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<typeStatus id="7378882FFFD9FFCEFD2BFE137ED740A0" box="[766,918,387,413]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="holotype">HOLOTYPE</typeStatus>
|
||
:
|
||
<specimenCode id="FC659EF6FFD9FFCEFC75FE13796840A0" box="[928,1065,387,413]" collectionCode="MCZ" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:33791" name="Museum of Comparative Zoology" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="Museum">MCZ 32786</specimenCode>
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(1, 168),
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||
<collectingRegion id="6E07F86FFFD9FFCEFB41FE1479AD40A3" box="[1172,1260,388,414]" country="Cuba" name="La Habana" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Havana</collectingRegion>
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,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFB22FE13787740A0" box="[1271,1334,387,413]" name="Cuba" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Cuba</collectingCountry>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
<materialsCitation id="1CAB3CD0FFD9FFCEFAEAFE137F8540FC" collectionCode="ANSP" country="Puerto Rico" location="Puerto Rico" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" specimenCode="ANSP 139683" specimenCount="1">
|
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OTHER MATERIAL:
|
||
<specimenCode id="FC659EF6FFD9FFCEFEE4FE377C9340FC" box="[305,466,423,449]" collectionCode="ANSP" country="USA" httpUri="http://biocol.org/urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34784" lsid="urn:lsid:biocol.org:col:34784" name="Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">ANSP 139683</specimenCode>
|
||
(1, 143),
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFDE8FE387F8540FC" box="[573,708,423,450]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Puerto Rico</collectingCountry>
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||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
,
|
||
<materialsCitation id="1CAB3CD0FFD9FFCEFD1BFE377DB640D8" collectionCode="FLMNH" country="Puerto Rico" elevation="3" location="Bay" municipality="Bay" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" specimenCode="FLMNH 222149" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Guayanilla">
|
||
<collectingRegion id="6E07F86FFFD9FFCEFD1BFE377E0840FC" box="[718,841,423,449]" country="Puerto Rico" name="Guayanilla" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Guayanilla</collectingRegion>
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="4C18ACF7FFD9FFCEFC9AFE387E3C40FF" box="[847,893,424,450]" country="Puerto Rico" name="Bay" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" stateProvince="Guayanilla">Bay</collectingMunicipality>
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||
,
|
||
<quantity id="6B3B9B68FFD9FFCEFC5DFE377EF540FF" box="[904,948,423,450]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="m" value="3.0">
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<elevation id="27EED1BEFFD9FFCEFC5DFE377EF540FF" box="[904,948,423,450]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.0" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="m" value="3.0">3 m</elevation>
|
||
</quantity>
|
||
, dredged from mud, 1978.
|
||
<specimenCode id="FC659EF6FFD9FFCEFB35FE3878DD40FC" box="[1248,1436,423,450]" collectionCode="FLMNH" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/24h4-51mc" name="Florida Museum of Natural History" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="Museum">FLMNH 222149</specimenCode>
|
||
(1, 193),
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="1CAB3CD0FFD9FFCEFF2BFE5B7C234334" collectingDate="1966-07-13" collectionCode="FLMNH" collectorName="V Pillsbury" country="Colombia" elevation="50" latitude="9.67" location="Gulf of Morrosquillo" longLatPrecision="779" longitude="-76.03" municipality="Gulf of Morrosquillo" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" specimenCode="FLMNH 223294" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Guayanilla">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFF2BFE5B7C2E40D8" box="[254,367,459,485]" name="Colombia" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Colombia</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="4C18ACF7FFD9FFCEFEAFFE5B7F2B40D8" box="[378,618,459,485]" country="Colombia" latitude="9.67" longLatPrecision="779" longitude="-76.03" name="Gulf of Morrosquillo" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Gulf of Morrosquillo</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C9F7504AFFD9FFCEFDA0FE5B7F8E40DB" box="[629,719,459,486]" degrees="9.67" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" precision="555" value="9.67">9.67° N</geoCoordinate>
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||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C9F7504AFFD9FFCEFD0FFE5B7E0740DB" box="[730,838,459,486]" degrees="76.03" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" precision="555" value="-76.03">76.03° W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="6B3B9B68FFD9FFCEFC84FE5B7EF740DB" box="[849,950,459,486]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" metricValueMax="5.5" metricValueMin="4.5" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="m" value="50.0" valueMax="55.0" valueMin="45.0">
|
||
<elevation id="27EED1BEFFD9FFCEFC84FE5B7EF740DB" box="[849,950,459,486]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.0" metricValueMax="5.5" metricValueMin="4.5" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="m" value="50.0" valueMax="55.0" valueMin="45.0">45–55 m</elevation>
|
||
</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="D87D104DFFD9FFCEFC17FE5B791740D8" box="[962,1110,459,485]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" value="1966-07-13">
|
||
<collectingDate id="C839E9A5FFD9FFCEFC17FE5B791740D8" box="[962,1110,459,485]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" value="1966-07-13">13 July 1966</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
, R/
|
||
<collectorName id="0136535BFFD9FFCEFBAEFE5B79BA40D8" box="[1147,1275,459,485]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">V Pillsbury</collectorName>
|
||
371.
|
||
<specimenCode id="FC659EF6FFD9FFCEFAEFFE5C7DAA4334" collectionCode="FLMNH" country="USA" httpUri="http://grbio.org/cool/24h4-51mc" name="Florida Museum of Natural History" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="Museum">FLMNH 223294</specimenCode>
|
||
(1, 188
|
||
<superScript id="5BB69BC5FFD9FFCEFE9DFE7F7C1040C0" attach="none" box="[328,337,495,509]" fontSize="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">+</superScript>
|
||
),
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="1CAB3CD0FFD9FFCEFEB9FE7F7FA84310" collectingDate="1966-07-13" collectionCode="FLMNH" collectorName="Pillsbury" country="Colombia" elevation="35" latitude="9.67" location="Gulf of Morrosquillo" longLatPrecision="779" longitude="-76.03" municipality="Gulf of Morrosquillo" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" specimenCode="FLMNH 222149" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Guayanilla">
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFEB9FE7F7C9C4334" box="[364,477,495,521]" name="Colombia" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Colombia</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingMunicipality id="4C18ACF7FFD9FFCEFE39FE7F7FA24334" box="[492,739,495,521]" country="Colombia" latitude="9.52" longLatPrecision="779" longitude="-75.99" name="Gulf of Morrosquillo" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Gulf of Morrosquillo</collectingMunicipality>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C9F7504AFFD9FFCEFD24FE7F7E0E4337" box="[753,847,495,522]" degrees="9.52" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" precision="555" value="9.52">9.52° N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C9F7504AFFD9FFCEFC88FE7F7E8C4337" box="[861,973,495,522]" degrees="75.99" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" precision="555" value="-75.99">75.99° W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<quantity id="6B3B9B68FFD9FFCEFC0EFE7F79024337" box="[987,1091,495,522]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.45" metricValueMax="3.6" metricValueMin="3.3" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="m" value="34.5" valueMax="36.0" valueMin="33.0">
|
||
<elevation id="27EED1BEFFD9FFCEFC0EFE7F79024337" box="[987,1091,495,522]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.45" metricValueMax="3.6" metricValueMin="3.3" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="m" value="34.5" valueMax="36.0" valueMin="33.0">33–36 m</elevation>
|
||
</quantity>
|
||
,
|
||
<date id="D87D104DFFD9FFCEFB86FE7F79AC4334" box="[1107,1261,495,521]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" value="1966-07-13">
|
||
<collectingDate id="C839E9A5FFD9FFCEFB86FE7F79AC4334" box="[1107,1261,495,521]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" value="1966-07-13">13 July 1966</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectorName id="0136535BFFD9FFCEFB29FE7F78204334" box="[1276,1377,495,521]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Pillsbury</collectorName>
|
||
366. GENBANK number MG 856392,
|
||
<specimenCount id="BAC5FD04FFD9FFCEFDC8FD837FC64310" box="[541,647,531,557]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="generic">specimen</specimenCount>
|
||
voucher
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
<materialsCitation id="1CAB3CD0FFD9FFCEFD24FD847F19436C" collectingDate="2016-05-20" collectionCode="SL" country="Colombia" latitude="27.0" longLatPrecision="744" longitude="-86.43" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" specimenCode="DPND 3073" specimenCount="1">
|
||
<specimenCode id="FC659EF6FFD9FFCEFD24FD847E3C4310" box="[753,893,531,558]" collectionCode="DPND" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">DPND 3073</specimenCode>
|
||
(1 leptocephalus,
|
||
<quantity id="6B3B9B68FFD9FFCEFB98FD8379DC4313" box="[1101,1181,531,558]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.6" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="mm" value="46.0">46 mm</quantity>
|
||
<collectionCode id="CAD2AE48FFD9FFCEFB71FD8379894310" box="[1188,1224,531,557]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">SL</collectionCode>
|
||
),
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C9F7504AFFD9FFCEFB08FD8378074313" box="[1245,1350,531,558]" degrees="26.93" direction="north" orientation="latitude" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" precision="555" value="26.93">26.93° N</geoCoordinate>
|
||
,
|
||
<geoCoordinate id="C9F7504AFFD9FFCEFA87FD837DF0436F" degrees="86.37" direction="west" orientation="longitude" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" precision="555" value="-86.37">86.37° W</geoCoordinate>
|
||
to 27.00° N, 86.43° W,
|
||
<date id="D87D104DFFD9FFCEFE6AFDA77F19436C" box="[447,600,567,594]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" value="2016-05-20">
|
||
<collectingDate id="C839E9A5FFD9FFCEFE6AFDA77F19436C" box="[447,600,567,594]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" value="2016-05-20">20 May 2016</collectingDate>
|
||
</date>
|
||
</materialsCitation>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="E4D96506FFD9FFCEFF12FDCB7E454217" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="diagnosis">
|
||
<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12FDCB7E454217" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFF12FDCB7C034348" bold="true" box="[199,322,603,629]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD9FFCEFE9CFDCC7F4A4348" authorityName=", Ginsburg" authorityYear="1951" box="[329,523,604,629]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="torrei">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFE9CFDCC7F4A4348" box="[329,523,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Neoconger torrei</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD9FFCEFD75FDCC7E044348" authorityName=", Smith & Castle" authorityYear="1972" box="[672,837,604,629]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mucronatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFD75FDCC7E044348" box="[672,837,604,629]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">N. mucronatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the number of total vertebrae (104–107 vs 94–99) and preanal vertebrae (48–49 vs 43–47). It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD9FFCEFCD4FD107ECD43A4" box="[769,908,639,665]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="anaelisae">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFCD4FD107ECD43A4" box="[769,908,639,665]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">N. anaelisae</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the number of predorsal vertebrae (42–45 vs 32–34). It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD9FFCEFE4FFD347F4D4380" authorityName="Smith & Marceniuk & Rotundo & Carvalho & Caires" authorityYear="2024" box="[410,524,675,701]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="hygomi">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFE4FFD347F4D4380" box="[410,524,675,701]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">N. hygomi</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the number of predorsal vertebrae (42–45 vs 48) and preanal vertebrae (48–49 vs 55). It differs from
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD9FFCEFE4AFD587F0B43DC" box="[415,586,711,737]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="vermiformis">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFE4AFD587F0B43DC" box="[415,586,711,737]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">N. vermiformis</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in the number of total vertebrae (104–107 vs 93–102), preanal vertebrae (48–49 vs 41–44), and predorsal vertebrae (42–45 vs 34–38). Larvae with a sharp intestinal loop; posterior lateral melanophore and anterior ventral melanophore present.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="E4D96506FFD9FFCEFF12FCA37C9A45AC" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="description">
|
||
<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12FCA37C60453F" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFF12FCA37C184270" bold="true" box="[199,345,819,845]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
See genus account for general appearance. Morphometric characters in % TL: preanal length 49.4–52.4, predorsal length 48.3–49.7, head length 9.5–10.7, depth at anus 3.6–4.3. In % HL: snout 18.8–20.6, eye 3.9–6.9, interorbital 15.0–15.4, snout-rictus 26.2–28.7, gill opening 9.7–15.0, interbranchial 10.7–16.2, pectoral-fin length 16.6–19.8. Meristic characters: lateral-line pores 21–40, pectoral-fin rays 11–13, predorsal vertebrae 42–45, preanal vertebrae 48–49, total vertebrae 104–107, precaudal vertebrae ca. 50–51. Mandibular pores as in
|
||
<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD9FFCEFA56FC547C5B453C" authorityName=", Smith & Castle" authorityYear="1972" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mucronatus">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFA56FC547C5B453C" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">N. mucronatus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12FB9B7F1E4518" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" box="[199,607,1035,1062]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Color in preservative gray to brown.</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12FBBF7C9A45AC" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
|
||
The largest intact specimen is FLMNH 222149 at
|
||
<quantity id="6B3B9B68FFD9FFCEFD20FBBF7E134577" box="[757,850,1071,1098]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.93" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="mm" value="193.0">193 mm</quantity>
|
||
TL and
|
||
<quantity id="6B3B9B68FFD9FFCEFC7BFBBF794B4577" box="[942,1034,1071,1098]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.01" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="mm" value="101.0">101 mm</quantity>
|
||
preanal, although FLMNH 223294, which has lost part of its tail and measures 188
|
||
<superScript id="5BB69BC5FFD9FFCEFD7BFBC37FF6455C" attach="left" box="[686,695,1107,1121]" fontSize="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">+</superScript>
|
||
TL, has a preanal length of
|
||
<quantity id="6B3B9B68FFD9FFCEFC2FFBC3791B4553" box="[1018,1114,1107,1134]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.21" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" unit="mm" value="121.0">121 mm</quantity>
|
||
, indicating that it is actually larger than FLMNH 222149.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="E4D96506FFD9FFCEFF12FB0B793445C0" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="distribution">
|
||
<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12FB0B793445C0" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFF12FB0B7C204588" bold="true" box="[199,353,1179,1205]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Adults are known from
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFDA3FB0B7FF54588" box="[630,692,1179,1205]" name="Cuba" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Cuba</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFD14FB0C7E0B4588" box="[705,842,1179,1206]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Puerto Rico</collectingCountry>
|
||
, and the Caribbean coast of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFB59FB0B79BF4588" box="[1164,1278,1179,1205]" name="Colombia" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Colombia</collectingCountry>
|
||
. Based on the distribution of larvae,
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD9FFCEFE4FFB2F7F2C45E4" author="Smith, D. G." box="[410,621,1215,1241]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" pagination="55 - 71" refId="ref12608" refString="Smith, D. G. (1989 a) Family Moringuidae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 1 (9), 55 - 71." type="journal article" year="1989">Smith (1989a: 64)</bibRefCitation>
|
||
suggested that this species (referred to as the high-count form) might extend as far south and east as the northern border of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFD3AFB737E7245C0" box="[751,819,1251,1277]" name="Brazil" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Brazil</collectingCountry>
|
||
(see below under Remarks).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="E4D96506FFD9FFCEFF12FA977F9546B8" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="discussion">
|
||
<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12FA977C18448C" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
|
||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFF12FA977C7A441C" bold="true" box="[199,315,1287,1313]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
This species is known from only
|
||
<specimenCount id="BAC5FD04FFD9FFCEFD72FA977E52441C" box="[679,787,1287,1313]" count="4" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="adult">four adult</specimenCount>
|
||
specimens, of which only two yielded a complete vertebral count.
|
||
<specimenCount id="BAC5FD04FFD9FFCEFF31FABB7CC94478" box="[228,392,1323,1349]" count="1" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="generic">One specimen</specimenCount>
|
||
, the
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<typeStatus id="7378882FFFD9FFCEFE68FABB7F634478" box="[445,546,1323,1349]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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, was partially deossified, and the vertebrae were not visible on the radiograph. Another specimen was damaged and had lost part of its tail. Still, that is sufficient to distinguish it completely from the neighboring species
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFE73FAE47FEA44B0" box="[422,683,1396,1421]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Neoconger mucronatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. The number of predorsal and preanal vertebrae distinguish it from the other species.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12FA2B786D4720" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
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The leptocephalus illustrated by
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<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD9FFCEFDE7FA2B7E6644E8" author="Smith, D. G. & Castle, P. H. J." box="[562,807,1467,1493]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" pagination="196 - 249" refId="ref12730" refString="Smith, D. G. & Castle, P. H. J. (1972) The eel genus Neoconger Girard: systematics, osteology, and life history. Bulletin of Marine Science, 22 (1), 196 - 249." type="journal article" year="1972">Smith & Castle (1972</bibRefCitation>
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, fig. 20), collected near the French Guiana-Brazil border (DANA station 1174), appears to be this species. The intestinal loop is sharp and the anterior ventral melanophore is present.
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<bibRefCitation id="C8524B7CFFD9FFCEFF23F9937C834720" author="Smith, D. G." box="[246,450,1539,1565]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" pagination="55 - 71" refId="ref12608" refString="Smith, D. G. (1989 a) Family Moringuidae. In: Bohlke, E. B. (Ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation for Marine Research, 1 (9), 55 - 71." type="journal article" year="1989">Smith (1989a: 64)</bibRefCitation>
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reported larvae of this species to occur as far as the northern border of
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12F9B77C684624" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
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The barcoded larval specimen (DPND 3075 that proved genetically distinct from the Amazonian adult
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFF42F9DC7CC44758" box="[151,389,1611,1637]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Neoconger anaelisae</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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(MPEG 38951; see below) was collected in the eastern Gulf of
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off the northwestern coast of
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<collectingRegion id="6E07F86FFFD9FFCEFF2FF9FF7C0E47B4" box="[250,335,1647,1673]" country="United States of America" name="Florida" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Florida</collectingRegion>
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. The specimen had been damaged when the tissue sample was taken, hence the myomere count was not available. However, it possessed the anterior ventral melanophore, which is present in
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<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD9FFCEFB67F90478334790" authorityName=", Ginsburg" authorityYear="1951" box="[1202,1394,1684,1709]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="torrei">
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFB67F90478334790" box="[1202,1394,1684,1709]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Neoconger torrei</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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but absent in
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<taxonomicName id="6BC34D0EFFD9FFCEFED1F9287CE847EC" authorityName=", Smith & Castle" authorityYear="1972" box="[260,425,1720,1745]" family="Moringuidae" genus="Neoconger" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="mucronatus">
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<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFED1F9287CE847EC" box="[260,425,1720,1745]" italics="true" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">N. mucronatus</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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. In addition, it was collected in the area affected by the Gulf Loop Current, which brings water up from the Caribbean, then loops in a clockwise direction and exits through the Straits of
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into the Gulf Stream.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12F8B37F9546B8" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
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<materialsCitation id="1CAB3CD0FFD9FFCEFF12F8B37F9146B8" country="Mexico" county="Caribbean Sea" latitude="20.1293" location="Channel" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="-86.3499" municipality="Cozumel" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Yucatan">
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The other barcoded specimen linked to this in the tree, GU 224984 (not seen by us), is also a larva. GenBank gives the location as
|
||
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,
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, just south of the
|
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<collectingRegion id="6E07F86FFFD9FFCEFC9AF8D87EE8465F" box="[847,937,1864,1890]" country="Mexico" name="Yucatan" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Yucatan</collectingRegion>
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<location id="A91C6056FFD9FFCEFC7BF8D7794A465C" LSID="urn:lsid:plazi:treatment:246A879BFFD9FFCEFF42FF077C7146F0:A91C6056FFD9FFCEFC7BF8D7794A465C" box="[942,1035,1863,1889]" country="Mexico" county="Caribbean Sea" latitude="20.1293" longLatPrecision="7" longitude="-86.3499" municipality="Cozumel" name="Channel" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" stateProvince="Yucatan">Channel</location>
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off the eastern coast of
|
||
<collectingCountry id="D4D4761DFFD9FFCEFAC4F8D77826465C" box="[1297,1383,1863,1889]" name="Mexico" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Mexico</collectingCountry>
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||
near
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||
<collectingMunicipality id="4C18ACF7FFD9FFCEFF42F8FB7DBE46B8" box="[151,255,1899,1925]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Cozumel</collectingMunicipality>
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, which would put it in the
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||
<collectingCounty id="451D4E01FFD9FFCEFDFFF8FB7F9146B8" box="[554,720,1899,1925]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Caribbean Sea</collectingCounty>
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</materialsCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="E4D96506FFD9FFCEFF12F81F7C7146F0" pageId="8" pageNumber="117" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="AC7C368DFFD9FFCEFF12F81F7C7146F0" blockId="8.[151,1437,387,1997]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">
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||
<emphasis id="9EB7EA9FFFD9FFCEFF12F81F7C0F4694" bold="true" box="[199,334,1935,1961]" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">Etymology.</emphasis>
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||
Named for Dr. Carlos de la Torre, a prominent Cuban scientist of the early 20
|
||
<superScript id="5BB69BC5FFD9FFCEFB71F81F79F046A0" attach="left" box="[1188,1201,1935,1949]" fontSize="6" pageId="8" pageNumber="117">th</superScript>
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century, who studied Cuban fishes.
|
||
</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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||
</treatment>
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