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<figureCitation id="BCECD4A5110C1A45FF797EB9FF30FF15" box="[151,253,186,210]" captionStart-0="FIGURE 1" captionStart-1="FIGURE 2" captionStart-2="FIGURE 3" captionStart-3="FIGURE 4" captionStartId-0="1.[151,250,1938,1961]" captionStartId-1="2.[151,250,577,600]" captionStartId-2="2.[151,250,1978,2001]" captionStartId-3="3.[151,250,1106,1129]" captionTargetBox-0="[176,1393,1416,1876]" captionTargetBox-1="[226,1360,181,564]" captionTargetBox-2="[151,1436,1039,1957]" captionTargetBox-3="[364,1230,393,1060]" captionTargetId-0="figure@1.[151,1436,1397,1917]" captionTargetId-1="figure@2.[226,1361,181,564]" captionTargetId-2="figure@2.[151,1436,1039,1957]" captionTargetId-3="figure@3.[340,1247,359,1084]" captionTargetPageId-0="1" captionTargetPageId-1="2" captionTargetPageId-2="2" captionTargetPageId-3="3" captionText-0="FIGURE 1. Epigonus exodon sp. nov., holotype, MNHN 1991 - 0155, 97.0 mm SL." captionText-1="FIGURE 2. Tip of the lower jaw of Epigonus exodon sp. nov., holotype, MNHN 1991 - 0155. A, dorsal view and B, ventral view. Arrows show the anteriorly projecting teeth." captionText-2="FIGURE 3. Radiograph of Epigonus exodon sp. nov., holotype, MNHN 1991 - 0155. A, whole body; B, abdomen. Arrow shows the last abdominal vertebra." captionText-3="FIGURE 4. Dorsal view of the toothed tongues. A, Epigonus exodon sp. nov., paratype, 60.2 mm SL, MNHN 2012 - 0134 and B, E. glossodontus, paratype, 61.0 mm SL, BPBM 30278." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/210324/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/210325/files/figure.png" httpUri-2="https://zenodo.org/record/210326/files/figure.png" httpUri-3="https://zenodo.org/record/210327/files/figure.png" pageId="1" pageNumber="85">Figs. 14</figureCitation>
A
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1991-0155, 97.0 mm SL, male, 21°03ʹS, 55°09ʹE,
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, western Indian Ocean,
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depth,
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, J. C. Quero.
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2012-0134,
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SL, sex unknown, same data as
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<emphasis id="16A31432110C1A45FF297F63FE8CFEBE" bold="true" box="[199,321,352,377]" pageId="1" pageNumber="85">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
A species of
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with the following combination of characters: opercular spine absent; ribs absent on last abdominal vertebra; anteriorly projecting teeth present on each side of symphysis of lower jaw; tongue narrow; a shallow V-shaped tooth patch present on rear two-thirds of tongue; mustache-like process of maxillary absent; gill rakers 6+2022=2628; vertebrae 10+15; pored lateral-line scales 3537 to end of hypural plus 3 on caudal fin; dorsal fin VIII, 10; pyloric caeca 7.
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<emphasis id="16A31432110C1A45FF297C04FE94FDE7" bold="true" box="[199,345,519,544]" pageId="1" pageNumber="85">Description.</emphasis>
Counts for
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given in parentheses if different from those of the
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. Dorsal-fin rays VIII, 10. Anal-fin rays II, 9. Pectoral-fin rays 17 (16). Caudal fin: procurrent rays 8+8 (9+8), segmented unbranched rays 9+8, branched rays 15. Vertebrae: 10+15; ribs absent on last abdominal vertebra. Gill rakers 6+22 (6+20). Pored lateral-line scales 37+3 (35+3). Scales above lateral line 3. Scales below lateral line 8. Pyloric caeca 7.
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Body moderately slender, compressed, deepest at pectoral-fin base, nape not humped. Head large, slightly compressed. Mustache-like maxillary process absent. Snout short and rounded, length shorter than interorbital width; two nostrils closely set in front of upper edge of pupil, anterior nostril short and with membranous tube, posterior nostril elliptical without dermal flap. Eye large, round, orbital diameter slightly greater than postorbital length; bony rim of orbit raised above dorsal profile; interorbital region flat. Mouth large, gape oblique; posterior margin of maxilla reaching to below anterior margin of pupil; lower jaw not projecting when mouth closed, 3 anteriorly projecting teeth (
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) on symphysis of lower jaw (absent). Small conical teeth on both jaws and palatines, upper jaw and palatines teeth arranged in a single row, lower jaw teeth arranged in a single row but in two rows at symphysis. Vomerine teeth minute, 2 teeth restricted to anterior part, no teeth on posterior part (row of teeth extending from anterior part posteriorly along midline of palate). Lingual teeth, villiform, forming shallow Vshaped tooth patch on rear two-thirds of tongue (
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A). Opercular spine absent, without medial ridges; preopercular edges smooth. Origin of first dorsal fin vertically above anterior portion of pectoral fin; first dorsal-fin spine minute; third dorsal-fin spine longest. Spine of second dorsal fin long, thicker than first dorsal-fin spines. First and second dorsal fins widely separated by distance greater than snout length. Origin of anal fin vertically below posterior portion of second dorsal-fin base; first anal-fin spine minute; second spine moderately thick. Posterior tips of pectoral and pelvic fins just reaching vertical line from anus. Spine of pelvic fin long, its length subequal to second dorsal-fin spine. Caudal fin deeply forked. Anus vertically below origin of second dorsal fin. Abdominal vertebrae 10, ribs absent on last vertebra (
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); caudal vertebrae 15. Supraneural bones three (/0+0/ 0+2/1+1/1/). Scales deciduous, weakly ctenoid, covering the whole body except snout tip anterior to rim of orbit and surface of lips; scales also on bases of second dorsal, anal, and caudal fins; series of pored lateral-line scales complete, 3 pored scales on caudal fin. No trace of luminous organ around belly or visceral organ.
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<emphasis id="16A31432110C1A45FF797991FEDEF86F" bold="true" box="[151,275,1938,1961]" pageId="1" pageNumber="85">FIGURE 1.</emphasis>
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, holotype, MNHN 1991-0155, 97.0 mm SL.
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<emphasis id="16A31432110F1A46FF797C42FED9FD90" bold="true" box="[151,276,577,600]" pageId="2" pageNumber="86">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
Tip of the lower jaw of
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, holotype, MNHN 1991-0155. A, dorsal view and B, ventral view. Arrows show the anteriorly projecting teeth.
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Measurements of the
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and
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(in parentheses), as percentage of SL: head length 33.4 (34.2); head width 16.9 (14.0); head height 16.4 (17.3); body depth 23.9 (24.6); body width 14.3 (13.1); caudal-peduncle depth 9.6 (8.8); caudal-peduncle length 28.0 (28.9); orbital diameter 15.5 (14.5); interorbital width 9.6 (9.0); postorbital length 10.4 (13.0); upper-jaw length 14.8 (14.1); lower-jaw length 14.5 (15.8); snout length 7.1 (7.8); pre-1st dorsal-fin length 34.7 (36.2); pre-2nd dorsal-fin length 55.3 (56.6); pre-pectoral-fin length 36.0 (34.7); prepelvic-fin length 41.8 (38.2); pre-anus length 56.3 (55.3); pre-anal-fin length 60.9 (63.8); 1st spine length on 1st dorsal fin 2.7 (3.2); 2nd spine length on 1st dorsal fin 14.9 (15.4); 3rd spine length on 1st dorsal fin 16.0 (tip broken); 2nd dorsal-fin spine length 13.3 (14.1); 1st anal-fin spine length 1.8 (2.3); 2nd anal-fin spine length 13.3 (14.0); pelvic-fin spine length 14.2 (13.6); 1st dorsal-fin base length 11.5 (11.5); 2nd dorsal-fin base length 11.4 (12.5); anal-fin base length 10.5 (10.6); pectoral-fin length 20.2 (20.4); pelvic-fin length 8.9 (9.0).
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<emphasis id="16A31432110F1A46FF7979B9FEDBF817" bold="true" box="[151,278,1978,2001]" pageId="2" pageNumber="86">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
Radiograph of
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<emphasis id="16A31432110F1A46FE5179BFFDBCF816" box="[447,625,1979,2001]" italics="true" pageId="2" pageNumber="86">Epigonus exodon</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="16A31432110F1A46FD9579B8FD02F817" bold="true" box="[635,719,1979,2000]" pageId="2" pageNumber="86">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, holotype, MNHN 1991-0155. A, whole body; B, abdomen. Arrow shows the last abdominal vertebra.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FF297E9BFE4DFF77" box="[199,384,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Color in alcohol</emphasis>
(
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). Body, head, and all fins uniformly brown, except for tan mouth cavity.
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FF297EBBFEADFF16" bold="true" box="[199,352,184,209]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Distribution.</emphasis>
The
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and
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were collected off
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, western Indian Ocean (
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), at a depth of
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450
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.
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</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6CCD9BAB110E1A47FF297EFFFA58F9FD" pageId="3" pageNumber="87" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FF297EFFFE83FED3" bold="true" box="[199,334,252,276]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Etymology.</emphasis>
The specific name
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FDC87EFFFDBAFED3" box="[550,631,252,276]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">exodon</emphasis>
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is from the Latin
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FCD37EFEFCA0FED3" box="[829,877,253,276]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">exo-</emphasis>
(out) and
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FC0E7EFFFBD5FED3" box="[992,1048,252,276]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">odon</emphasis>
(tooth) in reference to the exposed anteriorly projecting teeth on the symphysis of the lower jaw (
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).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="2468C820110E1A47FF797A51FD2EFB4F" blockId="3.[151,1436,1106,1161]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FF797A51FEDEFBAF" bold="true" box="[151,275,1106,1129]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">FIGURE 4.</emphasis>
Dorsal view of the toothed tongues. A,
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FD457A50FC97FBAF" box="[683,858,1106,1128]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Epigonus exodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FC8F7A50FC7CFBAF" bold="true" box="[865,945,1107,1128]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, paratype, 60.2 mm SL, MNHN 2012-0134 and B,
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FF5A7A77FE99FB4E" box="[180,340,1139,1161]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. glossodontus</emphasis>
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, paratype, 61.0 mm SL, BPBM 30278.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FF297AB0FEA0FB0B" bold="true" box="[199,365,1203,1228]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Comparisons.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FE967AB6FDF2FB0B" box="[376,575,1204,1228]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Epigonus exodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
belongs to the
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FD137AB6FC5DFB0B" box="[765,912,1204,1228]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. oligolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group of four similar species as defined by Okamoto and Motomura (2011).
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FDFE7AD5FD19FB2A" box="[528,724,1237,1261]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Epigonus exodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FCE37AD5FC72FB2A" box="[781,959,1237,1261]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. glossodontus</emphasis>
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can be distinguished from the other three members in having anteriorly projecting teeth on the symphysis of lower jaw (vs. absent in
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FB297AFBFABEFAC9" box="[1223,1395,1270,1295]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. carbonarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
,
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FA6A7AFBFF36FAF7" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. devaneyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, and
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FEAA7B1AFE1AFAF7" box="[324,471,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. oligolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
; Okamoto and Motomura 2011).
<taxonomicName id="E3D7B3A3110E1A47FC807B1AFBFBFAF7" box="[878,1078,1304,1328]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Epigonidae" genus="Epigonus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exodon">
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FC807B1AFBFBFAF7" box="[878,1078,1304,1328]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Epigonus exodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
can be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FA6A7B1AFEE4FA96" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. glossodontus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a narrow tongue and a shallow V-shaped tooth patch on the rear two-thirds of the tongue (vs. a broad tongue and a deep V-shaped tooth patch on rear three-fourths of tongue in
<taxonomicName id="E3D7B3A3110E1A47FB8C7B58FAD9FAB5" box="[1122,1300,1370,1394]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Epigonidae" genus="Epigonus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="glossodontus">
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FB8C7B58FAD9FAB5" box="[1122,1300,1370,1394]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. glossodontus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
;
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).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="2468C820110E1A47FF297B78FA58F9FD" blockId="3.[151,1436,1203,1961]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">
<bibRefCitation id="4046B5D1110E1A47FF297B78FE81FA54" author="Gon" box="[199,332,1403,1427]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87" refString="Gon, O. (1985) Two new species of the deep-sea cardinalfish genus Epigonus (Perciformes, Apogonidae) from the Hawaiian Islands, with a key to the Hawaiian species. Pacific Science, 39, 221 - 229." type="journal article" year="1985">Gon (1985)</bibRefCitation>
reported that small specimens of
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FD347B7EFC43FA53" box="[730,910,1404,1428]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. glossodontus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(smaller than
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SL) lack the anteriorly projecting teeth of the lower jaw. Our smaller specimen of
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FCB97B9DFC01FA72" box="[855,972,1437,1461]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. exodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
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,
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SL) also lacks the projecting teeth. Thus, there is an ontogenetic change in the character. However,
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FB997BC3FB22FA11" box="[1143,1263,1470,1495]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. exodon</emphasis>
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can be easily distinguished from
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FE967BE2FE32FA3F" box="[376,511,1504,1528]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. devaneyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
by the tooth patch on its tongue (vs. absent in
<taxonomicName id="E3D7B3A3110E1A47FBDA7BE2FB76FA3F" box="[1076,1211,1504,1528]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Epigonidae" genus="Epigonus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="devaneyi">
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FBDA7BE2FB76FA3F" box="[1076,1211,1504,1528]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. devaneyi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
).
<taxonomicName id="E3D7B3A3110E1A47FB387BE2FA51FA3F" box="[1238,1436,1504,1528]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Epigonidae" genus="Epigonus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="exodon">
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FB387BE2FA51FA3F" box="[1238,1436,1504,1528]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Epigonus exodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
differs from
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FEC67801FE1FF9DE" box="[296,466,1537,1561]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. carbonarius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FDE37801FD51F9DE" box="[525,668,1537,1561]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. oligolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having 2628 total gill rakers (vs.
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FB2E7801FAA6F9DE" box="[1216,1387,1537,1561]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. carbonarius</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FEEF7820FE43F9FD" box="[257,398,1570,1594]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. oligolepis</emphasis>
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) and a narrow tongue (vs. broad in the latter species; Okamoto and Motomura 2011: fig. 2).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="6CCD9BAB110E1A47FF297847FC53F978" pageId="3" pageNumber="87" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="2468C820110E1A47FF297847FC53F978" blockId="3.[151,1436,1203,1961]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FF297847FEF6F99B" bold="true" box="[199,315,1604,1628]" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FEAA7846FDCAF99B" box="[324,519,1604,1628]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">Epigonus exodon</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is distributed in the western Indian Ocean, whereas all other members of the
<taxonomicName id="E3D7B3A3110E1A47FA6A7846FECBF9BA" class="Actinopterygii" family="Epigonidae" genus="Epigonus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Perciformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="87" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="oligolepis">
<emphasis id="16A31432110E1A47FA6A7846FECBF9BA" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="87">E. oligolepis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
group have been reported from the Pacific and Atlantic oceans (
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). The new species was collected from a depth of
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. This is consistent with all other species of the group, which occur in depths of more than
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; Okamoto and Motomura 2011).
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