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McCosker & Ho
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9CFFF0FF21DB8AFE0128C1" bold="true" box="[151,461,948,973]" pageId="2" pageNumber="73">Many-vertebrae snake eel</emphasis>
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, holotype, NMMB-P 14218, 537 mm TL. Bars indicate the origins of the dorsal fin (left) and anal fin (right). A. Lateral view of whole fish. B. Lateral view of left head.
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Sea [collected from the fish landing ground near Dong-gang fish market], ca.
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, coll. H.-C. Ho.
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TL. Collected from near the
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), male,
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),
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<date id="4B351032FF9DFFF1FD63D93AFCBA2A10" box="[725,886,260,284]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" value="2012-11-14">14 Nov. 2012</date>
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), female,
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. Collected from Da-xi, Yilan, NE
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:
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),
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<date id="4B351032FF9DFFF1FB87D916FB732A4C" box="[1073,1215,296,320]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" value="2003-03-01">1 Mar. 2003</date>
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, partially dried and twisted specimens.
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FF71D951FE8D2A84" bold="true" box="[199,321,367,392]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Diagnosis.</emphasis>
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An elongate species of
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with: tail 65–69%, head 7.6–8.3%, and body depth at gill opening 1.8–2.3% of total length; tail tip flexible, caudal-fin rays covered by skin, but confluent with dorsal and anal; dorsal-fin origin nearly 1 head length behind gill opening; pectoral fin pointed, not elongate and well-developed; posterior nostril within upper lip, opening into mouth; pores small, inconspicuous, SO 1+4, IO 4+2, POM 6+3; teeth small, numerous and conical, biserial on jaws, uniserial on vomer; coloration tan dorsally, pale ventrally, fins pale except anal-fin membrane which is black before tail tip; total vertebrae 172–183, mean vertebral formula 20- 53-177.
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Counts and measurements of the
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(in mm).
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Total length 537; head 41.6; trunk 141.4; tail 354; predorsal distance 82; pectoral-fin length 5.8; pectoral-fin base 1.7; body depth
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11.5 at gill openings; body width
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left side), total pores 174. Vertebral formula 21-55-181.
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</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="77916579FF9DFFF1FF71DB7AFD382D96" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" type="description">
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FF71DB7AFE952851" bold="true" box="[199,345,836,861]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
Body elongate (
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|
||
), subcircular to mid-trunk, then becoming more compressed, its depth at gill openings
|
||
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|
||
TL. Branchial basket slightly expanded. Head
|
||
<quantity id="F8739B17FF9DFFF1FC2BDB59FBC2288C" box="[925,1038,871,896]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="8.128" metricValueMax="8.89" metricValueMin="7.366" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" unit="in" value="3.2" valueMax="3.5" valueMin="2.9">2.9–3.5 in</quantity>
|
||
trunk. Head and trunk 2.9 and head 12.0–
|
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|
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TL. Snout rounded when viewed from above, its underside not bisected by a short groove. Lower jaw included, its tip reaching to middle of base of anterior nostril tube. Upper jaw not elongated, rictus slightly behind a vertical from posterior margin of eye. Eye not enlarged,
|
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|
||
upper jaw and
|
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|
||
head. Anterior nostrils tubular, extending ventrolaterally from snout at
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FD0BDBC2FD132F1F" box="[701,735,1020,1043]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">ca.</emphasis>
|
||
45o, reaching below upper lip but not extending below chin. Posterior nostril a hole within upper lip, covered by a flap that is not cut along upper lip. No barbels along upper lip. Dorsal-fin origin well behind pectoral fin, nearly a head length into trunk length. Median fins low, collapsible into a shallow groove and meeting and extending slightly beyond the flexible tail tip. Pectoral fins pointed, not elongate, slightly shorter than snout.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9DFFF1FF71DC90FF702E5B" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">
|
||
Head pores small, inconspicuous (
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|
||
). Single median interorbital and temporal pores. Supraorbital pores 1+4, infraorbital pores 4+2, lower jaw pores 6, preopercular pores 3, supratemporal pores 5. Lateral-line pores inconspicuous; 9–10 before gill opening in an arching sequence, 22–25 before dorsal-fin origin, 56–60 before anus, except for
|
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one side of the
|
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<typeStatus id="E0308850FF9DFFF1FE4BDD24FDAE2E3F" box="[509,610,1306,1331]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
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; total pores 171–178, the last pore
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FC5ADD22FBC12E3F" box="[1004,1037,1308,1331]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">ca.</emphasis>
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3 times snout length before the tail tip.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9DFFF1FF71DD5CFB642EEB" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">
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Teeth (
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||
) small, conical, numerous and slightly retrorse. One central ethmovomerine tooth flanked by 6–8 uniserial teeth, followed by an irregular row of 30–35 small vomerine teeth, decreasing in size posteriorly. Maxillary teeth irregularly biserial anteriorly, the outer row about 50 smaller teeth, the inner row about 30–40 teeth. Lower jaw with about 35–40 pairs of irregularly biserial teeth, the inner row slightly smaller.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9DFFF1FF71DDCCFE512D7B" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">
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Coloration in life tan dorsally, pale ventrally beneath lateral line (
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). Coloration in ethanol uniform pale brown dorsally, white ventrally. Tail uniform tan. Snout, chin, and anterior nostrils tan. Median and pectoral fins, inside of mouth, anal opening, and peritoneum pale. Anal-fin membrane notably black about 1 head length in advance of pale tail tip.
|
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9DFFF1FF71DEBCFD382D96" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2015]" box="[199,756,1666,1691]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FF71DEBCFF322D97" bold="true" box="[199,254,1666,1691]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Size.</emphasis>
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The largest known specimen is
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TL.
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||
</paragraph>
|
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="77916579FF9DFFF1FF71DE98FE7A2DEF" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9DFFF1FF71DE98FE7A2DEF" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FF71DE98FE822DB3" bold="true" box="[199,334,1702,1727]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Etymology.</emphasis>
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From the Greek
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FDB8DE98FDF22DB3" box="[526,574,1702,1727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">poly</emphasis>
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||
(many), and
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FD62DE98FC882DB3" box="[724,836,1702,1727]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">spondylos</emphasis>
|
||
(vertebrae), in reference to its having more vertebrae than any of its congeners.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="77916579FF9DFFF1FF71DED0FD7A2C27" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" type="distribution">
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<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9DFFF1FF71DED0FD7A2C27" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2015]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FF71DED0FEAC2C0B" bold="true" box="[199,352,1774,1799]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Distribution.</emphasis>
|
||
Known from the
|
||
<typeStatus id="E0308850FF9DFFF1FD9ADECEFD902C04" box="[556,604,1776,1800]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">type</typeStatus>
|
||
series, collected from off Dong-gang fishing port, SW
|
||
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|
||
at a depth around 200 meters, and from Da-xi, NE
|
||
<collectingCountry id="479C7662FF9DFFF1FDEADF2CFD7E2C27" box="[604,690,1810,1835]" name="Taiwan" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
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||
.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
<subSubSection id="77916579FF9DFFF7FF71DF08FAB92EC2" lastPageId="5" lastPageNumber="76" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9DFFF6FF71DF08FBD32BD8" blockId="3.[151,1437,151,2015]" lastBlockId="4.[151,1436,151,213]" lastPageId="4" lastPageNumber="75" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">
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||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FF71DF08FEF72C43" bold="true" box="[199,315,1846,1871]" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Remarks.</emphasis>
|
||
The new species appears to be most similar to
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9DFFF1FCFADF08FAB92C43" authority="Temminck & Schlegel, 1846" authorityName="Temminck & Schlegel" authorityYear="1846" box="[844,1397,1846,1871]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uropterus">
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<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FCFADF08FBD42C43" box="[844,1048,1846,1871]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Echelus uropterus</emphasis>
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(
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||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, its only Indo-Pacific congener, which is known from
|
||
<quantity id="F8739B17FF9DFFF1FD70DF65FC892C7E" box="[710,837,1883,1907]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="2.5" metricValueMax="3.8" metricValueMin="1.2" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" unit="m" value="250.0" valueMax="380.0" valueMin="120.0">120–380 m</quantity>
|
||
depth from east Africa and the
|
||
<collectingCountry id="479C7662FF9DFFF1FB13DF64FAF52C7F" box="[1189,1337,1882,1907]" name="Mozambique" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
|
||
Channel to
|
||
<collectingCountry id="479C7662FF9DFFF1FF03DF40FED32C9B" box="[181,287,1918,1943]" name="Australia" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Australia</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="479C7662FF9DFFF1FE9ADFBEFEB82C94" box="[300,372,1920,1944]" name="Tonga" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Tonga</collectingCountry>
|
||
,
|
||
<collectingCountry id="479C7662FF9DFFF1FE34DF40FE182C9B" box="[386,468,1918,1943]" name="Taiwan" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
|
||
and
|
||
<collectingCountry id="479C7662FF9DFFF1FDB8DFBEFD9D2C9B" box="[526,593,1920,1943]" name="Japan" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Japan</collectingCountry>
|
||
. The most recent synonymy of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9DFFF1FC0ADFBEFB852C9B" box="[956,1097,1920,1943]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uropterus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FC0ADFBEFB852C9B" box="[956,1097,1920,1943]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">E. uropterus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is provided by McCosker (in press a). They differ in their meristics, morphology, and coloration.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9DFFF1FC04DF9CFB792CB7" box="[946,1205,1954,1979]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyspondylus">
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||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FC04DF9CFB792CB7" box="[946,1205,1954,1979]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">Echelus polyspondylus</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
has more vertebrae (172–183 vs.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9DFFF1FE85DFF6FE0C2CD3" box="[307,448,1992,2015]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uropterus">
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||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9DFFF1FE85DFF6FE0C2CD3" box="[307,448,1992,2015]" italics="true" pageId="3" pageNumber="74">E. uropterus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
150–162), a shorter head (
|
||
<quantity id="F8739B17FF9DFFF1FD43DFF9FC962CD3" box="[757,858,1990,2015]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.175" metricValueMax="3.302" metricValueMin="3.048" pageId="3" pageNumber="74" unit="in" value="12.5" valueMax="13.0" valueMin="12.0">12–13 in</quantity>
|
||
TL vs.
|
||
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|
||
TL), a more posterior dorsal-fin origin (one head length behind gill openings vs. above pectoral-fin tips), and in its coloration (dorsal-fin margin clear before tail tip vs. black before tail tip) (
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5B1A4B03FF9AFFF6FD3DD882FBDE2BD8" author="Karrer" box="[651,1042,188,213]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" refString="Karrer, C. (1983) Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale, 23, 1 - 116." type="journal article" year="1983" yearSuffix="a">Karrer, 1983; McCosker in press a</bibRefCitation>
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||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
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||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9AFFF6FF21DA96FC1F29D6" blockId="4.[151,1437,680,730]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FF21DA96FEC129B1" bold="true" box="[151,269,680,701]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">FIGURE 2.</emphasis>
|
||
Semi-diagrammatic illustration of lateral head of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9AFFF6FD41DA96FBB229B1" authority="McCosker & Ho" authorityName="McCosker & Ho" box="[759,1150,680,701]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyspondylus" status="sp. nov.">
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||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FD41DA96FC1829B1" box="[759,980,680,701]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">Echelus polyspondylus</emphasis>
|
||
McCosker & Ho
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="16CC579BFF9AFFF6FB3ADA96FB1529B1" box="[1164,1241,680,701]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" rank="species">
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||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FB3ADA96FB1529B1" bold="true" box="[1164,1241,680,701]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">sp. nov.</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
, from the holotype. Arrows point to the frontal pore (left) and median pore of supratemporal series (right).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
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<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9AFFF6FF21DE5AFE432D9B" blockId="4.[151,1436,1636,1687]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FF21DE5AFEC12D75" bold="true" box="[151,269,1636,1657]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">FIGURE 3.</emphasis>
|
||
Semi-diagrammatic illustration of dentition of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9AFFF6FD6DDE5AFBAE2D75" authority="McCosker & Ho" authorityName="McCosker & Ho" box="[731,1122,1636,1657]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyspondylus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FD6DDE5AFC7B2D75" box="[731,951,1636,1657]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">Echelus polyspondylus</emphasis>
|
||
McCosker & Ho
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FBD8DE5AFB772D75" bold="true" box="[1134,1211,1636,1657]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="16CC579BFF9AFFF6FBD8DE5AFB772D75" box="[1134,1211,1636,1657]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
, from the holotype. A. Upper jaw. B. Lower jaw.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9AFFF6FF71DED9FD2D2C9C" blockId="4.[151,1436,1767,1936]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">
|
||
The new species is similar to its eastern Atlantic congeners
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9AFFF6FC0EDED9FAF02C0C" authority="Linnaeus, 1758" authorityName="Linnaeus" authorityYear="1758" box="[952,1340,1767,1792]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="myrus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FC0EDED9FBA92C0C" box="[952,1125,1767,1792]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">Echelus myrus</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5B1A4B03FF9AFFF6FBCADED9FAF92C0C" author="Linnaeus" box="[1148,1333,1767,1792]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" refString="Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema Naturae, Ed. X. (Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata.) Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae, 824 pp." type="book" year="1758">Linnaeus, 1758</bibRefCitation>
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||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9AFFF6FA32DED7FE3B2C28" authority="Vaillant, 1888" authorityName="Vaillant" authorityYear="1888" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachyrhynchus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FA32DED7FE8C2C28" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. pachyrhynchus</emphasis>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5B1A4B03FF9AFFF6FEF8DF35FE222C28" author="Vaillant" box="[334,494,1803,1828]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" refString="Vaillant, L. L. (1888) Expeditions scientifiques du " Travailleur " et du " Talisman " pendant les annees 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. Poissons. G. Masson, Paris, 406 pp., 28 plates." type="book" year="1888">Vaillant, 1888</bibRefCitation>
|
||
)
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but differs in having more vertebrae (
|
||
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|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FC17DF35FB6D2C28" box="[929,1185,1803,1828]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">Echelus polyspondylus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
172–183 vs.
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9AFFF6FA8EDF33FA502C28" box="[1336,1436,1805,1828]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="myrus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FA8EDF33FA502C28" box="[1336,1436,1805,1828]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. myrus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
149–155 and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9AFFF6FE85DF0FFE312C44" box="[307,509,1839,1864]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachyrhynchus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FE85DF0FFE312C44" box="[307,509,1839,1864]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. pachyrhynchus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
149–157) and in being more elongate (
|
||
<quantity id="F8739B17FF9AFFF6FC77DF11FBEB2C44" box="[961,1063,1839,1864]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2446" metricValueMax="1.3969999999999998" metricValueMin="1.0922" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" unit="in" value="49.0" valueMax="55.0" valueMin="43.0">43–55 in</quantity>
|
||
TL vs. 24–35 and
|
||
<quantity id="F8739B17FF9AFFF6FAB5DF0EFAA42C44" box="[1283,1384,1839,1864]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.207" metricValueMax="6.096" metricValueMin="4.318" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" unit="in" value="20.5" valueMax="24.0" valueMin="17.0">17–24 in</quantity>
|
||
TL) (McCosker, in press b). They apparently occupy similar depths:
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9AFFF6FCD1DF6BFC062C60" box="[871,970,1877,1900]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="myrus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FCD1DF6BFC062C60" box="[871,970,1877,1900]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. myrus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
occupies
|
||
<quantity id="F8739B17FF9AFFF6FB8DDF6DFB512C67" box="[1083,1181,1875,1900]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="7.65" metricValueMax="15.0" metricValueMin="0.3" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" unit="m" value="76.5" valueMax="150.0" valueMin="3.0">3–150 m</quantity>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9AFFF6FB62DF6BFA502C60" box="[1236,1436,1875,1900]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pachyrhynchus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9AFFF6FB62DF6BFA502C60" box="[1236,1436,1875,1900]" italics="true" pageId="4" pageNumber="75">E. pachyrhynchus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
at
|
||
<quantity id="F8739B17FF9AFFF6FF04DF49FEFD2C83" box="[178,305,1911,1936]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.5" metricValueMax="5.0" metricValueMin="2.0" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" unit="m" value="350.0" valueMax="500.0" valueMin="200.0">200–500 m</quantity>
|
||
(
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5B1A4B03FF9AFFF6FEF6DF49FD182C9C" author="Blache" box="[320,724,1911,1936]" pageId="4" pageNumber="75" refString="Blache, J. (1968) Contribution a la connaissance des poisons Anguilliformes de la cote occidentale d'Afrique. Huitieme note: la famille des Echelidae. Bulletin de l'Institut Fondamental d'Afrique Noire Sciences Naturelles, Serie A, 30, 1501 - 1539." type="journal article" year="1968" yearSuffix="b">Blache, 1968; McCosker, in press b</bibRefCitation>
|
||
).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="6BF4667AFF9BFFF7FF21D8A9FBB12BA0" ID-Table-UUID="6BF4667AFF9BFFF7FF21D8A9FBB12BA0" box="[151,1149,151,172]" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/6BF4667AFF9BFFF7FF21D8A9FBB12BA0" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" targetBox="[159,1352,249,1137]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="5">
|
||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9BFFF7FF21D8A9FBB12BA0" blockId="5.[151,1149,151,172]" box="[151,1149,151,172]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
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||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FF21D8A9FF332BA0" bold="true" box="[151,255,151,172]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">TABLE 1.</emphasis>
|
||
Counts and proportions (in thousandths) of the type series of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FCF9D8A9FBE62BA0" box="[847,1066,151,172]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyspondylus" status="sp. nov.">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FCF9D8A9FBE62BA0" box="[847,1066,151,172]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Echelus polyspondylus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
<taxonomicNameLabel id="16CC579BFF9BFFF7FB86D8A9FBB12BA0" box="[1072,1149,151,172]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9BFFF7FD5ED8F9FDDD2EA6" blockId="5.[744,1223,199,220]" lastBlockId="5.[151,1436,1245,1486]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
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||
<typeStatus id="E0308850FF9BFFF7FD5ED8F9FC8D2BD0" box="[744,833,199,220]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
<typeStatus id="E0308850FF9BFFF7FBDCD8F9FB0B2BD0" box="[1130,1223,199,220]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" type="paratype">Paratypes</typeStatus>
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FF71DCE3FE0A2FFA" box="[199,454,1245,1270]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyspondylus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FF71DCE3FE0A2FFA" box="[199,454,1245,1270]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Echelus polyspondylus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FE62DCE0FD932FF9" box="[468,607,1246,1269]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="uropterus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FE62DCE0FD932FF9" box="[468,607,1246,1269]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">E. uropterus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FD2ADCE3FADE2FFA" authority="McCosker, Ide & Endo, 2012" authorityName="McCosker, Ide & Endo" authorityYear="2012" box="[668,1298,1245,1270]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Scolecenchelys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="fuscapenis">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FD2ADCE3FC0E2FFA" box="[668,962,1245,1270]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Scolecenchelys fuscapenis</emphasis>
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5B1A4B03FF9BFFF7FC7FDCE3FADE2FFA" author="McCosker" box="[969,1298,1245,1270]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" refString="McCosker, J. E., Ide, S. & 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 & Endo, 2012</bibRefCitation>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
are the only relatively shallow-water Taiwanese ophichthids that have melanistic median fins just prior to their tail tips. This condition was proposed by
|
||
<bibRefCitation id="5B1A4B03FF9BFFF7FE78DD1BFD1B2E32" box="[462,727,1317,1342]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" refString="McCosker, J. E., Ide, S. & 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">
|
||
McCosker
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FDFDDD18FDB02E32" box="[587,636,1317,1342]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">et al</emphasis>
|
||
. (2012)
|
||
</bibRefCitation>
|
||
as a means to strengthen the tail region of tail-burrowing eels. Small specimens of slender
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FE46DD77FDBD2E6E" box="[496,625,1353,1378]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FE46DD77FDBD2E6E" box="[496,625,1353,1378]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Ophichthus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FD31DD77FD342E6E" box="[647,760,1353,1378]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FD31DD77FD382E6E" box="[647,756,1353,1378]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Myrophis" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">Myrophis</taxonomicName>
|
||
,
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
and certain
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FC2FDD77FBD42E6E" box="[921,1048,1353,1378]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Neenchelys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FC2FDD77FBD42E6E" box="[921,1048,1353,1378]" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Neenchelys</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
might be mistaken for
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FAF5DD77FEFB2E8A" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyspondylus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FAF5DD77FEFB2E8A" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Echelus polyspondylus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, however they are easily separable on the basis of the black coloration of the anal fin of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="F88B4D71FF9BFFF7FA32DD50FEFB2EA6" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Echelus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyspondylus">
|
||
<emphasis id="0DFFEAE0FF9BFFF7FA32DD50FEFB2EA6" italics="true" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">E. polyspondylus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
prior to the tail tip.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9BFFF7FF29D8C7FA842F7D" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<table id="4D8BC452FF9B000DFF29D8C7FA842F7D" box="[159,1352,249,1137]" gridcols="3" gridrows="20" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
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||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29D8C7FA842A02" box="[159,1352,249,270]" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
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||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29D8C7FE6A2A02" box="[159,422,249,270]" gridcol="0" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">TL (mm)</th>
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5D8C7FCEB2A02" box="[771,807,249,270]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">537</th>
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49D8C7FA842A02" box="[1023,1352,249,270]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">331–561 (n=6)</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29D915FA842A4C" box="[159,1352,299,320]" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" rowspan-0="1" rowspan-1="1">
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49D915FA842A4C" box="[1023,1352,299,320]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">mean Range</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29D969FA842A60" box="[159,1352,343,364]" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29D969FE6A2A60" box="[159,422,343,364]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">HL/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5D969FCEB2A60" box="[771,807,343,364]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">77</td>
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||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49D969FA842A60" box="[1023,1352,343,364]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">80 76–83</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29D9BDFA842A94" box="[159,1352,387,408]" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29D9BDFE6A2A94" box="[159,422,387,408]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Head and trunk/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5D9BDFCEB2A94" box="[771,807,387,408]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">341</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49D9BDFA842A94" box="[1023,1352,387,408]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">334 340–346</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29D98BFA842AC6" box="[159,1352,437,458]" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29D98BFE6A2AC6" box="[159,422,437,458]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Trunk/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5D98BFCEB2AC6" box="[771,807,437,458]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">263</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49D98BFA842AC6" box="[1023,1352,437,458]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">261 245–275</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29D9D9FA842AF0" box="[159,1352,487,508]" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29D9D9FE6A2AF0" box="[159,422,487,508]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Tail/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5D9D9FCEB2AF0" box="[771,807,487,508]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">659</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49D9D9FA842AF0" box="[1023,1352,487,508]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">676 654–690</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DA2DFA842924" box="[159,1352,531,552]" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DA2DFE6A2924" box="[159,422,531,552]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Dorsal fin-origin/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DA2DFCEB2924" box="[771,807,531,552]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">153</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DA2DFA842924" box="[1023,1352,531,552]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">151 139–160</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DA01FA842958" box="[159,1352,575,596]" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DA01FE6A2958" box="[159,422,575,596]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Pectoral fin-length/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DA01FCEB2958" box="[771,807,575,596]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">139</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DA01FA842958" box="[1023,1352,575,596]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">163 139–202</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DA52FA84298D" box="[159,1352,620,641]" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DA52FE6A298D" box="[159,422,620,641]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Pectoral fin-base/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DA52FCEB298D" box="[771,807,620,641]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">25</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DA52FA84298D" box="[1023,1352,620,641]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">30 24–33</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DAA9FA8429A0" box="[159,1352,663,684]" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DAA9FE6A29A0" box="[159,422,663,684]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Upper jaw/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DAA9FCEB29A0" box="[771,807,663,684]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">341</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DAA9FA8429A0" box="[1023,1352,663,684]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">288 215–341</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DAF7FA8429D2" box="[159,1352,713,734]" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DAF7FE6A29D2" box="[159,422,713,734]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Snout/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DAF7FCEB29D2" box="[771,807,713,734]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">180</td>
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<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DAF7FA8429D2" box="[1023,1352,713,734]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">192 180–207</td>
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</tr>
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<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DAC2FA84281D" box="[159,1352,764,785]" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DAC2FE6A281D" box="[159,422,764,785]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Eye/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DAC2FCEB281D" box="[771,807,764,785]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">99</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DAC2FA84281D" box="[1023,1352,764,785]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">86 65–104</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DB19FA842830" box="[159,1352,807,828]" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DB19FE6A2830" box="[159,422,807,828]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Gill opening/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DB19FCEB2830" box="[771,807,807,828]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">72</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DB19FA842830" box="[1023,1352,807,828]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">67 62–72</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DB6AFA842865" box="[159,1352,852,873]" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DB6AFE6A2865" box="[159,422,852,873]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Isthmus/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DB6AFCEB2865" box="[771,807,852,873]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">163</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DB6AFA842865" box="[1023,1352,852,873]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">134 101–171</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DB41FA842898" box="[159,1352,895,916]" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DB41FE6A2898" box="[159,422,895,916]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Depth at gill opening/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DB41FCEB2898" box="[771,807,895,916]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">21</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DB41FA842898" box="[1023,1352,895,916]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">21 18–23</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DB92FA8428CD" box="[159,1352,940,961]" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DB92FE6A28CD" box="[159,422,940,961]" gridcol="0" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Width/depth at gill opening</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DB92FCEB28CD" box="[771,807,940,961]" gridcol="1" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">940</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DB92FA8428CD" box="[1023,1352,940,961]" gridcol="2" gridrow="15" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">880 750–980</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DBE9FA8428E0" box="[159,1352,983,1004]" gridrow="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" rowspan-1="1" rowspan-2="1">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DBE9FE6A28E0" box="[159,422,983,1004]" gridcol="0" gridrow="16" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Vertebral counts</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DC3AFA842F15" box="[159,1352,1028,1049]" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DC3AFE6A2F15" box="[159,422,1028,1049]" gridcol="0" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Predorsal vertebrae</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DC3AFCEB2F15" box="[771,807,1028,1049]" gridcol="1" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">21</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DC3AFA842F15" box="[1023,1352,1028,1049]" gridcol="2" gridrow="17" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">20.2 19–21</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DC11FA842F48" box="[159,1352,1071,1092]" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DC11FE6A2F48" box="[159,422,1071,1092]" gridcol="0" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Preanal vertebrae</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DC11FCEB2F48" box="[771,807,1071,1092]" gridcol="1" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">55</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DC11FA842F48" box="[1023,1352,1071,1092]" gridcol="2" gridrow="18" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">52.8 50–55</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="81BB34B0FF9B000DFF29DC62FA842F7D" box="[159,1352,1116,1137]" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
<th id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFF29DC62FE6A2F7D" box="[159,422,1116,1137]" gridcol="0" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">Total vertebrae</th>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFCB5DC62FCEB2F7D" box="[771,807,1116,1137]" gridcol="1" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">181</td>
|
||
<td id="C26A5DCCFF9B000DFC49DC62FA842F7D" box="[1023,1352,1116,1137]" gridcol="2" gridrow="19" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">176.8 172–183</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
</table>
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="3F3436F2FF9BFFF7FF71DD8BFAB92EC2" blockId="5.[151,1436,1245,1486]" box="[199,1397,1461,1486]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76">
|
||
There are a few more pores on the left side of the
|
||
<typeStatus id="E0308850FF9BFFF7FD43DD8BFC9B2EC2" box="[757,855,1461,1486]" pageId="5" pageNumber="76" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
||
which may be attributed to individual variation.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |