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(
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;
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.
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, bottom trawl,
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,
<date id="4B351032FF97FFFBFAFCDC92FF1E2FE4" pageId="9" pageNumber="80" value="2010-01-22">22 Jan. 2010</date>
, coll. H.-C. Ho.
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.
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TL. Collected from Dong-gang fish market, Pingtung, SW
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, bottom trawl,
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF97FFFBFE82DD27FE992E3C" box="[308,341,1305,1328]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="80">ca.</emphasis>
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:
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,
<date id="4B351032FF97FFFBFC86DD26FC772E3C" box="[816,955,1304,1328]" pageId="9" pageNumber="80" value="2001-11-08">8 Nov. 2001</date>
;
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),
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;
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),
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;
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),
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;
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237404 (
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), collected with
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12843;
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14079 (ex.
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),
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;
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),
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), no date;
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, 617 mm), collected with the
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237403 (formerly
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),
<date id="4B351032FF97FFFBFB4ADD96FA5B2ECC" box="[1276,1431,1448,1472]" pageId="9" pageNumber="80" value="2011-11-10">10 Nov. 2011</date>
;
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237383 (
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),
<date id="4B351032FF97FFFBFE1BDDF2FD842EE8" box="[429,584,1484,1509]" pageId="9" pageNumber="80" value="2007-12-25">25 Dec. 2007</date>
. Collected from Ke-tzu-liao, Kaohsiung, SW
<collectingCountry id="479C7662FF97FFFBFBFFDDF2FB6C2EE9" box="[1097,1184,1484,1509]" name="Taiwan" pageId="9" pageNumber="80">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
:
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17850 (
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),
<date id="4B351032FF97FFFBFF6CDDCEFEBB2D04" box="[218,375,1520,1544]" pageId="9" pageNumber="80" value="2012-08-20">20 Aug. 2012</date>
.
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A moderately elongate species of
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with: tail 5052%, head 910%, and body depth at gill opening 2.63.2% of total length; dorsal-fin origin above mid-pectoral fin; pectoral fin wedge-shaped, not elongate and well-developed; posterior nostril a hole within upper lip opening into mouth, not visible externally; a conspicuous upper lip barbel behind anterior nostril; pores small but conspicuous, SO 1+4, IO 6+2, POM 6+3; teeth small and conical, uniserial on jaws and mandible; coloration uniform grayish-brown, throat and ventral trunk region gray, body and tail brown, fins pale; total vertebrae 155164, mean vertebral formula 11-69-159.
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Counts and measurements of the
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(in mm).
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Total length 615; head 55.8; trunk 239.2; tail 320; predorsal distance 67.3; pectoral-fin length 11.8; pectoral-fin base 3.3; body depth
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF97FFFBFBE7DF2FFBBE2C24" box="[1105,1138,1809,1832]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="80">ca.</emphasis>
19 at gill openings; body width
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF97FFFBFF68DF0BFECC2C40" box="[222,256,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="80">ca.</emphasis>
18 at gill openings; body depth at anus
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF97FFFBFD77DF0BFD2E2C40" box="[705,738,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="80">ca.</emphasis>
19; body width at anus
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF97FFFBFC47DF0BFBDE2C40" box="[1009,1042,1845,1868]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="80">ca.</emphasis>
17; body depth at branchial basket
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF97FFFBFF21DF67FF742C7C" box="[151,184,1881,1904]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="80">ca.</emphasis>
22.5; snout 12.0; tip of snout to rictus 16.7; snout overhang beyond tip of lower jaw 4.1; eye diameter 5.7; interorbital width 8.7; gill opening height 6.0; isthmus width 12.7. Left lateral-line pores 70; total pores 146. Vertebral formula 12-68-155.
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF94FFF8FF21DF2EFEDD2C29" bold="true" box="[151,273,1808,1829]" pageId="10" pageNumber="81">FIGURE 7.</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF94FFF8FEADDF2EFE042C29" box="[283,456,1808,1829]" italics="true" pageId="10" pageNumber="81">Ophichthus shaoi</emphasis>
McCosker &amp; Ho
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,
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF94FFF8FD3ADF2EFD112C29" bold="true" box="[652,733,1808,1829]" pageId="10" pageNumber="81">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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A. NMMB-P 12228, holotype, 615 mm TL. BC. NMMB-P 17850, paratype, 586 mm TL. Bars indicate the origins of the dorsal fin (left) and anal fin (right).
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF94FFF8FF71DFADFE952CA0" bold="true" box="[199,345,1939,1964]" pageId="10" pageNumber="81">Description.</emphasis>
Body moderately elongate (
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), subcircular to posterior tail region, then becoming more compressed, its depth at gill openings
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TL. Branchial basket slightly expanded. Head
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trunk. Head and trunk 2.02.1 and head
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TL. Snout pointed, moderately acute when viewed from above; underside of snout bisected by a v-shaped groove that extends nearly to base of anterior nostrils. Lower jaw included, its tip nearly reaching to posterior edge of anterior nostril tube. Upper jaw moderately elongated, rictus below a vertical from posterior margin of eye. Eye moderate, its center in posterior fifth of upper jaw,
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upper jaw and
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head. Anterior nostrils tubular, extending ventrolaterally from snout at
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF95FFF9FB57D936FACE2A13" box="[1249,1282,264,287]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">ca.</emphasis>
45o, reaching tip of chin when directed downward. Posterior nostril a hole within upper lip and opening into mouth, not visible externally. Two down-pointing barbels along upper lip, the first prominent, behind base of anterior nostril by length of nostril base, the second, smaller, beneath anterior margin of orbit. Dorsal-fin origin begins behind middle of pectoral fin. Median fins low but obvious, lying within a groove, ending approximately an eye diameter before pointed tail tip. Pectoral fins wedge-shaped, not elongate and lanceolate, the longest rays slightly above mid fin.
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF95FFF9FF21DA3CFECC291B" bold="true" box="[151,256,514,535]" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">TABLE 3.</emphasis>
Counts and proportions (in thousandths) of the holotype and selected paratypes of
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF95FFF9FB81DA3CFB2D291B" box="[1079,1249,514,535]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Ophichthus shaoi</emphasis>
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF95FFF9FB5FDA3CFAF4291B" bold="true" box="[1257,1336,514,535]" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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(NMMB- P2894, 11147, 13656, 13849, 14079, 17850, 18019, CAS 237383 and CAS 237403).
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<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF95FFF9FF29DABCFB2D299B" blockId="11.[159,1249,598,663]" box="[159,1249,642,663]" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">TL (mm) 615 485623 (n=9)</paragraph>
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mean range HL/TL 91 94 9099 Head and trunk/TL 489 489 477496 Head pores apparent (
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). Single median interorbital and temporal pores. Supraorbital pores 1+4, infraorbital pores 4+2 (labial pores 23 separated by a wide gap), lower jaw pores 6, preopercular pores 3, supratemporal pores 3. Faint rows of minute sensory papillae along the nape. Lateral-line pores faint but apparent; 911 before gill opening in an arching sequence, 1114 before dorsal-fin origin, 6972 before anus, 145149 total, the last about a jaw length before tail tip.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF95FFF9FF29DB00FAFF2E63" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
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<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DB00FAFF285F" box="[159,1331,830,851]" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DB00FEB4285F" box="[159,376,830,851]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Trunk/TL</th>
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DB00FCF7285F" box="[791,827,830,851]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">398</th>
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDB00FBD2285F" box="[1000,1054,830,851]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">395</th>
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADB00FAFF285F" box="[1244,1331,830,851]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">385404</th>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DB54FAFF2873" box="[159,1331,874,895]" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DB54FEB42873" box="[159,376,874,895]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Tail/TL</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DB54FCF72873" box="[791,827,874,895]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">511</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDB54FBD22873" box="[1000,1054,874,895]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">511</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADB54FAFF2873" box="[1244,1331,874,895]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">504523</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DBA8FAFF28A7" box="[159,1331,918,939]" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DBA8FEB428A7" box="[159,376,918,939]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Dorsal fin-origin/TL</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DBA8FCF728A7" box="[791,827,918,939]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">109</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDBA8FBD228A7" box="[1000,1054,918,939]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">107</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADBA8FAFF28A7" box="[1244,1331,918,939]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">101117</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DBF6FAFF28D1" box="[159,1331,968,989]" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DBF6FEB428D1" box="[159,376,968,989]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Pectoral fin-length/HL</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DBF6FCF728D1" box="[791,827,968,989]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">213</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDBF6FBD228D1" box="[1000,1054,968,989]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">238</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADBF6FAFF28D1" box="[1244,1331,968,989]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">197289</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DBCAFAFF2F05" box="[159,1331,1012,1033]" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DBCAFEB42F05" box="[159,376,1012,1033]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Upper jaw/HL</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DBCAFCF72F05" box="[791,827,1012,1033]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">367</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDBCAFBD22F05" box="[1000,1054,1012,1033]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">331</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADBCAFAFF2F05" box="[1244,1331,1012,1033]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">298367</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DC1EFAFF2F39" box="[159,1331,1056,1077]" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DC1EFEB42F39" box="[159,376,1056,1077]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Snout/HL</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DC1EFCF72F39" box="[791,827,1056,1077]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">216</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDC1EFBD22F39" box="[1000,1054,1056,1077]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">217</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADC1EFAFF2F39" box="[1244,1331,1056,1077]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">195230</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DC72FAFF2F6D" box="[159,1331,1100,1121]" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DC72FEB42F6D" box="[159,376,1100,1121]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Eye/HL</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DC72FCF72F6D" box="[791,827,1100,1121]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">109</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDC72FBD22F6D" box="[1000,1054,1100,1121]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">109</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADC72FAFF2F6D" box="[1244,1331,1100,1121]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">98117</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DC46FAFF2F81" box="[159,1331,1144,1165]" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DC46FEB42F81" box="[159,376,1144,1165]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Depth at GO/TL</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DC46FCF72F81" box="[791,827,1144,1165]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">29</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDC46FBD22F81" box="[1000,1054,1144,1165]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">29</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADC46FAFF2F81" box="[1244,1331,1144,1165]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">2633</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DC94FAFF2FB3" box="[159,1331,1194,1215]" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DC94FEB42FB3" box="[159,376,1194,1215]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Width/depth at GO</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DC94FCF72FB3" box="[791,827,1194,1215]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">947</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDC94FBD22FB3" box="[1000,1054,1194,1215]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">911</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADC94FAFF2FB3" box="[1244,1331,1194,1215]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">829964</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DCE8FAFF2FE7" box="[159,1331,1238,1259]" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="82" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1" rowspan-3="1">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DCE8FEB42FE7" box="[159,376,1238,1259]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Vertebral counts</th>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DD3CFAFF2E1B" box="[159,1331,1282,1303]" gridrow="10" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DD3CFEB42E1B" box="[159,376,1282,1303]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Predorsal vertebrae</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DD3CFCF72E1B" box="[791,827,1282,1303]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">12</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDD3CFBD22E1B" box="[1000,1054,1282,1303]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">11.1</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADD3CFAFF2E1B" box="[1244,1331,1282,1303]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">1012</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DD10FAFF2E4F" box="[159,1331,1326,1347]" gridrow="11" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DD10FEB42E4F" box="[159,376,1326,1347]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Preanal vertebrae</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DD10FCF72E4F" box="[791,827,1326,1347]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">68</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDD10FBD22E4F" box="[1000,1054,1326,1347]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">69.1</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADD10FAFF2E4F" box="[1244,1331,1326,1347]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">6872</td>
</tr>
<tr id="81BB34B0FF95000DFF29DD64FAFF2E63" box="[159,1331,1370,1391]" gridrow="12" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">
<th id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFF29DD64FEB42E63" box="[159,376,1370,1391]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">Total vertebrae</th>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFCA1DD64FCF72E63" box="[791,827,1370,1391]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">155</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFC5EDD64FBD22E63" box="[1000,1054,1370,1391]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">159.1</td>
<td id="C26A5DCCFF95000DFB6ADD64FAFF2E63" box="[1244,1331,1370,1391]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">155164</td>
</tr>
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</paragraph>
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Teeth (
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) small, conical, slightly retrorse, uniserial and fairly closely spaced. An intermaxillary rosette of 7 teeth (the largest) followed by a uniserial pair followed by a gap and 14 uniserial vomerine teeth which decrease slightly in size posteriorly. Maxillary teeth
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF95FFF9FD35DEE2FD682DFF" box="[643,676,1756,1779]" italics="true" pageId="11" pageNumber="82">ca.</emphasis>
1618. Mandibular teeth 2830, slightly larger anteriorly, a gap at the symphysis.
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Coloration when fresh (
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) uniformly brownish with head and belly paler. Median fins light brown becoming deep brown about a jaw length before tail tip. Pectoral fin grayish brown. Coloration lacks any notable markings. In preservative uniform gray on head and belly, becoming brown dorsally in trunk behind dorsal-fin origin, becoming uniform brown dorsally in trunk and throughout tail. Median fins white becoming gray/brown about a jaw length before tail tip. Pectoral fin pale gray like head, the upper rays dusky. Snout, anterior nostrils, and tail tip pale. Palate dusky. Peritoneum pale with slight speckling dorsally.
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFF21DA4BFEC02986" bold="true" box="[151,268,629,650]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">FIGURE 8.</emphasis>
Semi-diagrammatic illustration of lateral head of
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFD5DDA4BFC5F2986" box="[747,915,629,650]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">Ophichthus shaoi</emphasis>
McCosker &amp; Ho
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,
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFBF2DA4BFB5C2986" bold="true" box="[1092,1168,629,650]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, from the holotype. Arrows point to the frontal pore (left) and median pore of supratemporal series (right).
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFF21DE61FEC02D78" bold="true" box="[151,268,1631,1652]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">FIGURE 9.</emphasis>
Semi-diagrammatic illustration of dentition of
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFD62DE61FCB12D78" box="[724,893,1631,1652]" italics="true" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">Ophichthus shaoi</emphasis>
McCosker &amp; Ho
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,
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFB86DE61FBB12D78" bold="true" box="[1072,1149,1631,1652]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">sp. nov.</emphasis>
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, from the holotype. A. Upper Jaw. B. Lower Jaw.
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFF71DEDCFF322DF7" bold="true" box="[199,254,1762,1787]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">Size.</emphasis>
The largest known specimen is
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TL.
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<subSubSection id="77916579FF92FFFEFF71DF3BFD4E2C4F" pageId="12" pageNumber="83" type="etymology">
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFF71DF3BFE822C12" bold="true" box="[199,334,1797,1822]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">Etymology.</emphasis>
We are pleased to name this new species in honor of Dr. Kwang-Tsao Shao of the Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica,
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.
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<subSubSection id="77916579FF92FFFEFF71DF73FBAC2C86" pageId="12" pageNumber="83" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF92FFFEFF71DF73FBAC2C86" blockId="12.[151,1436,1762,2003]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFF71DF73FEAC2C6A" bold="true" box="[199,352,1869,1894]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">Distribution.</emphasis>
Known from the
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series, collected from
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depth, northeastern
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off Da-xi fishing port and southwestern
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off Dong-gang and off Ke-tzu-liao fishing ports.
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<subSubSection id="77916579FF92FFFFFF71DFABFBB829FC" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="84" pageId="12" pageNumber="83" type="discussion">
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF92FFFFFF71DFABFBB829FC" blockId="12.[151,1436,1762,2003]" lastBlockId="13.[151,1436,151,752]" lastPageId="13" lastPageNumber="84" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF92FFFEFF71DFABFEF72CA2" bold="true" box="[199,315,1941,1966]" pageId="12" pageNumber="83">Remarks.</emphasis>
This new species is most similar to its congeners which possess: small, conical, uniserial dentition; moderately elongated and rounded bodies; the dorsal fin arising above the pectoral fin; wedge-shaped pectoral fins that are neither elongate nor filliform; a pointed conical snout that is split on its underside; two small snout barbels; a posterior eye location; and a nearly uniform body coloration. On that basis it appears to be most similar to
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFF21D8E1FE462BF4" box="[151,394,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">Ophichthus machidai</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="5B1A4B03FF93FFFFFE25D8E1FD272BF4" author="McCosker" box="[403,747,223,248]" pageId="13" pageNumber="84" refString="McCosker, J. E., Ide, S. &amp; Endo, H. (2012) Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A, 6 (Supplement), 1 - 16." type="journal article" year="2012">McCosker, Ide &amp; Endo, 2012</bibRefCitation>
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, which differs from
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFC6ED8DEFBF52BF4" box="[984,1081,223,248]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">
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. shaoi
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by having more predorsal and fewer preanal vertebrae (MVF 16-58-158 vs. 12-69-160), a slightly more posterior dorsal-fin origin, two rather than three preopercular pores, and slightly biserial vomerine dentition.
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFC62D919FB502A4C" box="[980,1180,295,320]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">Ophichthus shaoi</emphasis>
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appears similar to
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFA37D916FF212A69" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">
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. obtusus
</emphasis>
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which differs from
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFC84D973FC582A69" box="[818,916,332,357]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">
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. shaoi
</emphasis>
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in having fewer total vertebrae (148153 vs. 155164) and fewer preanal vertebrae (MVF 12-55-151 vs. 11-69-159), having black vs. pale median fins, and a shorter snout (1421% of head length vs. 2128% of head length).
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFC26D9AAFB992AA1" box="[912,1109,404,429]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">Ophichthus shaoi</emphasis>
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also appears to be similar to
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. apicalis
</emphasis>
(
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)
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which differs from
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFD02D986FCD92ADC" box="[692,789,439,464]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">
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. shaoi
</emphasis>
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by having fewer total (141146 vs. 155164) and fewer preanal vertebrae (MVF 13-51-144 vs. 11-69-159), a longer tail (6263% of TL vs. 5152% of TL), and a shorter snout (2022% of head length vs. 2128% of head length).
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFC8BD9C1FBCE2914" box="[829,1026,511,536]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">Ophichthus shaoi</emphasis>
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differs in appearance from all of its Taiwanese congeners in its brown dorsal body coloration, which is subtly different in appearance than that of its grayish relatives.
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF93FFFFFED5DA79FDE7296C" box="[355,555,583,608]" italics="true" pageId="13" pageNumber="84">Ophichthus shaoi</emphasis>
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might also be mistaken for
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. urolophus
</emphasis>
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¸ another SE Asian trawl and trapcaught ophichthid, which is similar in appearance and proportions, but differs in its dorsal-fin origin (above midpectoral fin vs. slightly behind), its slightly more slender body depth (2631 vs.
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TL), its total vertebrae (155164 vs. 134139), and in its body coloration (pale orange vs. uniformly brown when fresh, and brown dorsally and throughout tail vs. pale ventrally and pale-brown dorsally when preserved).
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