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. A species of
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<emphasis id="B906EADCFF99FFF2FF01FE16FEC9BD83" bold="true" box="[199,326,440,464]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Etymology</emphasis>
. From the Greek
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, meaning different. Initially, the
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was recognized as being very similar to
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described below. With two additional specimens collected from near the locality of the
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, we were able to confirm its differentiation and describe it as a new species.
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<emphasis id="B906EADCFF99FFF2FF01FD8AFEBBBE6F" bold="true" box="[199,308,548,572]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Remarks</emphasis>
. A detailed description and comparisons are provided in
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Ho
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:89). Preservation coloration and dentition are provided in
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Ho
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. (2013
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: fig. 4). Meristic and morphometric data are provided in
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Ho
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: tables 12).
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.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36CEFF99FFF2FF51FD55FD8DBF40" blockId="1.[151,514,763,787]" box="[151,514,763,787]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Common name: Pelagic worm eel</paragraph>
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), a ripe female, Dong-gang Fishing Port, SW
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, coll. H.C. Ho.
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TL; tail
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TL; pectoral fin well developed and relatively large,
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<emphasis id="B906EADCFF99FFF2FF01FB2AFEC9B8CF" bold="true" box="[199,326,1156,1180]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Etymology</emphasis>
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. A detailed description and comparisons are provided in
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Ho
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. (2013
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:1415). Preservation coloration and dentition are provided in
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Ho
<emphasis id="B906EADCFF99FFF2FDB9FB63FD3FB8B6" box="[639,688,1228,1253]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">et al</emphasis>
. (2013
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: fig. 8). Meristic and morphometric data are provided in
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Ho
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: tables 34).
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.
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<emphasis id="B906EADCFF99FFF2FF51FA31FEF3B9E4" box="[151,380,1439,1463]" italics="true" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Neenchelys daedalus</emphasis>
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(non-types);
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: 391
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(description,
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);
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: 217
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(illustrated key,
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<emphasis id="B906EADCFF99FFF2FF51F9AAFE8BBA4F" bold="true" box="[151,260,1540,1564]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Holotype</emphasis>
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.
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, female with immature eggs, Daxi Fishing Port, Ilan, NE
<collectingCountry id="F365765EFF99FFF2FB62F9AAFB76BA4E" box="[1188,1273,1540,1565]" name="Taiwan" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
, bottom trawl,
<date id="FFCC100EFF99FFF2FF51F986FEBFBA13" box="[151,304,1576,1600]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" value="1998-03-20">20 Mar. 1998</date>
, coll. M.-L. Chiou.
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</typeStatus>
. NSMT-P105355 (
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),
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,
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to
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,
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, Suruga Bay,
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,
<quantity id="4C8A9B2BFF99FFF2FF51F9C1FED6BAD4" box="[151,345,1647,1672]" metricMagnitude="3" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.413" metricValueMax="1.45" metricValueMin="1.376" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" unit="m" value="1413.0" valueMax="1450.0" valueMin="1376.0">1,376 to 1,450 m</quantity>
, beam trawl,
<date id="FFCC100EFF99FFF2FE34F9DEFD02BADB" box="[498,653,1648,1672]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" value="1983-11-13">13 Nov. 1983</date>
, field no.
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.KT.8318.11.0101.
<collectionCode id="ED63AE0BFF99FFF2FBD1F9DEFBECBAD4" box="[1047,1123,1648,1671]" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/qd7t-8998" name="Faculty of Fisheries, Mie University" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">FRLM</collectionCode>
38980 (
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), Nayaura, Minamiise, Mie,
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<date id="FFCC100EFF99FFF2FD95F93AFD67BAFF" box="[595,744,1684,1708]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" value="2011-04-22">22 Apr. 2011</date>
, coll. M. Okada.
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), Nieura, Minamiise, Mie,
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, coll. M. Okada.
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. AMS I.19707-017 (5, 172
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50710 (
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, 6-ft
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,
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77171 (
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), Banda Sea,
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SW of Buru I.,
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<date id="FFCC100EFF99FFF2FC75F8E9FBC0BB33" box="[947,1103,1863,1888]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50" value="1976-08-26">26 Aug. 1976</date>
, coll. J. Coatsworth.
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<emphasis id="B906EADCFF99FFF2FF01F8C5FEB5BBD7" bold="true" box="[199,314,1899,1924]" pageId="1" pageNumber="50">Diagnosis</emphasis>
. A species of
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distinguished by a combination of the following characters: body extremely elongate and slightly compressed, its depth 2.63.0 times in HL,
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TL; dorsal-fin origin at anterior 1/3 of trunk, 1.01.3 times in HL behind gill opening; predorsal length
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TL; head relatively short,
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TL; trunk
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TL; pectoral fin well developed, longer than snout.
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<paragraph id="8BCD36CEFF9AFFF1FF51FF39FEB0BC87" blockId="2.[151,1436,151,320]" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Total vertebrae 260265; MVF 34-68-262. Cephalic lateral-line pores 15 or 16; predorsal pores 3537; preanal pores 70 or 71.</paragraph>
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<emphasis id="B906EADCFF9AFFF1FF01FF4EFEC9BCAB" bold="true" box="[199,326,224,248]" pageId="2" pageNumber="51">Etymology</emphasis>
. From the Latin
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, like, in reference to its similarity to its congener,
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. A detailed description is provided in
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:1517). Preservation coloration and dentition are provided in
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