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<taxonomicName id="68D9A021F15677CB9A5B8506C2A275F9" ID-CoL="3V7JF" LSID="http://zoobank.org/83D20375-39CA-457D-8D54-127ACC3ED0B7" family="Serranidae" genus="Liopropoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Liopropoma santi" order="Perciformes" pageId="2" pageNumber="73" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="santi">
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santi
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Figs 2-4, Spot-tail Golden Bass
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<paragraph id="ED7E7ACEF23EC49E4A7CEF79F707F4E1" pageId="2" pageNumber="73">Type locality.</paragraph>
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, southern Caribbean
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<paragraph id="454F3451664E9F889EF9FF0B0B325021" pageId="2" pageNumber="73">Holotype.</paragraph>
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USNM 426811, 116 mm SL, DNA #CUR 13253, Curasub submersible, sta. 13-14, southern Caribbean,
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, off Substation
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downline, near
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,
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, 241 m, quinaldine, 9 Aug 2013, C. C. Baldwin, D. R. Robertson, A. Driskell, B. van Bebber.
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Paratypes. USNM 426813, 76.2 mm SL, DNA #CUR 13280,
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submersible, sta. 13-19, southern Caribbean,
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, Playa Forti, Westpoint,
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, 69°
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, 182 m, quinaldine, 15 Aug 2013, A. Schrier, N. Knowlton, R. Sant, B. van Bebber. USNM 414824, 42.0 mm SL, DNA #CUR 12314, Curasub submersible, sta. 12-19, southern Caribbean,
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, east of Substation
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downline, near
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,
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, 209 m, 15 Aug 2012, C. C. Baldwin, B. Brandt, B. van Bebber.
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<paragraph id="1AFECD9BFD58704C872F3E375761BE3B" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C7F2777DCABAB745FD86084C778C4A9D" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">A liopropomin serranid with the following combination of characters: dorsal fin VIII,13; anal fin III, 8; pectoral fin 15; total gill rakers on first arch (including rudiments) 20-21; lateral-line scales 47-48; length of first dorsal spine 2.9-4.2% SL; margin of spinous dorsal fin moderately indented posteriorly in adults (fourth spine 11-12% SL, fifth and sixth spines only slightly shorter than fourth-6.9-10% SL); depth at origin of dorsal fin 23-26% SL; least depth of caudal peduncle 11-13% SL; orbit diameter 9.4-12% SL; yellow-orange stripe externally on upper lip; series of approximately 13 white, chevron-shaped markings on ventral portion of trunk; reddish-black blotch on distal portion of lower caudal-fin lobe; inhabiting depths of 182-241 m.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1A55D8240FC5DD0ECBAEFD864168257D" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Description.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="6E82B0CF2392E5044A89D6190F1BCEAC" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Counts and measurements of holotype, if different from those of paratypes, are given in parentheses. Dorsal-fin rays VIII, 13; anal-fin rays III, 8; pectoral-fin rays (both sides) 15; pelvic-fin rays I, 5; principal caudal-fin rays 9+8=17; procurrent caudal-fin rays 9+9=18; pored lateral-line scales 48 (47), two additional pored scales present on base of caudal fin not included in total count; scales from lateral line to dorsal-fin origin 3 or 4 (3); gillrakers on first arch, including rudiments, 6+14-15 (6+14); upper limb with 3 rudiments + 3 rakers, lower limb with 11-13 rakers + 2-3 rudiments, total 20-21 (20); vertebrae 10 + 14.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="709A59DAEE42DB2266875F885283807A" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Body proportions expressed as percentage of SL. Body depth at origin of dorsal fin 23-26 (26); body width just behind gill opening 11-14 (14); head length 37-39 (37); snout length 7.4-9.1 (9.1), relative length increasing with increasing SL; orbit diameter 9.4-12 (9.4) relative diameter decreasing with increasing SL; bony interorbital width 4.5-5.5 (5.5); upper-jaw length 16-18 (18); greatest depth of maxilla 5.0-6.1 (6.1); least caudal-peduncle depth 11-13 (13); caudal-peduncle length 22-24 (23); lengths of dorsal-fin spines: (I) 2.9-4.2 (4.2); (II) 11-12 (12); (III) 13-15 (14); (IV) 11-12 (11); (V) 6.9-10 (10); (VI) 6.9-8.2 (8.2); (VII) 5.0-7.5 (7.5); (VIII) 4.8-6.9 (6.9); longest dorsal soft ray the 11th, length 15-20 (20); length of 3rd anal-fin spine 6.9-9.3 (9.3); longest anal soft ray the 5th, length 15-17 (16); caudal-fin length 23-28 (23), relative length decreasing with increasing SL; pectoral-fin length 27-30 (27), fin reaching vertical between anus and origin of anal fin, falling short of anal fin in all specimens; pelvic-fin length 18-20 (19), fin reaching vertical through base of 6th dorsal-fin spine, well short of anus.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2019DDF121FEC6E5E4DE17066ED86BC5" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Interorbital region flat to slightly convex; mouth oblique, maxilla reaching vertical beyond posterior border of pupil; prominent bony projection on posteroventral corner of maxilla; lower jaw slightly projecting. Anterior nostril in thin, membranous tube, nostril situated just posterior to groove between tip of snout and premaxilla; posterior nostril a simple opening, nostril situated close to orbit (the distance approximately 1.5 nostril diameters). Lateral line strongly arched above pectoral fin, highest point below fourth and fifth dorsal-fin spines.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="31E87A522E4839F1BDB98A5CD02B1B0B" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="76" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">
Trunk covered with ctenoid scales, scales becoming weakly ctenoid anteriorly and cycloid on head. Head fully scaled except over branchiostegal area. Holotype with
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column of scales on dorsal-fin spines III and IV, scales on basal portion of membranes between spines VI and VIII, three rows of scales covering basal portion of soft dorsal fin, and some scales extending distally onto soft dorsal-fin membranes; paratypes with same squamation except no scales present on spinous dorsal fin, and 42.0-mm SL paratype having only basal scale rows on soft dorsal fin. In holotype and larger paratype, anal fin with two or three rows of scales basally and additional scales that extend distally onto fin membranes and cover most of fin. In smaller paratype, scales confined to basal portion of fin. Caudal fin completely scaled in holotype except for
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tips of rays; larger paratype with scales covering only proximal half of fin; smaller paratype with scales confined to basal portion of fin. Scales present on pectoral-fin base, and elongate scales present on proximal portion of fin. Scales present on pelvic-fin base and on proximal portion of fin; pelvic axillary scales present.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="555F9B0D4CD843991D0251AB7623C22A" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Jaw teeth small and depressible; upper and lower jaws with bands of villiform teeth, bands widest anteriorly, largest teeth in innermost row. Vomer with a chevron-shaped patch of small teeth. Palatines with several rows of small teeth in a long, narrow band. Opercle with three flattened spines, only the middle one conspicuous. Margin of upper limb of preopercle and angle with small serrations, lower limb smooth.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E641851C508A8017320F1873D1A3517C" lastPageId="6" lastPageNumber="77" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
Prior to preservation (Figs 2, 3), background color of upper portions of trunk and caudal peduncle yellow, grading to pale pink around midbody, then to white ventrally; no abrupt transitions between those colors; many individual scales on upper half of body marked with orange spots in adults, densely so in holotype; a series of about 13 narrow, bright-white, chevron-shaped bars that point posteriorly present on lower half of trunk, series extending from just behind pectoral-fin base to vertical through center or posterior portion of anal fin; upper arms of white bars more strongly defined; nape yellow from dorsal midline ventrally to about mid-eye level (with some orange spots on scales in adults), grading anteriorly into an irregularly shaped area of purplish-pink over and behind eye, on upper portion of iris, and on snout; a yellow blotch present behind center of eye (in adults) and a smaller one present on dorsal midline of snout just anterior to orbit; iris mostly orange-yellow, grading to fine inner yellow ring; prominent, mostly deep-yellow (adults) or mostly orange (juvenile) stripe along outside of entire upper lip, this pigment spreading slightly above lip along anterior half of jaw in adults and merging with the pink/orange pigment on snout of juvenile; inside of lower lip with small blotch of yellow pigment in adults, inside of upper lip with stripe of yellow (adults) or orange (juvenile); photographic angle did not permit characterization of pigment on inside of lower lip of juvenile; lower jaw and lower two thirds of head white, with pinkish cast in holotype; in adults, dorsal fin with yellow spines and mostly white inter-spinous membranes; soft dorsal-fin rays yellow, membrane between anterior rays yellow, and membrane between rays of remainder of fin with small to large pale area centrally, size of pale area increasing posteriorly such that membrane between posteriormost rays completely pale; some rays and membranes in posterior portion of soft dorsal fin with pale rose pigment in smaller adult; a thin white margin extending along outer edge of entire dorsal fin, this margin appearing blue-white when fish photographed against black background (Fig. 3); in juvenile, inter-spinous membranes of dorsal fin mostly pale and soft dorsal mostly pale except for yellow stripe at the base and yellow stripe near outer margin of fin; caudal fin mostly yellow in holotype, central portion of fin with pale outer margin and with pale to pinkish-orange membranes between rays; thin pinkish-orange stripe present along dorsal and ventral margins of fin; distal tip of lower lobe with reddish-black blotch, a few thin streaks of black extending proximally from this blotch; pigment on caudal fin of smaller adult similar but with less pinkish-orange pigment, and caudal fin of juvenile mostly clear with a large, oval-shaped, oblique yellow blotch on outer half of both upper and lower
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; dark spot on distal portion of ventral caudal lobe relatively larger in juvenile; anal fin white, with faint pinkish-yellow streak on first through fifth rays in holotype, little or no color in smaller adult and juvenile; pelvic fin white; pectoral fin translucent with pale pinkish-orange cast; general coloration most intense in the holotype and least intense in the juvenile.
</paragraph>
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Figure 2.
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sp. n., type series: A USNM 426811, holotype, 116 mm SL, DNA #CUR 13253 B USNM 426813, paratype, 76.2 mm SL, DNA #CUR 13280 C USNM 414824, paratype, 42.0 mm SL, DNA #CUR 12314.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="DE9D2D15C67A43B5CD522525ED5A0284" pageId="6" pageNumber="77">
Figure 3.
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sp. n., USNM 426811, holotype, 116 mm SL (photographed against a black background).
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<paragraph id="86A01F7AD9C5FB82F2E88756FBDBF5A3" pageId="6" pageNumber="77">In alcohol (see Fig. 6A), body pale, the only pigment a dark blotch on distal tip of ventral caudal-fin lobe.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="45F25BBD19825B58B38232190D92A088" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">
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.
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Known only from
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, southern Caribbean.
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<paragraph id="D68175CD0CCF6D4399B2D4C5A80A2E81" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">Habitat.</paragraph>
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Off
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,
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is found from 182-241 m inhabiting rocky slopes and ledges. It retreats into small caves and crevices when approached and illuminated by the submersible. Figure 4 shows an in-situ photograph taken from the Curasub submersible at 204 m on a reef slope off Jan Theil Bay,
<normalizedToken id="DE00A46DAD18B003914846277B79BD96" originalValue="Curaçao">Curacao</normalizedToken>
.
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Figure 4. In-situ photograph of
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sp. n., taken from the Curasub submersible at 204 m on a reef slope off Jan Theil Bay,
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, 5 Nov 2013. Photo courtesy of Substation
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.
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<paragraph id="BA863BADBB87107DEE8A4AA31D4A1764" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">Etymology.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="A10C83BB4AF038869AF85985B251F1D6" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">
The specific name honors Roger Sant, who participated in the Curasub submersible dive at Playa Forti during which the USNM 426813 paratype was collected. Roger and Victoria Sant have provided generous funding to the Smithsonian
<normalizedToken id="DE7DECDEE474FADC9BAFCAC0CD60C4E1" originalValue="Institutions">Institution's</normalizedToken>
National Museum of Natural History for ocean-related activities.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1E170B9DF361E018D9CD9AEB023D2C06" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">Common name.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="00301B2B2AEFDF6FA6FF12AA1F118CB8" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">
&quot;Spot-tail golden bass&quot; is in reference to the dark spot on the lower lobe of the caudal fin, which, along with other characters, distinguishes
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from the two other species of western Atlantic
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that have predominantly golden coloration,
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and
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="868379498F1AB121C8471E4013BDB228" lastPageId="11" lastPageNumber="82" pageId="7" pageNumber="78" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="0A414BBE272ED96E9671BED3D53245EA" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">Comparisons.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D40058EFACE60CA45F23ACC3A8EA6265" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">
Counts and measurements of the three western Atlantic &quot;golden basses&quot; collected off
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,
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,
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, and
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, are given in Table 2, representative images of the three are provided in Figure 5, and a summary of major differences among them appears in Table 3. An image of a freshly collected specimen of a species of the related genus
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is also included in Figure 5 for comparative purposes.
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is easily distinguished from the others by color in life, especially by the presence of a yellow or orange stripe externally on the upper lip, a series of white chevron-shaped markings on the ventral portion of the trunk, and the reddish-black blotch on the distal portion of the lower caudal-fin lobe. The last also visually distinguishes
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from
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and
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in preservative.
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is further distinguished from both of those species by having more dorsal-fin rays, more gill rakers on the first arch, and usually a larger eye (Table 2). From
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,
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is further distinguished by having more pectoral-fin rays, a narrower body at the dorsal-fin origin, a narrower caudal peduncle, longer fourth-sixth dorsal-fin spines, and a more shallow indentation in the spinous dorsal fin (Tables 2, 3).
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Figure 5. Comparison of the three species of &quot;golden basses&quot; off
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and
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sp. from Panama: A
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sp. n., USNM 426811, holotype, 116 mm SL, DNA #CUR 13280 B
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, USNM 426807, 102 mm SL, DNA #CUR 12226 C
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, USNM 426805, holotype, 84.3 mm SL, DNA #CUR 13200 D
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sp., USNM 407791, 110 mm SL, DNA #MOC 11791.
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<paragraph id="1FD8913FE4DE948B6575787360D46589" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">
Table 2. Selected counts and measurements for the type series of
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sp. n.,
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from
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, and
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. Measurements are in percentages of SL. Data for
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are from
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specimens examined in this study, those for
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are from
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.
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</th>
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</th>
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</th>
<th id="1C98990BF3B4FBDC9C284498B190243A" colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="78" rowspan="1">
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</th>
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</th>
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<td id="5A16CC9A5D29A36B71B102F15EFD667B" colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="78" rowspan="1">Appendix</td>
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<paragraph id="73DAA5BD3E99C0693E5124606157C79C" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">
Table 3. Summary of differences in morphology and depth ranges among the three golden-colored
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species off
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.
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<th id="DA1782D769D4E46F9D9FB9D4CC810D6C" colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="78" rowspan="1">Character</th>
<th id="9B64291FC5EB386D552A981F90A9C6C1" colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="78" rowspan="1">
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sp. n.
</th>
<th id="079340BFD4663040B91C2428702453A3" colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="78" rowspan="1">
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</th>
<th id="E69E52F5E413F632C8A8EDEC309B34FE" colspan="1" pageId="7" pageNumber="78" rowspan="1">
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</th>
</tr>
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</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D8C488DD5BE2366393DCE5E96F2C1131" pageId="7" pageNumber="78">
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discussed the status of
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, which was described from a single specimen collected off Cuba in the 19th century (
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) and redescribed from a single specimen collected off the Bahamas in the 20th century (
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). They noted differences in the descriptions of color patterns of the two specimens and numbers of dorsal-fin rays (IX, 12 in
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, VIII, 12 in
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), and they questioned whether or not the two specimens represent the same species. Specimens of
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collected off
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(
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&quot;) share with the Bahamas
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the same dorsal-fin count, general body shape, and color pattern, although
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noted some differences in the color pattern.
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have 17-18 gill rakers on the first arch (Table 2), whereas
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reported 14 for the Bahamas specimen; however, as noted by
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,
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count only included the rudimentary pads on the upper limb. Examination of the
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Bahamas specimen (UMML 22324) indicates that there are four rudimentary pads on the lower limb, and thus the total number of gill rakers on the first arch is 18.
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and Bahamas
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, however, appear to have different depth preferences, with
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occurring deeper-229 m. At
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,
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was collected between 98 and149 m and observed by us only within that depth range during nearly 100 submersible dives over a three-year period. This is unlikely to be due to effects of differences in habitat availability at the two locations, as
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and
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occur at deeper depths than
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at
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.
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(1860)
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did not provide depth data or a gill-raker count for his 115-mm SL specimen from Cuba.
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differs from the Cuban
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in dorsal-fin count and certain aspects of color pattern, but fish from those two sites share the presence of yellow spots on the cheek (sometimes lacking in juvenile
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), spots that were not mentioned by
<bibRefCitation id="7719BE031F3F73C78966FD4A67A6BAB3" author="Robins, CR" journalOrPublisher="Copeia" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="591 - 595" title="The status of the serranid fish Liopropoma aberrans, with the description of a new, apparently related genus." url="10.2307/1442237" volume="1967" year="1967">Robins (1967)</bibRefCitation>
for the 112-mm SL Bahamas
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. The whereabouts of the holotype of
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are unknown (
<bibRefCitation id="70D8AA6991F089C0D12422B3A14407FF" author="Eschmeyer, WN" journalOrPublisher="Zookeys" pageId="15" pageNumber="86" title="Catalog of fishes: genera, species, references" url="http://research.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp" year="2013">Eschmeyer 2013</bibRefCitation>
), and, in the absence of additional material from the type locality for comparative purposes, we follow
<bibRefCitation id="2CFA547D501FD4CB575776730797F80C" author="Baldwin, CC" journalOrPublisher="PLoS ONE" pageId="15" pageNumber="86" title="Connectivity across the Caribbean Sea: DNA barcoding and morphology unite an enigmatic fish larva from the Florida Straits with a new species of sea bass from deep reefs off Curacao." url="10.1371/journal.pone.0097661" volume="9" year="2014">Baldwin and Johnson (2014)</bibRefCitation>
in tentatively recognizing the specimens from Cuba, Bahamas, and
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as
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. As noted by
<bibRefCitation id="00925CE984093F0B71FD5613214979E0" author="Baldwin, CC" journalOrPublisher="PLoS ONE" pageId="15" pageNumber="86" title="Connectivity across the Caribbean Sea: DNA barcoding and morphology unite an enigmatic fish larva from the Florida Straits with a new species of sea bass from deep reefs off Curacao." url="10.1371/journal.pone.0097661" volume="9" year="2014">Baldwin and Johnson (2014)</bibRefCitation>
, a digitized copy of a color photograph of a specimen of
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from Jamaica taken and provided by Patrick Colin shows a color pattern nearly identical to that of
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. Should
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prove to be distinct from specimens from the Bahamas,
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, and Jamaica, one or more new species will need to be recognized.
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santi
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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and
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<taxonomicName id="3961FA9B9F48E7F82D88D4DDB9E17E24" family="Serranidae" genus="Liopropoma" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Liopropoma aberrans" order="Perciformes" pageId="10" pageNumber="81" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aberrans">Liopropoma aberrans</taxonomicName>
in number of dorsal-fin rays (VIII, 13 vs. IX, 12 and VIII, 12, respectively) and shape of dorsal fin (with only a moderate indentation in spinous dorsal fin in
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, deep indentation in the others). It further differs from
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in numbers of pectoral-fin rays (15 vs. 14) and gill rakers on the first arch (20-21 vs. 17-18), and color pattern (presence of diagnostic color features of
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-see
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. absence). From other western Atlantic
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(
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[
<bibRefCitation id="44FCD188CAD5BD6A90E9F32A3685D58B" author="Randall, JE" journalOrPublisher="Studies of the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="77 - 110" title="Three new species and six new records of small serranoid fishes from Curacao and Puerto Rico." volume="19" year="1963">Randall 1963</bibRefCitation>
],
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[
<bibRefCitation id="06ACE2B41E2941556442914A90120B51" author="Stark, WA II" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="159 - 167" title="Chorististium eukrines, a new serranid fish from Florida, with notes on related species." volume="75" year="1962">Starck and Courtenay 1962</bibRefCitation>
],
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[
<bibRefCitation id="15D2449A21BAA03571DDF550C90B2EB9" author="Woods, LP" journalOrPublisher="Fieldiana Zoology" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="629 - 644" title="New species and new records of fishes from Bermuda." volume="31" year="1951">Woods and Kanazawa 1951</bibRefCitation>
],
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<bibRefCitation id="6575BC9E3BD48F5B0CF236C54D0F5433" author="Poey, Y" journalOrPublisher="La Habana" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="1 - 96" title="Memorias sobra la historia natural de la Isla de Cuba, acompanadas de sumarios Latinos y extractos en Frances" year="1861">Poey 1861</bibRefCitation>
),
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differs most notably in color pattern (Fig. 1) and in having VIII, 13 dorsal-fin rays (vs. VIII, 12 in all except one specimen of
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with VIII, 13-Table 4).
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Table 4. Dorsal-fin counts of western Atlantic
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fishes. Data for
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,
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, and
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are from
<bibRefCitation id="B31E61CF89655F6A4C9C0B04F72033D1" author="Schultz, LP" journalOrPublisher="Proceedings of the United States National Museum" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="321 - 329" title="Three new serranid fishes, genus Pikea, from the western Atlantic." url="10.5479/si.00963801.108-3405.321" volume="108" year="1958">Schultz (1958)</bibRefCitation>
; for
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(Cuba)
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; for
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(Bahamas)
<bibRefCitation id="268A739A18B8549A096297926C8C2B09" author="Robins, CR" journalOrPublisher="Copeia" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="591 - 595" title="The status of the serranid fish Liopropoma aberrans, with the description of a new, apparently related genus." url="10.2307/1442237" volume="1967" year="1967">Robins (1967)</bibRefCitation>
; for
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,
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,
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,
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<bibRefCitation id="3A12AE9D3BD24966687B4C531FDCC9D4" author="Randall, JE" journalOrPublisher="Studies of the Fauna of Curacao and other Caribbean Islands" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="77 - 110" title="Three new species and six new records of small serranoid fishes from Curacao and Puerto Rico." volume="19" year="1963">Randall (1963)</bibRefCitation>
; and for
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<bibRefCitation id="C8E7C5BC3BB3DDBB53A9DE819A6AAB05" author="Baldwin, CC" journalOrPublisher="PLoS ONE" pageId="15" pageNumber="86" title="Connectivity across the Caribbean Sea: DNA barcoding and morphology unite an enigmatic fish larva from the Florida Straits with a new species of sea bass from deep reefs off Curacao." url="10.1371/journal.pone.0097661" volume="9" year="2014">Baldwin and Johnson (2014)</bibRefCitation>
.
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<th id="4B6E3BF0691992DC9EC391F8E0741497" colspan="1" pageId="10" pageNumber="81" rowspan="1">VIII</th>
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Counts of
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santi
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closely match those of
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(
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) in having VIII, 13 dorsal-fin rays; III, 8 anal-fin rays; 15 pectoral-fin rays; and 20-21 gill rakers on the first arch.
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has 47-49 lateral-line scales, whereas
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has 46-47. The two species are otherwise very different.
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has a shallower trunk (body depth 23-26% SL and caudal-peduncle depth 11-13% SL in
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vs. 28-32% SL and 14-15% SL, respectively, in
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-
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), and
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has a single blotch of dark pigment on the distal portion of the lower caudal-fin lobe vs. dark pigment on the distal ends of all caudal-fin rays. Like other species of
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, the dorsal profile of the head in
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is convex (vs. usually straight in
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-although there may be a bump on the snout and the profile may be slightly convex in large specimens of
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); there is little indentation in the margin of the spinous dorsal fin (vs. larger indentation); the posteroventral corner of the maxilla has a weakly developed hook-like process (vs. well developed in
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-see
<bibRefCitation id="167857EEBAC6247FD54ADD9E791411FD" author="Randall, JE" journalOrPublisher="Indo-Pacific Fishes" pageId="16" pageNumber="87" pagination="1 - 47" title="Review of the Indo-Pacific fishes of the serranid genus Liopropoma, with descriptions of seven new species." volume="16" year="1988">Randall and Taylor [1988]</bibRefCitation>
and
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); and in
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, the anterior portion of the lateral line is broadly curved over the pectoral fin (vs. sharply curved in
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). Differences between
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and
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can be seen in Figure 6, and the generic characters listed above can be seen in Figures 5 and 6. The depth range of
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is greater than that of
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, 183-411 m vs. 182-241 m.
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Figure 6. Comparison of
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and
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: A
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sp. n., USNM 426811, holotype, 116 mm SL (photographed after preservation) B
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(
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), USNM 158138, holotype, 80.3 mm SL. Photos by Sandra Raredon.
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