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. Type locality: Callao, Peru. Holotype: USNM 53466.
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SL),
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del Cauca
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,
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SL),
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del Cauca
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,
<collectorName id="26C5F8D3FF9AFFCDA1E1FEC21E9AFEDA" box="[151,450,260,285]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Mercado de Buenaventura</collectorName>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9AFFCDA1E1FD231CECFD3C" blockId="35.[151,948,740,763]" box="[151,948,740,763]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA1E1FD231E47FD3C" bold="true" box="[151,287,741,763]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">FIGURE 20.</emphasis>
Body in lateral view.
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9AFFCDA088FD231DFEFD3D" box="[510,678,741,763]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA088FD231DFEFD3D" box="[510,678,741,763]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Ariopsis simonsi</emphasis>
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, Holotype, USNM 53466.
</paragraph>
</caption>
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<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9AFFCDA1E1F9EF1CE9F9F9" blockId="35.[151,945,1577,1599]" box="[151,945,1577,1599]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA1E1F9EF1E47F9F8" bold="true" box="[151,287,1577,1599]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">FIGURE 21.</emphasis>
Head in dorsal view.
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9AFFCDA08AF9EC1DFBF9F9" box="[508,675,1578,1599]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA08AF9EC1DFBF9F9" box="[508,675,1578,1599]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Ariopsis simonsi</emphasis>
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, Holotype, USNM 53466.
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA1B1F9AA1E19F943" bold="true" box="[199,321,1644,1669]" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9AFFCDA03FF9AB1D5DF942" box="[329,517,1645,1668]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA03FF9AB1D5DF942" box="[329,517,1645,1668]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Ariopsis simonsi</emphasis>
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differs from its congeners as follows: from
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9AFFCDA28BF9AB1B27F943" box="[1021,1151,1644,1669]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="assimilis">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA28BF9AB1B27F943" box="[1021,1151,1644,1669]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">A. assimilis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from
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<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9AFFCDA5B8F9AA1A7BF943" box="[1230,1315,1644,1669]" name="Mexico" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Mexico</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
(
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) to
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(Caribbean), the presence of an osseous medial groove (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA288F9571B44F96E" box="[1022,1052,1681,1704]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">vs.</emphasis>
absent;
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA5F6F9561B97F96F" box="[1152,1231,1680,1705]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA47AF9571A73F96F" box="[1292,1323,1681,1705]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">21</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9AFFCDA4F2F9571FBEF90A" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canteri">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA4F2F9571FBEF90A" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">A. canteri</emphasis>
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, from Colombian Caribbean, the presence of an osseous medial groove (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA563F9731B6CF90A" box="[1045,1076,1717,1740]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">vs.</emphasis>
absent;
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA5E7F9721B85F90B" box="[1169,1245,1716,1741]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA465F9731A6AF90B" box="[1299,1330,1717,1741]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">21</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9AFFCDA4F2F9731F9EF937" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="35" pageNumber="36" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="felis">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA4F2F9731F9EF937" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">A. felis</emphasis>
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, from
<collectingRegion id="49F453E7FF9AFFCDA06CF91E1EE4F937" box="[282,444,1752,1777]" country="United States of America" name="Massachusetts" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Massachusetts</collectingRegion>
(
<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9AFFCDA0B9F91F1EADF937" box="[463,501,1753,1777]" name="United States of America" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">US</collectingCountry>
) to
<collectingRegion id="49F453E7FF9AFFCDA35CF91F1DDFF937" box="[554,647,1753,1777]" country="Mexico" name="Yucatan" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Yucatán</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingRegion id="49F453E7FF9AFFCDA3E1F91E1DB4F937" box="[663,748,1752,1777]" country="Mexico" name="Mexico" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">
<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9AFFCDA3E1F91E1DB4F937" box="[663,748,1752,1777]" name="Mexico" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Mexico</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
(Caribbean), by its fleshy medial groove of neurocranium conspicuous or inconspicuous, but never surpassing posterior margin of eyes (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA547F93B1B17F8D2" box="[1073,1103,1789,1812]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">vs.</emphasis>
conspicuous and very long, always surpassing the posterior margin of eyes,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA3C0F8E61C5CF8FF" box="[694,772,1824,1849]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1250,1272]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1229]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,301,1229]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Medial groove of neurocranium. A. Ariopsis felis and B. A. assimilis. White, anterior fleshy portion (apposed to the anterior cranial fontanel); gray, posterior bony portion (formed by the mesial depression of the frontals and the anterior portion of parietosupraoccipital)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828849/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Figs. 4</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA24AF8E71C02F8FF" box="[828,858,1825,1849]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">21</figureCitation>
), pterotic lateral margin convex, sometimes angled (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA1D6F8831FE6F89A" box="[160,190,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">vs.</emphasis>
smoothly convex,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA0E8F8821EB6F89B" box="[414,494,1860,1885]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA35AF8831D13F89B" box="[556,587,1861,1885]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">21</figureCitation>
), lateral margin of sphenotic straight, as wide medially as anteriorly (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA40BF8831AC4F89A" box="[1405,1436,1861,1884]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">vs.</emphasis>
notched, narrower medially than anteriorly,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA3E4F8AE1DBAF847" box="[658,738,1896,1921]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA268F8AF1C65F847" box="[798,829,1897,1921]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">21</figureCitation>
); from
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA2E0F8AF1B52F847" box="[918,1034,1896,1921]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">A. gilberti</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from
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<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9AFFCDA52AF8AE1BEAF847" box="[1116,1202,1896,1921]" name="Mexico" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Mexico</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
(EP), by 2837 gill rakers on the first and second gill arches (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA3E2F84B1DEAF862" box="[660,690,1933,1956]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">vs.</emphasis>
4042), fleshy medial groove of neurocranium conspicuous or inconspicuous, but never surpassing posterior margin of eyes (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA23BF8771C33F80E" box="[845,875,1969,1992]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">vs.</emphasis>
conspicuous and very long, always surpassing the posterior margin of eyes,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9AFFCDA0CAF8121D52F82B" box="[444,522,2004,2029]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1250,1272]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1229]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,301,1229]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Medial groove of neurocranium. A. Ariopsis felis and B. A. assimilis. White, anterior fleshy portion (apposed to the anterior cranial fontanel); gray, posterior bony portion (formed by the mesial depression of the frontals and the anterior portion of parietosupraoccipital)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828849/files/figure.png" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">Figs. 4</figureCitation>
and
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), lateral margin of sphenotic straight, as wide medially as anteriorly (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9AFFCDA40BF8131AC4F82A" box="[1405,1436,2005,2028]" italics="true" pageId="35" pageNumber="36">vs.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9DFFCAA1E1FF511D07FDFA" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
notched, narrower medially than anteriorly,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA3EDFF511DB4FF76" box="[667,748,151,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA25AFF5E1C13FF76" box="[812,843,152,176]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">21</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9DFFCAA2D1FF5E1B34FF76" box="[935,1132,151,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="guatemalensis">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA2D1FF5E1B34FF76" box="[935,1132,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">A. guatemalensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from
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<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9DFFCAA5B7FF511A4FFF76" box="[1217,1303,151,176]" name="Mexico" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Mexico</collectingCountry>
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(EP) to
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, by the presence of an osseous medial groove (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA279FF7B1C76FF12" box="[783,814,189,212]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
absent,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA2FCFF7A1C8FFF12" box="[906,983,188,213]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA578FF7A1B75FF12" box="[1038,1069,188,212]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">21</figureCitation>
), median portion of mesethmoid narrow (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA18FFF271E4FFF3E" box="[249,279,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
wide,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA011FF191EF4FF3E" box="[359,428,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
), medial notch of mesethmoid narrow and deep (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA290FF271B5DFF3E" box="[998,1029,225,248]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
large and shallow,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA590FF191A73FF3E" box="[1254,1323,223,248]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9DFFCAA4F2FF261FACFEDA" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jimenezi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA4F2FF261FACFEDA" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">A. jimenezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from Archipiélago de Las Perlas in
<collectingRegion id="49F453E7FF9DFFCAA3E3FEC31DB6FEDA" box="[661,750,261,284]" country="Panama" name="Panama" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9DFFCAA3E3FEC31DB6FEDA" box="[661,750,261,284]" name="Panama" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Panama</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
(EP), by its longer pectoral spine, 18.722.5 (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA580FEC31A4CFEDA" box="[1270,1300,261,284]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
14.618.1), fleshy medial groove of neurocranium conspicuous or inconspicuous, but never surpassing posterior margin of eyes (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA1AAFE8B1FA3FEA2" box="[220,251,333,356]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
conspicuous and very long, always surpassing the posterior margin of eyes,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA5F4FE8A1B8AFEA2" box="[1154,1234,332,357]" captionStart="FIGURE 4" captionStartId="8.[151,250,1250,1272]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,301,1229]" captionTargetId="figure@8.[151,1436,301,1229]" captionTargetPageId="8" captionText="FIGURE 4. Medial groove of neurocranium. A. Ariopsis felis and B. A. assimilis. White, anterior fleshy portion (apposed to the anterior cranial fontanel); gray, posterior bony portion (formed by the mesial depression of the frontals and the anterior portion of parietosupraoccipital)." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828849/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Figs. 4</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA466FE8A1A76FEA2" box="[1296,1326,332,356]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">21</figureCitation>
), pterotic lateral margin markedly convex, sometimes angled (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA273FEB71C7CFE4E" box="[773,804,369,392]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
smoothly convex,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA57FFEA91B03FE4E" box="[1033,1115,367,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA5EBFEB61BE3FE4E" box="[1181,1211,368,392]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">21</figureCitation>
), lateral margin of sphenotic straight, as wide medially as anteriorly (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA3A5FE531DA9FE6A" box="[723,753,405,428]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
notched, narrower medially than anteriorly,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA59CFE521A6FFE6A" box="[1258,1335,404,429]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA406FE521AD6FE6A" box="[1392,1422,404,428]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">21</figureCitation>
), external posterior branch of lateral ethmoid columnar and thin (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA213FE7F1CDCFE16" box="[869,900,441,464]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
depressed and thick,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA50EFE711BE3FE16" box="[1144,1211,439,464]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
), fenestra delimited by mesethmoid and lateral ethmoid conspicuous (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA3B7FE1B1D87FE32" box="[705,735,477,500]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
inconspicuous,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA2E2FE1A1C8EFE32" box="[916,982,476,501]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 3</figureCitation>
); from
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9DFFCAA55FFE1A1BEAFE32" box="[1065,1202,476,500]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="seemanni">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA55FFE1A1BEAFE32" box="[1065,1202,476,500]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">A. seemanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, from
<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9DFFCAA58AFE1A1AD8FE33" box="[1276,1408,476,501]" name="El Salvador" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">El Salvador</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingRegion id="49F453E7FF9DFFCAA1E1FDC61FA8FDD1" box="[151,240,512,535]" country="Panama" name="Panama" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9DFFCAA1E1FDC61FA8FDD1" box="[151,240,512,535]" name="Panama" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Panama</collectingCountry>
</collectingRegion>
(EP), by its straight lateral margin of sphenotic, as wide medially as anteriorly (
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA5D2FDC71B9AFDDE" box="[1188,1218,513,536]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">vs.</emphasis>
notched, narrower medially than anteriorly,
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA0C6FDE21EA4FDFA" box="[432,508,548,573]" captionStart="FIGURE 3" captionStartId="7.[151,250,1353,1375]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetId="figure@7.[151,1436,445,1331]" captionTargetPageId="7" captionText="FIGURE 3. Neurocranium, dorsal view. A. Ariopsis guatemalensis, STRI 5.2.13.3.; B. A. felis, catfishesbone. acnatsci. org; C. A. canteri, uncataloged; D. A. seemanni, STRI 5.1.1.19.; E. A. jimenezi, STRI no registry; F. A. simonsi, STRI 5.1. 1.10. Abbreviation: LEepb, external posterior branch of Lateral Ethmoid; PT, Pterotic; MS, Mesethmoid; MSmn, Mesethmoid medial notch; mg, medial groove of cranium; SH, Sphenotic." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828847/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Figs. 3</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA345FDE21D0AFDFA" box="[563,594,548,572]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">21</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32ACE8EFF9DFFCAA1B1FD811B9FF852" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="description">
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9DFFCAA1B1FD811EF2FACB" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA1B1FD811E01FDA6" bold="true" box="[199,345,583,608]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Description.</emphasis>
Morphometrics and meristics summarized in
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,
<tableCitation id="C6B2A8BEFF9DFFCAA28EFD8E1B4FFDA6" box="[1016,1047,584,608]" captionStart="TABLE 12" captionStartId="37.[151,239,152,175]" captionText="TABLE 12. Morphometric data for Ariopsis simonsi. Standard length is expressed in millimeters and all other measurements are expressed in percents of standard length." pageId="36" pageNumber="37">12</tableCitation>
. Head moderately long, wide and high, especially depressed at lateral ethmoid and frontal area, profile slightly elevated posteriorly, straight from mesethmoid to parietosupraoccipital. Snout rounded and moderately long. Anterior nostril rounded, with fleshy edge, posterior nostril covered by flap of skin, moderately separated and moderately distant from orbit, not connected by fleshy furrow. Eye lateral, relatively large and moderately distant to one another. Three pairs of long teretiform barbels; maxillary barbel surpassing or not membranous portion of operculum, lateral and mesial mental barbel reaching posterior margin of gill membrane. Osseous bridge formed by lateral ethmoid and frontal moderately long and slender, delimiting a fenestra little evident under the skin. Cephalic shield exposed, moderately long and moderately wide on supracleithrum, lateral ethmoid and frontal areas, with thick granulation, forming distinct patterns visible from eyes to parietosupraoccipital procces. Fleshy portion of dorsomedial groove of neurocranium, affixed to anterior cranial fontanel, moderately long and conspicuous, not surpassing eyes. Lateral margin of sphenotic straight, as wide medially as anteriorly. Pterotic lateral margin convex, sometimes angled. Parietosupraoccipital keeled, triangular, with straight lateral margins converging posteriorly, relatively short and moderately wide at posterior portion, with posterior margin convex. Nuchal plate crescent-shaped, conspicuously granulated dorsally, moderately long and narrow. Mouth subterminal, moderately large, with lips moderately thick and lower jaw arched. Vomerine tooth plates rounded. One pair of accessory tooth plates ovate, with sharp teeth. Premaxilla rectangular transversally, long and wide, with sharp teeth. Dentary with eyebrowshaped patch of teeth, separated at midline with sharp teeth. Gill membranes fused, attached to isthmus. Fourteen to 18 acicular gill rakers on first arch, 1421 spike-shaped gill rakers on second arch and rakers present on posterior margin of all gill arches.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9DFFCAA1B1FAD11C37F97B" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Body wider than its height at pectoral girdle area, progressively compressed from pectoral to caudal peduncle, ventrally flattened from pectoral girdle to anal origin. Lateral line sloping ventrally on anterior one-third, extending posteriorly to caudal peduncle, bending abruptly onto dorsal lobe of caudal. Dorsal-fin spine relatively short and thick, almost as long as pectoral-fin spine; anterior margin granulated on basal two-thirds, with weak serrations on distal third; posterior margin smooth on basal third, distal third with weak serrations. Seven dorsal-fin soft rays. Pectoral fin spine moderately long and thick; two-thirds of anterior margin weakly granulated, with weak serrations on distal third; posterior margin straight on basal one-fourth, distal three-fourths with serrations. Nine to ten pectoral-fin soft rays. Posterior process of cleithrum triangular smooth to rugose, slightly visible. Pelvic fin deep and large at base, with six rays, and well-developed fleshy protuberances in adult females. Adipose fin low, with base moderately long, shorter than anal base. Anal fin moderately high and long at base, with 1820 rays and ventral profile convex. Caudal peduncle moderately high. Caudal-fin forked, dorsal and ventral lobes moderately long, dorsal lobe somewhat longer than ventral lobe and pointed.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9DFFCAA1B1F9011CEDF926" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,2013]" box="[199,949,1735,1760]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA1B1F9011EC6F926" bold="true" box="[199,414,1735,1760]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Maximum length:</emphasis>
The largest specimen examined is
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TL.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9DFFCAA1B1F92A1A6DF8EE" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA1B1F92A1E8FF8C3" bold="true" box="[199,471,1772,1797]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Coloration in alcohol.</emphasis>
Head and body dark brown above, whitish below; dorsal surfaces of pelvic fin proximally black, distally lighter; anal fin dark, distal tips lighter; caudal fin grayish to blackish (
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA5A2F8C91A71F8EE" box="[1236,1321,1807,1832]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="35.[151,250,741,763]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,337,719]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,337,719]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 20. Body in lateral view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828883/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 20</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9DFFCAA1B1F8F21B9FF852" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA1B1F8F21EE3F88B" bold="true" box="[199,443,1844,1869]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Sexual dimorphism.</emphasis>
Only females have well-developed fleshy protuberances or pads in basal portion of pelvic fins, especially during reproductive season. Vomerine tooth patches and acessory thooth patches not observed directly, but possibly showing same variation described for
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9DFFCAA2E8F8BB1B55F852" box="[926,1037,1917,1940]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canteri">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA2E8F8BB1B55F852" box="[926,1037,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">A. canteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9DFFCAA535F8BB1B98F852" box="[1091,1216,1917,1940]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="jimenezi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA535F8BB1B98F852" box="[1091,1216,1917,1940]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">A. jimenezi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32ACE8EFF9DFFCBA1B1F8661DCFF8BD" lastPageId="37" lastPageNumber="38" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9DFFCAA1B1F8661ED3F81B" blockId="36.[151,1437,151,2013]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA1B1F8661EAAF871" bold="true" box="[199,498,1952,1977]" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Distribution and habitat.</emphasis>
The EP
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9DFFCAA320F8671C48F87E" box="[598,784,1953,1976]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="36" pageNumber="37" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9DFFCAA320F8671C48F87E" box="[598,784,1953,1976]" italics="true" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Ariopsis simonsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
occurs in estuarine and marine waters, from
<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9DFFCAA466F8661A27F87F" box="[1296,1407,1952,1977]" name="Colombia" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Colombia</collectingCountry>
to
<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9DFFCAA1E1F8031F93F81A" box="[151,203,1989,2012]" name="Peru" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Peru</collectingCountry>
(Talará) (
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9DFFCAA04FF8021E25F81B" box="[313,381,1988,2013]" captionStart="FIGURE 5" captionStartId="9.[151,250,1574,1596]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,589,1553]" captionTargetId="figure@9.[151,1436,589,1553]" captionTargetPageId="9" captionText="FIGURE 5. Sampling localities of examined material." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828851/files/figure.png" pageId="36" pageNumber="37">Fig. 5</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<caption id="DF4FCD8DFF9CFFCBA1E1FF5E1C48FF09" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9CFFCBA1E1FF5E1C48FF09" blockId="37.[151,1436,151,207]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA1E1FF5E1E46FF69" bold="true" box="[151,286,152,175]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">TABLE 12.</emphasis>
Morphometric data for
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA34AFF511DADFF69" box="[572,757,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Ariopsis simonsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
. Standard length is expressed in millimeters and all other measurements are expressed in percents of standard length.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9CFFCBA27EFF2C1E9AF93C" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<table id="F9306FA5FF9C0011A1E9FF2C1A08F93C" box="[159,1360,234,1786]" gridcols="5" gridrows="38" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FF2C1A08FEC6" box="[159,1360,234,256]" gridrow="0" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFF2C1C3EFEC6" box="[776,870,234,256]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Holotype</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FED31A08FEEC" box="[159,1360,277,298]" gridrow="1" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1">
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FED31C83FEEC" box="[961,987,277,298]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">N</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FED31BD5FEEC" box="[1107,1165,277,298]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Mean</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFED31A08FEEC" box="[1258,1360,277,298]" gridcol="4" gridrow="1" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Range</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FEFB1A08FE95" box="[159,1360,317,339]" gridrow="2" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-3="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FEFB1D25FE95" box="[159,637,317,339]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Standard length (mm)</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFEFB1C3EFE95" box="[776,870,317,339]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">215.9</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FEFB1C83FE95" box="[961,987,317,339]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFEFB1A08FE95" box="[1258,1360,317,339]" gridcol="4" gridrow="2" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">88274</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FEA01A08FEBA" box="[159,1360,358,380]" gridrow="3" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FEA01D25FEBA" box="[159,637,358,380]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Head length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFEA01C3EFEBA" box="[776,870,358,380]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">27.7</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FEA01C83FEBA" box="[961,987,358,380]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FEA01BD5FEBA" box="[1107,1165,358,380]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">26.3</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFEA01A08FEBA" box="[1258,1360,358,380]" gridcol="4" gridrow="3" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">23.530.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FE561A08FE60" box="[159,1360,400,422]" gridrow="4" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FE561D25FE60" box="[159,637,400,422]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Snout length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFE561C3EFE60" box="[776,870,400,422]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">7.8</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FE561C83FE60" box="[961,987,400,422]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">15</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FE561BD5FE60" box="[1107,1165,400,422]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">6.4</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFE561A08FE60" box="[1258,1360,400,422]" gridcol="4" gridrow="4" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">5.47.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FE7F1A08FE09" box="[159,1360,441,463]" gridrow="5" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FE7F1D25FE09" box="[159,637,441,463]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Distance between anterior nostrils</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFE7F1C3EFE09" box="[776,870,441,463]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">7.2</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FE7F1C83FE09" box="[961,987,441,463]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FE7F1BD5FE09" box="[1107,1165,441,463]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">5.8</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFE7F1A08FE09" box="[1258,1360,441,463]" gridcol="4" gridrow="5" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">5.16.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FE241A08FE3E" box="[159,1360,482,504]" gridrow="6" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FE241D25FE3E" box="[159,637,482,504]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Distance between posterior nostrils</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFE241C3EFE3E" box="[776,870,482,504]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">6.5</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FE241C83FE3E" box="[961,987,482,504]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FE241BD5FE3E" box="[1107,1165,482,504]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">6.1</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFE241A08FE3E" box="[1258,1360,482,504]" gridcol="4" gridrow="6" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">5.16.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FDCA1A08FDE4" box="[159,1360,524,546]" gridrow="7" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FDCA1D25FDE4" box="[159,637,524,546]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Orbital diameter</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFDCA1C3EFDE4" box="[776,870,524,546]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">5.3</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FDCA1C83FDE4" box="[961,987,524,546]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FDCA1BD5FDE4" box="[1107,1165,524,546]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">5.3</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFDCA1A08FDE4" box="[1258,1360,524,546]" gridcol="4" gridrow="7" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">4.26.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FDF31A08FD8D" box="[159,1360,565,587]" gridrow="8" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FDF31D25FD8D" box="[159,637,565,587]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Interorbital distance</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFDF31C3EFD8D" box="[776,870,565,587]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">15.2</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FDF31C83FD8D" box="[961,987,565,587]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FDF31BD5FD8D" box="[1107,1165,565,587]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">12.5</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFDF31A08FD8D" box="[1258,1360,565,587]" gridcol="4" gridrow="8" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">11.313.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FD981A08FDB2" box="[159,1360,606,628]" gridrow="9" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FD981D25FDB2" box="[159,637,606,628]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Maxillary barbel length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFD981C3EFDB2" box="[776,870,606,628]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">24.6</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FD981C83FDB2" box="[961,987,606,628]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">14</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FD981BD5FDB2" box="[1107,1165,606,628]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">26.2</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFD981A08FDB2" box="[1258,1360,606,628]" gridcol="4" gridrow="9" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">21.634.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FD4E1A08FD58" box="[159,1360,648,670]" gridrow="10" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FD4E1D25FD58" box="[159,637,648,670]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Lateral mental barbel length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFD4E1C3EFD58" box="[776,870,648,670]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">18.4</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FD4E1C83FD58" box="[961,987,648,670]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FD4E1BD5FD58" box="[1107,1165,648,670]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16.7</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFD4E1A08FD58" box="[1258,1360,648,670]" gridcol="4" gridrow="10" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">11.721.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FD771A08FD01" box="[159,1360,689,711]" gridrow="11" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FD771D25FD01" box="[159,637,689,711]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Mesial mental barbel length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFD771C3EFD01" box="[776,870,689,711]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">10.3</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FD771C83FD01" box="[961,987,689,711]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FD771BD5FD01" box="[1107,1165,689,711]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">10.0</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFD771A08FD01" box="[1258,1360,689,711]" gridcol="4" gridrow="11" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">8.012.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FD1C1A08FD36" box="[159,1360,730,752]" gridrow="12" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FD1C1D25FD36" box="[159,637,730,752]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Mouth width</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFD1C1C3EFD36" box="[776,870,730,752]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">13.1</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FD1C1C83FD36" box="[961,987,730,752]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FD1C1BD5FD36" box="[1107,1165,730,752]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">10.3</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFD1C1A08FD36" box="[1258,1360,730,752]" gridcol="4" gridrow="12" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">8.911.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FCC21A08FCDC" box="[159,1360,772,794]" gridrow="13" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FCC21D25FCDC" box="[159,637,772,794]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Width of cephalic shield at lateral ethmoid area</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFCC21C3EFCDC" box="[776,870,772,794]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">14.9</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FCC21C83FCDC" box="[961,987,772,794]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FCC21BD5FCDC" box="[1107,1165,772,794]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">13.4</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFCC21A08FCDC" box="[1258,1360,772,794]" gridcol="4" gridrow="13" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">11.614.8</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FCEB1A08FC85" box="[159,1360,813,835]" gridrow="14" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FCEB1D25FC85" box="[159,637,813,835]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Width of cephalic shield at frontals area</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFCEB1C3EFC85" box="[776,870,813,835]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">10.9</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FCEB1C83FC85" box="[961,987,813,835]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FCEB1BD5FC85" box="[1107,1165,813,835]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">9.7</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFCEB1A08FC85" box="[1258,1360,813,835]" gridcol="4" gridrow="14" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">8.711.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FC901A08FCAA" box="[159,1360,854,876]" gridrow="15" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FC901D25FCAA" box="[159,637,854,876]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Width of cephalic shield at supracleithrum area</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFC901C3EFCAA" box="[776,870,854,876]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">19.3</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FC901C83FCAA" box="[961,987,854,876]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FC901BD5FCAA" box="[1107,1165,854,876]" gridcol="3" gridrow="15" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">18.2</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFC901A08FCAA" box="[1258,1360,854,876]" gridcol="4" gridrow="15" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16.919.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FC461A08FC50" box="[159,1360,896,918]" gridrow="16" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FC461D25FC50" box="[159,637,896,918]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Parietosupraoccipital process length</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FC6F1A08FC79" box="[159,1360,937,959]" gridrow="17" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FC6F1D25FC79" box="[159,637,937,959]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Parietosupraoccipital process width</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FC141A08FC2E" box="[159,1360,978,1000]" gridrow="18" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FC141D25FC2E" box="[159,637,978,1000]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Nuchal-plate length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFC141C3EFC2E" box="[776,870,978,1000]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">5.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FC3A1A08FBD4" box="[159,1360,1020,1042]" gridrow="19" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FC3A1D25FBD4" box="[159,637,1020,1042]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Nuchal-plate width</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFC3A1C3EFBD4" box="[776,870,1020,1042]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">7.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FBE31A08FBFD" box="[159,1360,1061,1083]" gridrow="20" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FBE31D25FBFD" box="[159,637,1061,1083]" gridcol="0" gridrow="20" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Body depth</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FBE31C83FBFD" box="[961,987,1061,1083]" gridcol="2" gridrow="20" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FBE31BD5FBFD" box="[1107,1165,1061,1083]" gridcol="3" gridrow="20" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">18.7</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFBE31A08FBFD" box="[1258,1360,1061,1083]" gridcol="4" gridrow="20" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">15.421.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FB881A08FBA2" box="[159,1360,1102,1124]" gridrow="21" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FB881D25FBA2" box="[159,637,1102,1124]" gridcol="0" gridrow="21" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Body width</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FB881C83FBA2" box="[961,987,1102,1124]" gridcol="2" gridrow="21" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FB881BD5FBA2" box="[1107,1165,1102,1124]" gridcol="3" gridrow="21" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">20.0</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFB881A08FBA2" box="[1258,1360,1102,1124]" gridcol="4" gridrow="21" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">18.421.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FBBE1A08FB48" box="[159,1360,1144,1166]" gridrow="22" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FBBE1D25FB48" box="[159,637,1144,1166]" gridcol="0" gridrow="22" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Distance from snout to pectoral fin</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FBBE1C83FB48" box="[961,987,1144,1166]" gridcol="2" gridrow="22" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FBBE1BD5FB48" box="[1107,1165,1144,1166]" gridcol="3" gridrow="22" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">21.2</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFBBE1A08FB48" box="[1258,1360,1144,1166]" gridcol="4" gridrow="22" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">19.624.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FB671A08FB71" box="[159,1360,1185,1207]" gridrow="23" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FB671D25FB71" box="[159,637,1185,1207]" gridcol="0" gridrow="23" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Distance from snout to dorsal fin</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FB671C83FB71" box="[961,987,1185,1207]" gridcol="2" gridrow="23" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FB671BD5FB71" box="[1107,1165,1185,1207]" gridcol="3" gridrow="23" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">34.1</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFB671A08FB71" box="[1258,1360,1185,1207]" gridcol="4" gridrow="23" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">30.736.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FB0C1A08FB26" box="[159,1360,1226,1248]" gridrow="24" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FB0C1D25FB26" box="[159,637,1226,1248]" gridcol="0" gridrow="24" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Distance from snout to pelvic fin</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FB0C1C83FB26" box="[961,987,1226,1248]" gridcol="2" gridrow="24" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FB0C1BD5FB26" box="[1107,1165,1226,1248]" gridcol="3" gridrow="24" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">52.5</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFB0C1A08FB26" box="[1258,1360,1226,1248]" gridcol="4" gridrow="24" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">50.455.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FB321A08FACC" box="[159,1360,1268,1290]" gridrow="25" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FB321D25FACC" box="[159,637,1268,1290]" gridcol="0" gridrow="25" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Distance from snout to adipose fin</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FB321C83FACC" box="[961,987,1268,1290]" gridcol="2" gridrow="25" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FB321BD5FACC" box="[1107,1165,1268,1290]" gridcol="3" gridrow="25" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">74.2</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFB321A08FACC" box="[1258,1360,1268,1290]" gridcol="4" gridrow="25" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">69.276.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FADB1A08FAF5" box="[159,1360,1309,1331]" gridrow="26" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FADB1D25FAF5" box="[159,637,1309,1331]" gridcol="0" gridrow="26" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Distance from snout to anal fin</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FADB1C83FAF5" box="[961,987,1309,1331]" gridcol="2" gridrow="26" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FADB1BD5FAF5" box="[1107,1165,1309,1331]" gridcol="3" gridrow="26" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">69.9</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFADB1A08FAF5" box="[1258,1360,1309,1331]" gridcol="4" gridrow="26" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">65.872.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FA801A08FA9A" box="[159,1360,1350,1372]" gridrow="27" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FA801D25FA9A" box="[159,637,1350,1372]" gridcol="0" gridrow="27" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Caudal-peduncle height</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFA801C3EFA9A" box="[776,870,1350,1372]" gridcol="1" gridrow="27" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">7.7</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FA801C83FA9A" box="[961,987,1350,1372]" gridcol="2" gridrow="27" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FA801BD5FA9A" box="[1107,1165,1350,1372]" gridcol="3" gridrow="27" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">7.3</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFA801A08FA9A" box="[1258,1360,1350,1372]" gridcol="4" gridrow="27" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">6.58.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FAB61A08FA40" box="[159,1360,1392,1414]" gridrow="28" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FAB61D25FA40" box="[159,637,1392,1414]" gridcol="0" gridrow="28" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Pectoral-fin spine length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFAB61C3EFA40" box="[776,870,1392,1414]" gridcol="1" gridrow="28" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">18.7</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FAB61C83FA40" box="[961,987,1392,1414]" gridcol="2" gridrow="28" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">4</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FAB61BD5FA40" box="[1107,1165,1392,1414]" gridcol="3" gridrow="28" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">21.5</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFAB61A08FA40" box="[1258,1360,1392,1414]" gridcol="4" gridrow="28" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">20.122.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FA5F1A08FA69" box="[159,1360,1433,1455]" gridrow="29" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FA5F1D25FA69" box="[159,637,1433,1455]" gridcol="0" gridrow="29" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Dorsal-fin spine length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFA5F1C3EFA69" box="[776,870,1433,1455]" gridcol="1" gridrow="29" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">18.2</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FA5F1C83FA69" box="[961,987,1433,1455]" gridcol="2" gridrow="29" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">4</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FA5F1BD5FA69" box="[1107,1165,1433,1455]" gridcol="3" gridrow="29" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">22.1</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFA5F1A08FA69" box="[1258,1360,1433,1455]" gridcol="4" gridrow="29" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">20.622.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FA041A08FA1E" box="[159,1360,1474,1496]" gridrow="30" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FA041D25FA1E" box="[159,637,1474,1496]" gridcol="0" gridrow="30" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Pelvic-fin base length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFA041C3EFA1E" box="[776,870,1474,1496]" gridcol="1" gridrow="30" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">5.0</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FA041C83FA1E" box="[961,987,1474,1496]" gridcol="2" gridrow="30" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FA041BD5FA1E" box="[1107,1165,1474,1496]" gridcol="3" gridrow="30" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">4.5</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFA041A08FA1E" box="[1258,1360,1474,1496]" gridcol="4" gridrow="30" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">3.26.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9FA2A1A08F9C4" box="[159,1360,1516,1538]" gridrow="31" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9FA2A1D25F9C4" box="[159,637,1516,1538]" gridcol="0" gridrow="31" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Pelvic-fin height</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A27EFA2A1C3EF9C4" box="[776,870,1516,1538]" gridcol="1" gridrow="31" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">14.6</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7FA2A1C83F9C4" box="[961,987,1516,1538]" gridcol="2" gridrow="31" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">15</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525FA2A1BD5F9C4" box="[1107,1165,1516,1538]" gridcol="3" gridrow="31" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">17.6</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CFA2A1A08F9C4" box="[1258,1360,1516,1538]" gridcol="4" gridrow="31" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">14.421.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9F9D31A08F9ED" box="[159,1360,1557,1579]" gridrow="32" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9F9D31D25F9ED" box="[159,637,1557,1579]" gridcol="0" gridrow="32" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Adipose-fin base length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7F9D31C83F9ED" box="[961,987,1557,1579]" gridcol="2" gridrow="32" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525F9D31BD5F9ED" box="[1107,1165,1557,1579]" gridcol="3" gridrow="32" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">8.6</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CF9D31A08F9ED" box="[1258,1360,1557,1579]" gridcol="4" gridrow="32" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">6.511.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9F9F81A08F992" box="[159,1360,1598,1620]" gridrow="33" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9F9F81D25F992" box="[159,637,1598,1620]" gridcol="0" gridrow="33" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Adipose-fin height</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9F9AE1A08F9B8" box="[159,1360,1640,1662]" gridrow="34" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9F9AE1D25F9B8" box="[159,637,1640,1662]" gridcol="0" gridrow="34" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Anal-fin base length</th>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A2B7F9AE1C83F9B8" box="[961,987,1640,1662]" gridcol="2" gridrow="34" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">16</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A525F9AE1BD5F9B8" box="[1107,1165,1640,1662]" gridcol="3" gridrow="34" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">14.2</td>
<td id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A59CF9AE1A08F9B8" box="[1258,1360,1640,1662]" gridcol="4" gridrow="34" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">12.316.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9F9571A08F961" box="[159,1360,1681,1703]" gridrow="35" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9F9571D25F961" box="[159,637,1681,1703]" gridcol="0" gridrow="35" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Anal-fin height</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9F97C1A08F916" box="[159,1360,1722,1744]" gridrow="36" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9F97C1D25F916" box="[159,637,1722,1744]" gridcol="0" gridrow="36" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Caudal-fin upper lobe length</th>
</tr>
<tr id="35009F47FF9C0011A1E9F9221A08F93C" box="[159,1360,1764,1786]" gridrow="37" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1" rowspan-4="1">
<th id="76D1F63BFF9C0011A1E9F9221D25F93C" box="[159,637,1764,1786]" gridcol="0" gridrow="37" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Caudal-fin lower lobe length</th>
</tr>
</table>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9CFFCBA1B1F8F81DCFF8BD" blockId="37.[151,1436,1854,2023]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA1B1F8F81C1FF891" bold="true" box="[199,839,1854,1879]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Molecular evidence and phylogenetic relationships.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9CFFCBA223F8F91B4EF890" box="[853,1046,1855,1878]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA223F8F91B4EF890" box="[853,1046,1855,1878]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Ariopsis simonsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
is the sister species of a clade including
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9CFFCBA071F8A51EC8F8BD" box="[263,400,1891,1915]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="seemanni">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA071F8A51EC8F8BD" box="[263,400,1891,1915]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">A. seemanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9CFFCBA0B1F8A51D6DF8BD" box="[455,565,1891,1915]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="canteri">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA0B1F8A51D6DF8BD" box="[455,565,1891,1915]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">A. canteri</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
(
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9CFFCBA333F8A41DD1F8BD" box="[581,649,1890,1915]" captionStart="FIGURE 9" captionStartId="13.[151,250,1170,1192]" captionTargetBox="[155,1429,517,1149]" captionTargetId="figure@13.[151,1436,517,1149]" captionTargetPageId="13" captionText="FIGURE 9. A, Clade including the genera Sciades + Potamarius + Ariopsis, extracted from the Ariidae tree of Betancur-R. et al. (2012), including five of the eight species of Ariopsis validated herein. The complete time tree was estimated using a Bayesian analysis of five mitochondrial and six nuclear gene fragments and 19 calibration points (both inside and outside Ariidae). B, Rooted RAxML phylogram with expanded specimen sampling for six species of Ariopsis, but based on the analysis of only two mitochondrial genes (Cyt b and ATPase 8 / 6; 1937 bp). Nodal numbers indicate RAxML bootstrap support values and posterior probability values (MrBayes tree), respectively. The RAxML and MrBayes trees are identical with respect to topology and highly similar with respect to branch lengths. Two letter country codes follow ISO- 3166." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828861/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Fig. 9</figureCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32ACE8EFF9CFFCBA1B1F8401AC4F820" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9CFFCBA1B1F8401AC4F820" blockId="37.[151,1436,1854,2023]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA1B1F8401E63F859" bold="true" box="[199,315,1926,1951]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Remarks.</emphasis>
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9CFFCBA032F8411D58F858" box="[324,512,1927,1950]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA032F8411D58F858" box="[324,512,1927,1950]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Ariopsis simonsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was described by
<bibRefCitation id="EFA1E0F4FF9CFFCBA3AFF8401C2AF859" author="Starks" box="[729,882,1926,1951]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" refString="Starks, E. C. (1906) On a collection of fishes made by P. O. Simons in Ecuador and Peru. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 30, 761 - 800, pls. 65 - 66." type="journal article" year="1906">Starks (1906)</bibRefCitation>
based on a single specimen collected at
<collectingRegion id="49F453E7FF9CFFCBA43AF8401AC0F859" box="[1356,1432,1926,1951]" country="Peru" name="Callao" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Callao</collectingRegion>
,
<collectingCountry id="F327DD95FF9CFFCBA1E1F86D1F93F804" box="[151,203,1963,1986]" name="Peru" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Peru</collectingCountry>
(
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9CFFCBA1ABF86C1E63F805" box="[221,315,1962,1987]" captionStart="FIGURE 20" captionStartId="35.[151,250,741,763]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,337,719]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,337,719]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 20. Body in lateral view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828883/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">Figs. 20</figureCitation>
and
<figureCitation id="130B8180FF9CFFCBA00EF86D1ECFF805" box="[376,407,1963,1987]" captionStart="FIGURE 21" captionStartId="35.[151,250,1577,1599]" captionTargetBox="[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetId="figure@35.[151,1436,812,1556]" captionTargetPageId="35" captionText="FIGURE 21. Head in dorsal view. Ariopsis simonsi, Holotype, USNM 53466." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/828885/files/figure.png" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">21</figureCitation>
).
<bibRefCitation id="EFA1E0F4FF9CFFCBA0D9F86C1D0BF805" author="Wilson" box="[431,595,1962,1987]" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" refString="Wilson, C. (1916) Some marine fishes from Colombia and Ecuador. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, 10 (1 / 2), 57 - 70." type="journal article" year="1916">Wilson (1916)</bibRefCitation>
validated
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9CFFCBA3B8F86D1C1EF805" box="[718,838,1963,1987]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="37" pageNumber="38" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA3B8F86D1C1EF805" box="[718,838,1963,1987]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">A. simonsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
based on specimens collected at Buenaventura and Tumaco, thus broadening the geographical range of this species. In several more recent treatments, however,
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9CFFCBA4F2F8091AC4F820" box="[1412,1436,1999,2022]" italics="true" pageId="37" pageNumber="38">A.</emphasis>
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="C32ACE8EFF9FFFC8A1E1FF5F1CE9FD6E" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9FFFC8A1E1FF5F1B4EFE4E" blockId="38.[151,1436,151,680]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9FFFC8A1E1FF5F1FB4FF76" ID-CoL="3F3FX" box="[151,236,153,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A1E1FF5F1FB4FF76" box="[151,236,153,176]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">simonsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was synonymized with
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A37FFF5E1DCDFF76" box="[521,661,152,176]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">A. seemanni</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA1E0F4FF9FFFC8A3D1FF511C84FF76" author="Meek" box="[679,988,151,176]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" refString="Meek, S. E. &amp; Hildebrand, S. F. (1923) The marine fishes of Panama. - Part I. Publication. Zoological Series, Field Museum of Natural History, 15, i - xi + 1 - 330, pls. 1 - 24." type="journal article" year="1923">Meek &amp; Hildebrand, 1923</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
and
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A554FF511A5BFF76" box="[1058,1283,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">Galeichthys jordani</emphasis>
(
<bibRefCitation id="EFA1E0F4FF9FFFC8A463FF511F8BFF13" author="Hildebrand" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" refString="Hildebrand, S. F. (1946) A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru. In: United States National Museum Bulletin 189. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., pp. 1 - 530." type="journal article" year="1946">Hildebrand, 1946</bibRefCitation>
)
</taxonomicName>
.
<bibRefCitation id="EFA1E0F4FF9FFFC8A19FFF7A1EE3FF13" author="Hildebrand" box="[233,443,188,213]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" refString="Hildebrand, S. F. (1946) A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru. In: United States National Museum Bulletin 189. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., pp. 1 - 530." type="journal article" year="1946">Hildebrand (1946)</bibRefCitation>
also compared two specimens collected at Cabo Blanco, Peru (
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TL), the type specimen of
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A01DFF261EBBFF3E" box="[363,483,224,248]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">A. simonsi</emphasis>
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, and a specimen from Tumbes, Peru (
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TL), with specimens collected in Panama. The author inferred that the specimens from Peru are closer to
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A2CDFEC31B73FEDB" box="[955,1067,260,285]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">G. jordani</emphasis>
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, than to
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A5FBFEC21A4EFEDA" box="[1165,1302,260,284]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">A. seemanni</emphasis>
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, supporting his conclusions on a series of observations; e.g., “the large eye, the rather flat deep snout with nearly vertical edges, the mouth flat interorbital, which rises scarcely more than diameter of pupil above upper margin of eye, and the broad mouth, which is arched forward only slight” (see
<bibRefCitation id="EFA1E0F4FF9FFFC8A27EFEA91C88FE4E" author="Hildebrand" box="[776,976,367,392]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" refString="Hildebrand, S. F. (1946) A descriptive catalog of the shore fishes of Peru. In: United States National Museum Bulletin 189. Smithsonian Institution, Washington D. C., pp. 1 - 530." type="journal article" year="1946">Hildebrand, 1946</bibRefCitation>
: 126).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="8B8F9D05FF9FFFC8A1B1FE521CE9FD6E" blockId="38.[151,1436,151,680]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">
The difficulty of identifying
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<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A366FE521DDEFE6A" box="[528,646,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">A. simonsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and differentiating it from
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9FFFC8A2B5FE521B16FE6A" ID-CoL="GMXM" box="[963,1102,404,428]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="seemanni">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A2B5FE521B16FE6A" box="[963,1102,404,428]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">A. seemanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
results from the fact that the profile of the lateral margin of the sphenotic is the only character separating this species, which had hitherto been differentiated only by reference to combined morphometric, meristic and osteological features apparent on the type and non-type specimens. The taxonomic value of a specific osteological marker on the sphenotic has been confirmed by molecular analysis, which supports the presence of
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9FFFC8A2E0FDE21B56FDFA" ID-CoL="3F3FX" box="[918,1038,548,572]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="simonsi">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A2E0FDE21B56FDFA" box="[918,1038,548,572]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">A. simonsi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in Colombia and Ecuador and its differentiation from
<taxonomicName id="4C30E686FF9FFFC8A00CFD8E1D5BFDA6" ID-CoL="GMXM" box="[378,515,584,608]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ariidae" genus="Ariopsis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Siluriformes" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="seemanni">
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A00CFD8E1D5BFDA6" box="[378,515,584,608]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">A. seemanni</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Panama. (Fig, 9). A recent study of the genetic and morphological responses of ariid catfish to the transition from marine to fresh water likewise underlined the need to test seemingly slight, but constant, osteological details with molecular data (
<bibRefCitation id="EFA1E0F4FF9FFFC8A3B8FD561CFDFD6E" author="Stange" box="[718,933,655,680]" pageId="38" pageNumber="39" refString="Stange, M., Aguirre-Fernandez, G., Cooke, R. G., Barros, Salzburger, W. T. &amp; Sanchez-Villagra, M. R. (2016) Evolution of opercle bone shape along a macrohabitat gradient: species identification using mtDNA and geometric morphometric analyses in neotropical sea catfishes (Ariidae). Ecology and Evolution, 6 (16), 5817 - 5830." type="journal article" year="2016">
Stange
<emphasis id="B9444117FF9FFFC8A254FD571C39FD6E" box="[802,865,655,680]" italics="true" pageId="38" pageNumber="39">et al.,</emphasis>
2016
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
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