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. AMS I.19426-001,
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), Sta. 3
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Benthic Survey,
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. AMS I.19427-001,
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, New South
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(
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), Sta. 16, 49–
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, collected by D. Hoese using a benthic trawl,
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<date id="FFC5D7C5FD41FFD3FF7FFC89C2EAFC2D" box="[222,396,874,898]" pageId="18" pageNumber="67" value="1973-01-02">2 January 1973</date>
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234253 (previously AMS I.19428-002),
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, collected with AMS I.19428-001.
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD41FFD3FF66FC6EC25CFC09" bold="true" box="[199,314,909,934]" pageId="18" pageNumber="67">Diagnosis</emphasis>
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. An elongate species with: tail 1.9–2.2, head 18–19, and body depth
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total length; 3 preopercular pores and 5 pores in supratemporal canal; teeth conical, uniserial on jaws and vomer; 6 vomerine teeth; body mostly pale in preservative; and MVF 78–158, total vertebrae 155–162 (n=4).
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Counts and measurements (in mm) of the
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.
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Head of holotype of
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD41FFD3FE54F9AEC1A0F9CC" box="[501,710,1613,1635]" italics="true" pageId="18" pageNumber="67">Apterichtus malabar</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
, AMS I.19426-001, 414 mm. Drawn by Corlis Schneider.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</caption>
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||
<subSubSection id="C361A28EFD41FFD5FF66F969C7ADFC62" lastPageId="20" lastPageNumber="69" pageId="18" pageNumber="67" type="description">
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<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD41FFD2FF66F969C7B6FF7A" blockId="18.[151,1437,1674,2024]" lastBlockId="19.[151,1436,151,320]" lastPageId="19" lastPageNumber="68" pageId="18" pageNumber="67">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD41FFD3FF66F969C23FF90C" bold="true" box="[199,345,1674,1699]" pageId="18" pageNumber="67">Description.</emphasis>
|
||
Body elongate, nearly cylindrical throughout, snout and tail tip sharply pointed; depth at gill openings
|
||
<quantity id="4C835CE0FD41FFD3FEA5F94DC201F968" box="[260,359,1710,1735]" metricMagnitude="0" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.6383" metricValueMax="1.9558" metricValueMin="1.3208" pageId="18" pageNumber="67" unit="in" value="64.5" valueMax="77.0" valueMin="52.0">52–77 in</quantity>
|
||
TL. Branchial basket slightly wider and deeper than body. Head and trunk
|
||
<quantity id="4C835CE0FD41FFD3FB1DF94CC648F968" box="[1212,1326,1710,1735]" metricMagnitude="-2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.953" metricValueMax="5.334" metricValueMin="4.572" pageId="18" pageNumber="67" unit="in" value="1.95" valueMax="2.1" valueMin="1.8">1.8–2.1 in</quantity>
|
||
TL; head
|
||
<quantity id="4C835CE0FD41FFD3FF36F930C39BF944" box="[151,253,1746,1771]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.699" metricValueMax="4.826" metricValueMin="4.572" pageId="18" pageNumber="67" unit="in" value="18.5" valueMax="19.0" valueMin="18.0">18–19 in</quantity>
|
||
TL, 7.5–9.0 in trunk. Snout pointed, its underside somewhat rounded and bisected by a groove (
|
||
<figureCitation id="1340ED80FD41FFD3FAC5F931C3B9F8A0" captionStart-0="FIGURE 11" captionStart-1="FIGURE 12" captionStartId-0="18.[151,250,1613,1635]" captionStartId-1="19.[151,250,1988,2010]" captionTargetBox-0="[273,1305,1303,1560]" captionTargetBox-1="[563,1046,375,1944]" captionTargetId-0="figure@18.[259,1327,1290,1576]" captionTargetId-1="figure@19.[540,1047,373,1967]" captionTargetPageId-0="18" captionTargetPageId-1="19" captionText-0="FIGURE 11. Head of holotype of Apterichtus malabar, AMS I. 19426 - 001, 414 mm. Drawn by Corlis Schneider." captionText-1="FIGURE 12. Dentition of holotype of Apterichtus malabar, AMS I. 19426 - 001, 414 mm. Drawn by Corlis Schneider." httpUri-0="https://zenodo.org/record/288222/files/figure.png" httpUri-1="https://zenodo.org/record/288223/files/figure.png" pageId="18" pageNumber="67">Figs. 11–12</figureCitation>
|
||
). Lower jaw included, its tip slightly in advance of eye. Slope of dorsal surface of snout approximately 40° relative to underside of snout. Lower jaw included, its tip slightly in advance of eye; snout extends beyond tip of lower jaw by slightly less than lower jaw length; upper and lower lips meet when mouth is closed. Mouth moderately elongate. Rictus well behind rear margin of eye. An obvious crease extends posteriorly in upper lip from beneath eye to rictus. Eye moderately developed,
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||
<quantity id="4C835CE0FD41FFD3FCA2F865C012F830" box="[771,884,1926,1951]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.2192" metricValueMax="1.397" metricValueMin="1.0413999999999999" pageId="18" pageNumber="67" unit="in" value="4.8" valueMax="5.5" valueMin="4.1">4.1–5.5 in</quantity>
|
||
upper jaw and
|
||
<quantity id="4C835CE0FD41FFD3FB80F864C7E2F830" box="[1057,1156,1926,1951]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="3.81" metricValueMax="4.318" metricValueMin="3.302" pageId="18" pageNumber="67" unit="in" value="15.0" valueMax="17.0" valueMin="13.0">13–17 in</quantity>
|
||
head, its anterior margin above tip of lower jaw, its center well in advance of middle of upper jaw. Anterior nostril within a tube, approximately one-third the diameter of the eye, its base in anterior third of snout and anterolaterally directed when viewed from above. Posterior nostril opens in outer lip beneath anterior margin of eye. Branchial openings low, ventral; branchial region modestly expanded, creating a bulbous region in posterior half of head.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD40FFD2FF66FF3CC609FEEF" blockId="19.[151,1436,151,320]" pageId="19" pageNumber="68">
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||
Head pores (
|
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|
||
) small but apparent. Single median interorbital and temporal pores. Supraorbital pores 1+4, infraorbital pores 5+2 (
|
||
<typeStatus id="54C04FA7FD40FFD2FE73FEE7C150FEB2" box="[466,566,260,285]" pageId="19" pageNumber="68" type="holotype">holotype</typeStatus>
|
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has 6+2 left), supratemporal pores 5, lower jaw pores 4, preopercular pores 3. Lateral-line pores difficult to count accurately due to small size and waxy exudate, 6 pores in branchial region.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<caption id="DF04A18DFD40FFD2FF36F827C658F875" box="[151,1342,1988,2010]" httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/288223/files/figure.png" pageId="19" pageNumber="68" targetBox="[563,1046,375,1944]" targetPageId="19">
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<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD40FFD2FF36F827C658F875" blockId="19.[151,1342,1988,2010]" box="[151,1342,1988,2010]" pageId="19" pageNumber="68">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD40FFD2FF36F827C279F876" bold="true" box="[151,287,1988,2010]" pageId="19" pageNumber="68">FIGURE 12.</emphasis>
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||
Dentition of holotype of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD40FFD2FD80F827C197F875" box="[545,753,1988,2010]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="19" pageNumber="68" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabar">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD40FFD2FD80F827C197F875" box="[545,753,1988,2010]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="68">Apterichtus malabar</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, AMS I.19426-001, 414 mm. Drawn by Corlis Schneider.
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</paragraph>
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</caption>
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<caption id="DF04A18DFD47FFD5FF36FF7BC17AFF60" ID-Table-UUID="DF04A18DFD47FFD5FF36FF7BC17AFF60" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/DF04A18DFD47FFD5FF36FF7BC17AFF60" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" targetBox="[151,995,234,705]" targetIsTable="true" targetPageId="20">
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||
<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FF36FF7BC17AFF60" blockId="20.[151,1436,151,207]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF36FF7BC6FAFF00" bold="true" box="[151,1436,151,175]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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||
TABLE 4. Counts and proportions (in thousandths) of the holotype and 3 paratypes of
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<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FBD7FF74C63EFF00" box="[1142,1368,151,175]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabar" status="sp. nov.">
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FBD7FF74C63EFF00" bold="true" box="[1142,1368,151,175]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Apterichtus malabar</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="A23C906CFD47FFD5FAFEFF7BC6FAFF00" box="[1375,1436,152,175]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" rank="species">n. sp.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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</emphasis>
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TL = total length. HL = head length.
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||
</paragraph>
|
||
</caption>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FDB4FF09C084FD6E" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<table id="F97B03A5FD47003EFF36FF09C085FD6E" box="[151,995,234,705]" gridcols="4" gridrows="15" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FF09C085FEAF" box="[151,995,234,256]" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" rowspan-0="1">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFF09C108FEAF" box="[527,622,234,256]" gridcol="1" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">holotype</th>
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFF09C062FEAF" box="[717,772,234,256]" gridcol="2" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">mean</th>
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FF09C085FEAF" box="[905,995,234,256]" gridcol="3" gridrow="0" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">range</th>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FEFFC085FE9D" box="[151,995,284,306]" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FEFFC2CBFE9D" box="[151,429,284,306]" gridcol="0" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">TL (mm)</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFEFFC108FE9D" box="[527,622,284,306]" gridcol="1" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">414</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFEFFC062FE9D" box="[717,772,284,306]" gridcol="2" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">---</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FEFFC085FE9D" box="[905,995,284,306]" gridcol="3" gridrow="1" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">240–414</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FED8C085FEFE" box="[151,995,315,337]" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FED8C2CBFEFE" box="[151,429,315,337]" gridcol="0" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">HL/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFED8C108FEFE" box="[527,622,315,337]" gridcol="1" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">56</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFED8C062FEFE" box="[717,772,315,337]" gridcol="2" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">54</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FED8C085FEFE" box="[905,995,315,337]" gridcol="3" gridrow="2" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">52–56</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FEB9C085FEDF" box="[151,995,346,368]" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FEB9C2CBFEDF" box="[151,429,346,368]" gridcol="0" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Head and trunk/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFEB9C108FEDF" box="[527,622,346,368]" gridcol="1" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">478</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFEB9C062FEDF" box="[717,772,346,368]" gridcol="2" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">515</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FEB9C085FEDF" box="[905,995,346,368]" gridcol="3" gridrow="3" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">478–543</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FE9BC085FE21" box="[151,995,376,398]" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FE9BC2CBFE21" box="[151,429,376,398]" gridcol="0" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Tail/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFE9BC108FE21" box="[527,622,376,398]" gridcol="1" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">522</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFE9BC062FE21" box="[717,772,376,398]" gridcol="2" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">485</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FE9BC085FE21" box="[905,995,376,398]" gridcol="3" gridrow="4" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">457–522</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FE74C085FE02" box="[151,995,407,429]" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FE74C2CBFE02" box="[151,429,407,429]" gridcol="0" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Upper jaw/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFE74C108FE02" box="[527,622,407,429]" gridcol="1" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">316</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFE74C062FE02" box="[717,772,407,429]" gridcol="2" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">344</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FE74C085FE02" box="[905,995,407,429]" gridcol="3" gridrow="5" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">316–381</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FE55C085FE63" box="[151,995,438,460]" gridrow="6" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FE55C2CBFE63" box="[151,429,438,460]" gridcol="0" gridrow="6" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Snout/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFE55C108FE63" box="[527,622,438,460]" gridcol="1" gridrow="6" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">175</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFE55C062FE63" box="[717,772,438,460]" gridcol="2" gridrow="6" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">188</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FE55C085FE63" box="[905,995,438,460]" gridcol="3" gridrow="6" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">175–204</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FE37C085FE45" box="[151,995,468,490]" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FE37C2CBFE45" box="[151,429,468,490]" gridcol="0" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Eye/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFE37C108FE45" box="[527,622,468,490]" gridcol="1" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">77</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFE37C062FE45" box="[717,772,468,490]" gridcol="2" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">72</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FE37C085FE45" box="[905,995,468,490]" gridcol="3" gridrow="7" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">59–77</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FE10C085FDA6" box="[151,995,499,521]" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FE10C2CBFDA6" box="[151,429,499,521]" gridcol="0" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Interorbital/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFE10C108FDA6" box="[527,622,499,521]" gridcol="1" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">85</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFE10C062FDA6" box="[717,772,499,521]" gridcol="2" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">84</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FE10C085FDA6" box="[905,995,499,521]" gridcol="3" gridrow="8" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">74–88</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FDF1C085FD87" box="[151,995,530,552]" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FDF1C2CBFD87" box="[151,429,530,552]" gridcol="0" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Gill opening/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFDF1C108FD87" box="[527,622,530,552]" gridcol="1" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">124</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFDF1C062FD87" box="[717,772,530,552]" gridcol="2" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">98</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FDF1C085FD87" box="[905,995,530,552]" gridcol="3" gridrow="9" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">88–124</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FDD3C085FDE9" box="[151,995,560,582]" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FDD3C2CBFDE9" box="[151,429,560,582]" gridcol="0" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Isthmus/HL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFDD3C108FDE9" box="[527,622,560,582]" gridcol="1" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">47</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFDD3C062FDE9" box="[717,772,560,582]" gridcol="2" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">52</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FDD3C085FDE9" box="[905,995,560,582]" gridcol="3" gridrow="10" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">47–56</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FDACC085FDCA" box="[151,995,591,613]" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FDACC2CBFDCA" box="[151,429,591,613]" gridcol="0" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Depth at gill opening/TL</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFDACC108FDCA" box="[527,622,591,613]" gridcol="1" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">16</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFDACC062FDCA" box="[717,772,591,613]" gridcol="2" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">16</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FDACC085FDCA" box="[905,995,591,613]" gridcol="3" gridrow="11" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">13–19</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FD8DC085FD2B" box="[151,995,622,644]" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FD8DC2CBFD2B" box="[151,429,622,644]" gridcol="0" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Width/depth at gill opening</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFD8DC108FD2B" box="[527,622,622,644]" gridcol="1" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">731</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFD8DC062FD2B" box="[717,772,622,644]" gridcol="2" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">831</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FD8DC085FD2B" box="[905,995,622,644]" gridcol="3" gridrow="12" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">731–960</td>
|
||
</tr>
|
||
<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FD6FC085FD0D" box="[151,995,652,674]" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FD6FC2CBFD0D" box="[151,429,652,674]" gridcol="0" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Preanal vertebrae</th>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFD6FC108FD0D" box="[527,622,652,674]" gridcol="1" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">73</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFD6FC062FD0D" box="[717,772,652,674]" gridcol="2" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">78</td>
|
||
<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FD6FC085FD0D" box="[905,995,652,674]" gridcol="3" gridrow="13" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">73–80</td>
|
||
</tr>
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<tr id="354BF347FD47003EFF36FD48C085FD6E" box="[151,995,683,705]" gridrow="14" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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<th id="769A9A3BFD47003EFF36FD48C2CBFD6E" box="[151,429,683,705]" gridcol="0" gridrow="14" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Total vertebrae</th>
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<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFDAEFD48C108FD6E" box="[527,622,683,705]" gridcol="1" gridrow="14" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">155</td>
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<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFD6CFD48C062FD6E" box="[717,772,683,705]" gridcol="2" gridrow="14" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">158</td>
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<td id="769A9A3BFD47003EFC28FD48C085FD6E" box="[905,995,683,705]" gridcol="3" gridrow="14" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">155–162</td>
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</tr>
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</table>
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FF66FD1CC208FC2A" blockId="20.[151,1436,767,1368]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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Teeth (
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<figureCitation id="1340ED80FD47FFD5FEB6FD1CC20DFCB7" box="[279,363,767,792]" captionStart="FIGURE 12" captionStartId="19.[151,250,1988,2010]" captionTargetBox="[563,1046,375,1944]" captionTargetId="figure@19.[540,1047,373,1967]" captionTargetPageId="19" captionText="FIGURE 12. Dentition of holotype of Apterichtus malabar, AMS I. 19426 - 001, 414 mm. Drawn by Corlis Schneider." httpUri="https://zenodo.org/record/288223/files/figure.png" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Fig. 12</figureCitation>
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||
) uniserial, small, conical and slightly recurved. Intermaxillary with a chevron of 7 teeth (the largest in the jaw), followed by a short gap and a linear row of 6 small vomerine teeth. Jaw teeth nearly subequal, small, 17–18 teeth in each side of upper jaw and 18–19 teeth in each side of lower jaw, the posteriormost 6–7 irregularly biserial.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FF66FC6CC034FC07" blockId="20.[151,1436,767,1368]" box="[199,850,911,936]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Body mostly colorless (presumably faded) in isopropanol.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FF66FC57C7ADFC62" blockId="20.[151,1436,767,1368]" box="[199,1227,948,973]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF66FC57C391FC62" bold="true" box="[199,247,948,973]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Size</emphasis>
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. The largest specimen examined is
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, a gravid female (ova
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<quantity id="4C835CE0FD47FFD5FC41FC57C736FC63" box="[992,1104,948,972]" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="9.5" metricValueMax="11.0" metricValueMin="8.0" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" unit="m" value="0.95" valueMax="1.1" valueMin="0.8">0.8–1.1 m</quantity>
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diameter).
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</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection id="C361A28EFD47FFD5FF66FC34C63BFC5F" box="[199,1373,983,1008]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" type="etymology">
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<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FF66FC34C63BFC5F" blockId="20.[151,1436,767,1368]" box="[199,1373,983,1008]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF66FC34C220FC5F" bold="true" box="[199,326,983,1008]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Etymology</emphasis>
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||
. Named
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FE0DFC3BC16CFC5F" box="[428,522,984,1008]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">malabar</emphasis>
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</taxonomicName>
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, in reference to its location of capture, to be treated as a noun in apposition.
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</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C361A28EFD47FFD5FF66FC1FC220FB97" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" type="distribution">
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||
<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FF66FC1FC220FB97" blockId="20.[151,1436,767,1368]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF66FC1FC23FFBBA" bold="true" box="[199,345,1020,1045]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Distribution</emphasis>
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||
. Known only from the
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||
<typeStatus id="54C04FA7FD47FFD5FDD2FC1EC1C5FBBA" box="[627,675,1021,1045]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">type</typeStatus>
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specimens which were captured off
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<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FBF5FC1FC7D5FBBA" box="[1108,1203,1020,1045]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabar">Malabar</taxonomicName>
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, NSW,
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||
<collectingCountry id="F36CB195FD47FFD5FAB1FC1FC61FFBBA" box="[1296,1401,1020,1045]" name="Australia" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Australia</collectingCountry>
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, at
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||
<quantity id="4C835CE0FD47FFD5FF36FBFCC39CFB98" box="[151,250,1055,1080]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="5.5" metricValueMax="6.6" metricValueMin="4.4" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" unit="m" value="55.0" valueMax="66.0" valueMin="44.0">44–66 m</quantity>
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depth.
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||
</paragraph>
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||
</subSubSection>
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||
<subSubSection id="C361A28EFD47FFD5FF66FBA7C077FAF7" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" type="discussion">
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||
<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FF66FBA7C1C5FABF" blockId="20.[151,1436,767,1368]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF66FBA7C25DFBF2" bold="true" box="[199,315,1092,1117]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Remarks.</emphasis>
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<collectingCountry id="F36CB195FD47FFD5FEE2FBA7C204FBF3" box="[323,354,1092,1116]" name="American Samoa" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">As</collectingCountry>
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||
explained in the previous description of
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FC95FBA7C756FBF3" box="[820,1072,1092,1116]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dunalailai">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FC95FBA7C756FBF3" box="[820,1072,1092,1116]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Apterichtus dunalailai</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
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||
,
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FB9EFBA7C7D8FBF3" box="[1087,1214,1092,1116]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabar">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FB9EFBA7C7D8FBF3" box="[1087,1214,1092,1116]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">A. malabar</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
shares the cephalic pore configuration of 5 supratemporal pores and 3 preopercular pores with
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FBB0FB8BC623FB2F" box="[1041,1349,1128,1152]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FBB0FB8BC7CDFB2F" box="[1041,1195,1128,1152]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dunalailai">A. dunalailai</taxonomicName>
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||
,
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FB1BFB8BC623FB2F" box="[1210,1349,1128,1152]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="klazingai">A. klazingai</taxonomicName>
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||
</emphasis>
|
||
and
|
||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FA25FB8BC38CFB0B" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FA25FB8BC381FB0B" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="moseri">A. moseri</taxonomicName>
|
||
.
|
||
</emphasis>
|
||
It differs significantly from all but
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||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FD00FB6FC05FFB0B" box="[673,825,1164,1188]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dunalailai">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FD00FB6FC05FFB0B" box="[673,825,1164,1188]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">A. dunalailai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in having more total vertebrae (160 vs. 131–145).
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FF36FB53C218FB67" box="[151,382,1200,1224]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="malabar">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FF36FB53C218FB67" box="[151,382,1200,1224]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Apterichtus malabar</emphasis>
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||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
is most similar to the deep water
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FD5DFB53C0E8FB67" box="[764,910,1200,1224]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="dunalailai">
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||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FD5DFB53C0E8FB67" box="[764,910,1200,1224]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">A. dunalailai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
but differs in having a shorter head (5.2–5.6% vs. 6.0–6.2% of TL), a shorter and deeper snout (19.8–21.2% vs. 17.5–20.4% of HL) (compare figures 6 and 11), and more preanal vertebrae (73–80 vs. 68–74).
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
<paragraph id="8BC4F105FD47FFD5FF66FAFEC077FAF7" blockId="20.[151,1436,767,1368]" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">
|
||
It is notable that eastern
|
||
<collectingCountry id="F36CB195FD47FFD5FE53FAFFC13FFA9A" box="[498,601,1308,1333]" name="Australia" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Australia</collectingCountry>
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||
also has
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FD6FFAFFC0BAFA9B" box="[718,988,1308,1332]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="flavicaudus">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FD6FFAFFC0BAFA9B" box="[718,988,1308,1332]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">Apterichtus flavicaudus</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
and
|
||
<taxonomicName id="4C7B8A86FD47FFD5FBBDFAFFC7C0FA9B" box="[1052,1190,1308,1332]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Apterichtus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="20" pageNumber="69" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="klazingai">
|
||
<emphasis id="B90F2D17FD47FFD5FBBDFAFFC7C0FA9B" box="[1052,1190,1308,1332]" italics="true" pageId="20" pageNumber="69">A. klazingai</emphasis>
|
||
</taxonomicName>
|
||
in its shallow water ichthyofauna, generally occurring at overlapping depths.
|
||
</paragraph>
|
||
</subSubSection>
|
||
</treatment>
|
||
</document> |