969EC0A99FD">
<table id="D433EB5EA2E77A1E67D89D78123154C2" border="0" frame="box" pageNumber="30" rules="all">
<tr id="4D0FA7819A9C676CBAC6EC4C3D86DA9C" pageNumber="30">
<td id="7D5E5AA49B2457850AEA2FE8D0D87D6C" colspan="6" pageNumber="30">Number of pectoral finrays</td>
<td id="568D48704C19B41AFD823E40F4B770D9" colspan="7" pageNumber="30">Number of total vertebrae</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5AC0F2B2E78263E5084E4404588D2C4C" pageNumber="30">
<td id="57BC1C0C1A9A20A4554BB970B762731F" pageNumber="30">17</td>
<td id="FBBD1125FACC77CE58DE6A1F51451C25" pageNumber="30">18</td>
<td id="852FE15F5FC8AF197B5A58E3CA51F161" pageNumber="30">19</td>
<td id="0E43701033BE05B476EC88A22060410E" pageNumber="30">20</td>
<td id="357587408ABF0B544AF2F333A857F8E9" pageNumber="30">21</td>
<td id="23E954EA924205FDE5A63743442364BC" pageNumber="30">n</td>
<td id="32B7FBC3A9CA9F90E543C63C424FE92E" pageNumber="30">50</td>
<td id="B013208135B5541C11779B31984353DA" pageNumber="30">51</td>
<td id="855D9CADFD2959F76E4CC3CD682599A4" pageNumber="30">52</td>
<td id="BF14BFED242BFC980968444903601C59" pageNumber="30">53</td>
<td id="37ADC8E412D3A336E2BA1F60DACFD08D" pageNumber="30">54</td>
<td id="E64F7E81DAADFC2891848B4B0D89DCC2" pageNumber="30">55</td>
<td id="927112E5EB36060F86CE9CC387558ACD" pageNumber="30">n</td>
</tr>
<tr id="ED5BB8BD267FEFBD0E39F104DFBFA487" pageNumber="30">
<td id="52939430A6F807E96E3C1FD26AD394BB" pageNumber="30">
<taxonomicName id="B022F041C75C359BC8BBFE882C78E558" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">L. lucayana</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="57C6E1C03DBEB2669D0EFD259F77F3F1" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BA05C0BC5AC0FF640C632660811CF571" pageNumber="30">
<td id="4C242178BDEA4DF141888BC11286A223" pageNumber="30">Grand Bahama Island</td>
<td id="19FF35E31024D52F9D1626BC808E22EF" pageNumber="30">3</td>
<td id="C4CFC099955CCD50870677CF635E18EB" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="EFC40260A642099A06A26CA786A7D821" pageNumber="30">4</td>
<td id="5B964B3263386A3B81E156486B782EA2" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="31E617C331579ED94522F83634BE50DA" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="4195E491D2A5F2E8B450F9AAEF68C429" pageNumber="30">3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2CF41F752A651CC9466241BF672760C2" pageNumber="30">
<td id="CADAE0B7FE9148A1AC4A07ACF8E0C3C5" pageNumber="30">Abaco Island</td>
<td id="3B9F54AB4775D803C43DA00313B3CAAB" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="7300FECBDE708F523A694FEC59B4F0E8" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="37DB3F599CD829EEF804AF699138A8DF" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="DADAC4873C018E20C1CA63A2D7D9090A" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="24FED01F876B19D0A6D93A2BC80D6675" pageNumber="30">
<td id="3F0E7AB0B210C0F920F1EE55826BB575" pageNumber="30">
<taxonomicName id="92E85D40DFD8F6E207192186CB8FC9A2" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04E3045B-4882-46AD-9081-948ADE55A3F6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Stygicola spelaeotes Cohen &amp; Robins 1970:135" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">L. spelaeotes</taxonomicName>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E7BB4A8334349B22B3AA4F89AFA8CE1D" pageNumber="30">
<td id="3A200093F6D6635EFEB9C7F25CA28F0C" pageNumber="30">Berry Islands</td>
<td id="111AFC2C9F967AD1EDEAF57423FB6D6D" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="50F7D672DA7050953AA77C4FD5351619" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="CD1DD633D4B1CDB60FB4F8AEE1F5551C" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="19AD9DB164416C009F316619FCBF9E44" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5E171DF1DA13E69671F878E2235823FE" pageNumber="30">
<td id="298D388B90BA7D4F9164729A45C9956F" pageNumber="30">New Providence Island</td>
<td id="8A59B901882003D5EC763A86FB10DCD6" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="E9168E979F633582996BC31DF4687731" pageNumber="30">16</td>
<td id="68D56FB23DD4070DD4A10586203C3E27" pageNumber="30">15</td>
<td id="CD184FBA7C1DEEF2DDF71C1DADC2BD2F" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="26C2507C1E865D9F158044F8622E6B08" pageNumber="30">34</td>
<td id="C8D81817F164DE69F89FD578F0946067" pageNumber="30">12</td>
<td id="463BB46B58A79A43E08E67D2456A64F5" pageNumber="30">17</td>
<td id="7932750423903534A33ECBA5F6AC6B86" pageNumber="30">4</td>
<td id="D5E66498F5873F9D77A2829449ABD6A0" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="88BA4AF9D519B433BE5AD1DF7F741E3A" pageNumber="30">34</td>
</tr>
<tr id="218E6098B2163BCC8FC9B20458E6AFC7" pageNumber="30">
<td id="CCDF1C83F3D82FE93085255F036B2181" pageNumber="30">Eleuthera Island</td>
<td id="5BCDC5ED60A69500CD30BED6DF4A11FF" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="9C0CB236EF4685941EBB6185D0AD4CFF" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="C0AA587B53ABC707D80082670C400E8C" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="DCCBA3A257C58138FDCB751290757D4D" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="B13B2BF6518151E28A428C68BC72B531" pageNumber="30">
<td id="4DE8413E46DC34B9FCB21856B59CFB4C" pageNumber="30">Great Exuma Island</td>
<td id="4847EE5A912CF957B6C189938CCAF402" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="87905F63107B3FE448024463541CF476" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="E7EA53554018358408EFEB5E9673C837" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="35758235BD3C8989A6422B3DE1938434" pageNumber="30">1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="403620BF10DE546C7DBF50AA53DE3FFA" pageNumber="30">
<td id="09EFEA9BCDA7E987ED5031115EC3CE2B" pageNumber="30">Long Island</td>
<td id="4ED35C0C5306CC90F5912F7A2EC2CD3F" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="EA210430C67343E1D0C166626A19A98E" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="D7A418BA13C7407B5F0D3F9E371D6993" pageNumber="30">2</td>
<td id="D316B43405C794D28949033BBB285D77" pageNumber="30">5</td>
<td id="D66767C6C7C8B358FB07266A83390AEB" pageNumber="30">4</td>
<td id="F7E7097E617D6DD8D5156366872FEE30" pageNumber="30">1</td>
<td id="6957E81DFDE76E833961E368B8ACE97B" pageNumber="30">5</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="98DACD6D0E6663CFD13603994E9B7B8A">
<paragraph id="B4D0780F9AF61817AEEE7E083E5A1688" pageNumber="31">
<pageStartToken id="138975DD5087EDFC2BFAFFA99388302F" pageNumber="31">TABLE</pageStartToken>
3. Selected characters of all species of
<taxonomicName id="3FEF87BF1E7F7A89A45374529778E435" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:AEE7B86E-F937-4C39-B378-5EE7B2637113" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Poey 1858:95" order="Ophidiiformes" pageNumber="31" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Lucifuga</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="ABFEF816745E3622305391BFF94541F2">
<table id="4A348C9870877D30BDE96A9A678D9E58" border="0" frame="box" pageNumber="31" rules="all">
<tr id="8ED7FCC1912759932A3912874CD18322" pageNumber="31">
<td id="9A2715BCB84ECDDD3C9E9C309F74144F" pageNumber="31">n, examined</td>
<td id="8C6CF4D794189B45A40CFA60F66304DC" pageNumber="31">Vertebrae</td>
<td id="44F40177BC11BB6C57DB8D13535F73CB" pageNumber="31">Dorsal/ Anal finrays</td>
<td id="0CE98F9414A706DDFCF3639653EA4A5F" pageNumber="31">Pectoral finrays</td>
<td id="EF1453B349CFC155305F7CA3B9D9F4AA" pageNumber="31">Caudal finrays</td>
<td id="BD79116A71CA04CAD8418D897C8C8D58" pageNumber="31">Palatine teeth</td>
<td id="05E92D662908443FDC291952D3C5D5C2" pageNumber="31">Lateral line neuromasts</td>
<td id="76620BF2B83B5F51E5D6E0EAED2B933C" pageNumber="31">Total Gill-rakers</td>
<td id="726565081580FF910B55F5573D662AB7" pageNumber="31">Long gill-raker pigmentation</td>
<td id="DA27F6DED1B8389F8383F4E59DE99394" pageNumber="31">Occiput squamation</td>
<td id="44A8400242FFA405C5FD3C61A85AFACD" pageNumber="31">Eye size (% SL)</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2DAE29EC7D4771DEB767155400A3AF52" pageNumber="31">
<td id="D8A4CD22EA172739C3202A457EA130B7" colspan="12" pageNumber="31">Bahamas</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E95EB7D6907503450356C9F8687B7920" pageNumber="31">
<td id="F3BF600D5DE54441D880C2B72E9DDB6D" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="8344AA48019CC52B913ADEA15A550EB6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="lucayana">L. lucayana</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="5B74ADAF2ACEAD3B038549F4A0163FFC" rank="species">sp. n.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</td>
<td id="F2331ECB3B222A1938716C66465B432A" pageNumber="31">6</td>
<td id="64F709AFBE496DDF8B20FE7952373C55" pageNumber="31">12-13+37-39 =50-52</td>
<td id="69E7C4BE37BC69DADC3663D72A7D5A41" pageNumber="31">84-91/ 63-69</td>
<td id="FDD544E0179AFF11BAAA93B4A2967B26" pageNumber="31">17-18</td>
<td id="D0253C46E7AF9D8FA2FB182E9DF5D4C2" pageNumber="31">10</td>
<td id="AD94ACB201988B73B5CAEDB6BD33F8A6" pageNumber="31">Absent</td>
<td id="6AE1D63D5F144CC186D44B7DC5CACDCA" pageNumber="31">12-13/ 34-35</td>
<td id="105DABA8556FE4FAE5569DE4B57A5868" pageNumber="31">13-17</td>
<td id="475C35284D19EB73BED03BE9B24E6918" pageNumber="31">Pale</td>
<td id="4A938AC4C65EAB7A7D31A0AA48458C31" pageNumber="31">Dense</td>
<td id="DA494F273C41C932816131D4A5A4D268" pageNumber="31">0.9-1.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="F57FD401B67E243F9B33DC2DC6E04BC4" pageNumber="31">
<td id="58EC50E61BABF12A9FBC0F11C33F4DBD" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="04EBD5BA948342987F07DFFDAB08DDB8" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:04E3045B-4882-46AD-9081-948ADE55A3F6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga Stygicola spelaeotes Cohen &amp; Robins 1970:135" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="spelaeotes">L. spelaeotes</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="4B3FE192914F7B357A3A5F18A867D8B6" pageNumber="31">44</td>
<td id="25C8C728427A61705B0F65C653EEB14B" pageNumber="31">13-14+38-42 =51-55</td>
<td id="D71247C89541CDF0CDBD68376DB9DCE0" pageNumber="31">86-109/ 66-82</td>
<td id="15CE0DCB058F2DDA3E4313036C3B492F" pageNumber="31">17-20</td>
<td id="442EEF89D5F651CBDA10BDC391A9730A" pageNumber="31">10</td>
<td id="741F23DF7ECF42A79717FBB1790EF761" pageNumber="31">Present 3-56</td>
<td id="3975D12B6582151B6147D34C4C03B792" pageNumber="31">12-19/ 30-47</td>
<td id="8AE99FD12CE8F4F5CF5C65FF1204E9F8" pageNumber="31">15-23</td>
<td id="3309394A2FDDE12D002410CCCA71AFBD" pageNumber="31">Dark</td>
<td id="9206DCACF6ECD1C4811E4EFF423208F8" pageNumber="31">Weak</td>
<td id="B16771BEBA2540585F7BE7DCD5F94004" pageNumber="31">0.7-1.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="EAA1C38E40134C86C48C305B922F2525" pageNumber="31">
<td id="A190CB89AADCF50DBE8D69E46181B369" colspan="12" pageNumber="31">Cuba</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D3D73619047C1EB216D687083B11F7D3" pageNumber="31">
<td id="7E2589C99B2F61EC5670DF4E814F53C7" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="185899E67EF1D8545A109AF3027073BA" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dentata">L. dentata</taxonomicName>
1,2
</td>
<td id="A98D2DACB13562D41670DFB94B8E9327" pageNumber="31">6</td>
<td id="350904F4D7A821A26E1407B63F69E6C6" pageNumber="31">11+36-37 =46-48</td>
<td id="8114A363833216F6396F6B2821CE460D" pageNumber="31">83-95/ 69-78</td>
<td id="78A88B205C042D8CE266864B889F6CEB" pageNumber="31">15-17</td>
<td id="A912D010C3DA1BE534478436E3856ECF" pageNumber="31">8</td>
<td id="9C6C2C90BF58DD4E411277BC8B3E33F4" pageNumber="31">Present 23-24</td>
<td id="120600BB3791B9AB7D30CB4A899519E6" pageNumber="31">13/35</td>
<td id="55A7E52AE4AA15037290B0D58AFB105A" pageNumber="31">15-21</td>
<td id="36BDBA4372AD7FD8AC1E9AC3AAC9CB3D" pageNumber="31">Pale</td>
<td id="60695D04B172C138BAA806D90B1AE311" pageNumber="31">Absent</td>
<td id="13746A52E0BAD39974222430695AFC85" pageNumber="31">0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8323B9D569600D79CE501D2F206B505C" pageNumber="31">
<td id="55F7794B94BBEEC2F5D10E8149722C89" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="0B46116A131B4BEB8292F419EC4E47A0" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:4CF16E7E-6EC2-4B20-82A7-D48BE1619BD5" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga simile Nalbant 1981:189" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simile">L. simile</taxonomicName>
2, 3
</td>
<td id="46C43D3F626CCFE7EAA2153570AAFF7C" pageNumber="31">1</td>
<td id="42E7FD1666020DD5946CB863C0B8DC35" pageNumber="31">11+34-35 =45-46</td>
<td id="EB304DDFC0839B6C29522891CE90F04F" pageNumber="31">70-78/ 57-64</td>
<td id="5F61CE23C0F4ED3909B054166D31EF37" pageNumber="31">11-16</td>
<td id="E086B96DF3F3ED9503438ECDAE2712FE" pageNumber="31">8</td>
<td id="68F6E346AA0A8764AAEB402934D62A59" pageNumber="31">Present 25</td>
<td id="70279AAD042E9D9AFAE2864D306967E7" pageNumber="31">12/ 20-24</td>
<td id="9B729F11575E287E16431733ED5FCBB9" pageNumber="31">18</td>
<td id="5CB28FD9F86871B85306E8CB2FC9401C" pageNumber="31">Pale</td>
<td id="BFCE7F63C0CEA81EEB586921C71DC2AD" pageNumber="31">Absent</td>
<td id="E8229293DDD74446F7564F8E0CB732AE" pageNumber="31">0.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FECED5DDBABAF6DC902C4FE23DFD9D9B" pageNumber="31">
<td id="92EEB0D716F519C13DA3389CE3202309" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="ACA8A15099C6DCE30EFF451DB38BC8C6" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="subterranea">L. subterranea</taxonomicName>
1,2
</td>
<td id="143026E973C5A7E40054ACE8A8EED83E" pageNumber="31">3</td>
<td id="8DA20833DFA369808D33B8E031F39E23" pageNumber="31">11+36-37 =46-48</td>
<td id="0AC65A4E9310CDB791C0E78AB590A55A" pageNumber="31">80-86/ 61-66</td>
<td id="13B7F41270C693BADB2EE956D804C629" pageNumber="31">12-14</td>
<td id="E76F35B70CAE7CA008967DEB3275A2B3" pageNumber="31">8</td>
<td id="15364E02D3358BDD9D3D7B766E3169A6" pageNumber="31">Absent</td>
<td id="8FF365F9E4BF9279653888FCF494F840" pageNumber="31">?</td>
<td id="7C665C13F6403E128D7554B5A494B48C" pageNumber="31">14-15</td>
<td id="3B42F7FAC7F6249E10264F643EEBB8E7" pageNumber="31">Pale</td>
<td id="702BBFC1034A85EF569535B979EE29C9" pageNumber="31">Weak</td>
<td id="0698D7A890D5BC003157F0B4EE00CED0" pageNumber="31">0.0-0.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="759F9564B786930587E8960C4BAC4814" pageNumber="31">
<td id="C39BAFE595F0023960A2919B8C6478B7" pageNumber="31">
<taxonomicName id="0ABD34A6C6BBFE79222740CC0EE5FFC2" LSID-ZBK="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:24EB78F2-38D8-4FAE-B191-DC24A54CF94A" family="Bythitidae" genus="Lucifuga" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName-ZBK="Lucifuga teresinarum Díaz Pérez 1988:38" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="teresinarum">L. teresinarum</taxonomicName>
2, 4
</td>
<td id="7F81AB7F41335F9C2F1C8912D039D83D" pageNumber="31">0</td>
<td id="3A0111F5C70611923D5B325D32627996" pageNumber="31">?</td>
<td id="4332971D701D0A47097B0E9601AC113E" pageNumber="31">78-80/ 61-64</td>
<td id="A70440F1259DBD4A47C1371DA99AAE96" pageNumber="31">10-11</td>
<td id="8C66E4361D090636F378E951CA7F7A1D" pageNumber="31">8</td>
<td id="942817E0A48EC2E25DA7CB13A0B650DA" pageNumber="31">Absent</td>
<td id="FFCC0CFDD16B96549C31A055EE845D19" pageNumber="31">?</td>
<td id="61317421E1858D753A54BAA65995855E" pageNumber="31">13-14</td>
<td id="D428D95961169E8E4B8DABC86D25CAA2" pageNumber="31">Pale</td>
<td id="02EB1F9F658A3C8641E50448B1CBEED5" pageNumber="31">Weak</td>
<td id="767704D36E7876E5289A27178BE3FCA4" pageNumber="31">0.0</td>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<footnote id="F3CDD73DBDC55F9724327B2DD1A5897E">
<paragraph id="E712C58A37E5AF7E58F1842B49D7CAE1" pageNumber="31">1 Data from Cohen and Robins (1970) included.</paragraph>
</footnote>
<footnote id="1D9972511D42E2B798B0AAFE842AD7EF">
<paragraph id="4FCCB4222DCF45B6791ABF95BC37B03C" pageNumber="31">2 Data from Cohen and McCosker (1998) included.</paragraph>
</footnote>
<footnote id="3BFEAB0F07AFAC16B3517C87B81FE0ED">
<paragraph id="531A94BCD211CA36EDEC95C9D3D5E110" pageNumber="31">3 Data from Nalbant (1981) included.</paragraph>
</footnote>
<footnote id="383D07FC85216A9752671B69AA057E3D">
<paragraph id="942F80E2602AF7FF8EED39460BA3F27E" pageNumber="31">4 Data from Diaz Perez (1988) included.</paragraph>
</footnote>
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FIGURE 2.
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. Holotype, ANSP 146475, female, 99 mm SL, Grand Bahama Island. Drawn by Birgitte
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, ZMUC.
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<paragraph id="E839F44EBD3C4A2994CF5AB7CCC701E7" pageNumber="31">Dentition: Premaxilla with 6 (5-7) rows of granular teeth, slightly larger in inner row. Vomer horseshoe-shaped, with 3 (2-3) teeth rows and a total of 31 (24-43) teeth. Palatines without teeth (fig. 6). Dentary with 6 (3-6) outer rows of granular teeth and an inner row of long, pointed teeth.</paragraph>
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First neural spine less than half the length of second spine; spine 2-4 slightly longer and more slender than spines 5-10; spines 4-9 slightly depressed. Parapophyses present
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vertebra 7-13, increasing in length. Pleural and epipleural ribs on vertebrae 2-13. Last precaudal vertebra without ribs.
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Male copulatory organ completely integrated in the fleshy genital hood, similar to the configuration in
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(fig. 8C -D; Cohen &amp; Robins 1970). Penis not easily visible underneath oval accessory organ. Soft lateral lips covering over accessory organ, distally with fleshy wing-shaped expansion not unlike the outer pseudoclasper in
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, but clearly attached to the hood and thus not homologous.
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<paragraph id="587C8593A4B4CC75706387A0C25B99E0" pageNumber="32">Otolith thin, elongate, with pointed anterior and posterior tips in smaller specimens (ANSP 146475) and strongly expanded broad anterior region and broad postdorsal concavity in large specimens (ZMH 9566, fig. 3B -C). Otolith length to height ratio 2.2 to 2.4. Sulcus very short, with single fused colliculum, between 28% and 35% of otolith length and located nearly at centre of inner face. Ventral furrow on inner face indistinct, dorsal depression very feeble or absent.</paragraph>
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FIGURE 3.
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. (A) Lateral view of head, Holotype, ANSP 146475, female, 99 mm SL, Grand Bahama Island; (B) Median view of right otolith, ZMH 9566, male, ca. 125 mm SL, Grand Bahama Island; (C) Ventral view of same otolith, ZMH 9566.
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<paragraph id="EEACE3DA06570F408964E2F94DC5226C" pageNumber="32">Coloration. Live color uniformly pale brown (Palmer 1985a, fig. 51). Preserved color light brown, with lighter fins (figs. 2, 4A-B). No pigment on vertical fin bases or elongated gill-rakers.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="927BA789C34DC818FC10E43C049C5B73" pageNumber="32">Etymology. The specific epithet lucayana is in honor of the Lucayan Indians, who inhabited the Bahamas for more than 2000 years, before they were eliminated by European invaders. They gave name to the type-locality, Lucayan Caverns, which they used as a graveyard (Palmer, 1985a)</paragraph>
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4. Head squamation of Bahamian
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spp. (A-B)
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, Paratype, BMNH 1984.12.1.20, 80 mm SL female, Grand Bahama Island, Pisces Cave, Zodiac Caverns; (C-D)
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, ZMUC P771363, 90 mm SL, female, Great Exuma Island; (E-F)
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, AMNH 57448, 96 mm SL, male, Bahamas, southern Long Island, Hard Bargain, Alphonso Dean’s Blue Hole. Note the difference in squamation on the lateral occipital parts (indicated by arrows).
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Distribution and habitat. Known from at least three inland cave systems on Grand Bahama and Abaco Islands, located on the Little Bahama Bank, northern Bahamas (fig. 1): 1. Lucayan caverns, an anchialine cave located on the central southern part of Grand Bahama Island, about 1 km from the ocean. The cave is connected to the sea via a submerged passage which opens into a tidal saltwater creek. The upper about 14 m in the cave consists of freshwater (22 °C), separated from a lower, slightly warmer (23-25 °C), salty layer by a distinct halocline (Yager 1981). According to the ANSP museum label, the holotype was caught in a depth of 12 m, which must then most likely have been in fresh water. The Lucayan Caverns is the type-locality of the crustacean class Remipedia (Yager 1981) and several other cave-dwelling crustaceans (see e.g. Carpenter 1994; Pesce &amp; Iliffe 2002). 2. Zodiac Caverns, north of Sweetings Cay Settlement, eastern Grand Bahama. The cave system was described by Palmer (1985a, b) and seems to have connections to the Sea via Zodiac Creek (see maps in Palmer (1985a, b)). One specimen of
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was collected
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the cave Pisces at 15 m and more specimens have been observed in the caves Aquarius and Sagittarius in depths down to about 20 m in salty water (Cunliffe 1985; Palmer 1985b). 3. Abaco Island. Collected from one or two inland sink holes, but the physical conditions are unknown.
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