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35090 (5:
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35091 (8:
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137 (3:
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<emphasis id="09A1706AFFB74842AEF2FBC0FED39D3A" bold="true" box="[151,287,1091,1113]" pageId="31" pageNumber="432">FIGURE 14.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="09A1706AFFB74842AEA2FB06FEF79DFC" bold="true" box="[199,315,1157,1182]" pageId="31" pageNumber="432">Remarks.</emphasis>
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listed
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in their checklist based on examined material by
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from
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. Chabanauds (1968) description of his new species
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was omitted by
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, but later
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Desoutter
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Chabanaud, 1929
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, however they did not give a reason for the synonymy. The
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(MNHN 1947-0019) has 82 rays in dorsal fin, 66 rays in anal fin, and a body depth of about
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clearly differs from deep-bodied
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listed the species in their checklist based on Dannie Hensleys personal communication. Patrice Pruvost of the Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (MNHN) provided X-rays of the specimen that is listed as the
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in the catalog (MNHN 1966-369). Characters as observed on these X-rays, which were examined by the first author and from the original description given by
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, were found to match with the material caught off Jizan. Our comparison with other species of the genus leads us to conclude that
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is a valid species, endemic to the Red Sea. Herein we provide a description of trawled specimens.
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Dorsal-fin rays 8995; anal-fin rays 7074; pectoral-fin rays on ocular side 1214; lateral-line scales 8489 (two scales on the base of caudal fin excluded from count); scales cycloid; head scaled, including cheek; interorbital space naked; gill rakers very short, 0 + 78; body depth
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SL; head length
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SL; dorsal profile of head above and posterior to eyes slightly convex; upper eye reaching dorsal profile of head, lower eye in advance of upper; interorbital space very narrow,
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head length; snout short (measured from tip of snout to anterior margin of upper eye),
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head length; upper-eye horizontal diameter
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head length; maxilla reaching to below anterior edge of lower eye, upper-jaw length 4.0
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head length; teeth very small, needle-like, on blind side of both jaws only, in 3 irregular rows; origin of dorsal fin slightly behind posterior nostril of blind side; anterior rays of dorsal fin subequal, not prolonged, second ray
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head length; distance between second and third rays two times greater than between third and fourth rays; pectoral fin on ocular side shorter than head length, 1.52.0 in head length.
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