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<figureCitation id="BF145C7A9C5D8F06646415715B0D3774" captionStart="Figure 4" captionStartId="F4" captionText="Figure 4. Strophidon dorsalis, UPVMI- 03151, 777 mm TL, off Batan, Aklan, Philippines." figureDoi="10.3897/aiep.53.108838.figure4" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/942215" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">English common name: three-pore moray (Fig. 4</figureCitation>
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<paragraph id="B96352745B3F2678E44CD63EA8DB5A75" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">Material examined.</paragraph>
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UPVMI-03151,
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leg.
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<paragraph id="7ECC17262B9AAFB83D93C3A679329E8F" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">Morphological diagnosis and description.</paragraph>
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Body elongated and cylindrical, becoming compressed behind anus towards tail area. Head moderately long with wrinkled skin. Eyes moderate in size, and situated closer to snout (11% of HL) than rear of lower jaw (18% of HL, see Table
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). Mouth large; snout short and blunt; anterior nostril located at snout tip, short and tubular; posterior nostril located above anterior margin of eye, large and circular; upper jaw slightly more pronounced relative to lower jaw; teeth on both jaws sharply pointed. Dorsal-fin base very long; origin anterior to gill opening. Anal-fin base shorter; origin just behind anus. Caudal fin slightly damaged but still visibly connected with dorsal and anal fins. Pectoral and pelvic fins absent. Gill opening moderately large and elongated; located on lower portion of body. Anus moderate in size, circular, and positioned anterior to midpoint of body. Supraorbital pores 3: first pore located on snout tip, small and circular; second pore located above anterior nostril; third located above first infraorbital pore, largest in size and somewhat elongated circular pore. Infraorbital pores 4, located along upper jaw; first pore located below base of anterior nostril; second pore between anterior nostril and anterior margin of eye; third pore below ventral margin of eye; fourth pore located beyond posterior margin of eye. Preoperculo-mandibular pores 6, located along lower jaw; all pores positioned anterior to rictus. Branchial pores 2, located along postero-dorsal head anterior to gill opening. Teeth on both jaws pointed; intermaxillary teeth 6; median intermaxillary teeth 3; inner maxillary teeth 5; vomerine teeth 4; inner dentary teeth 4.
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, UPVMI-03151, 777 mm TL, off Batan, Aklan, Philippines.
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<paragraph id="84C18E30B9E32F42ED6D96CC21D4A8ED" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Tropical to subtropical Indo-West Pacific Ocean. Specific reports are summarized in Table
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<paragraph id="EB774FA75CEB3682CBCE471B4DCF2124" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">DNA Barcode.</paragraph>
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A 568 bp
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sequence fragment was submitted to GenBank under accession number OR214977.
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<paragraph id="A851345A6A0604B8839E1C6E92AFDB89" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">Remarks.</paragraph>
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was originally placed in the genus
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by
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based on collections from Hong Kong. However,
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was reported from Taiwan (
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;
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), Vietnam (
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;
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), India (
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,
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), and Korea (
<bibRefCitation id="861C5D0F25F009F87EA6B289401742BC" DOI="https://doi.org/10.35399/ISK.32.3.9" author="Kang, CB" journalOrPublisher="Korean Journal of Ichthyology" pageId="0" pageNumber="217" pagination="191 - 196" refId="B30" refString="Kang, CB, Kim, MJ, Kim, JK, Song, CB, 2020. New record of a moray eel, Strophidon dorsalis (Muraenidae, Anguilliformes) from Korea. Korean Journal of Ichthyology 32 (3): 191 - 196, DOI: https://doi.org/10.35399/ISK.32.3.9" title="New record of a moray eel, Strophidon dorsalis (Muraenidae, Anguilliformes) from Korea." url="https://doi.org/10.35399/ISK.32.3.9" volume="32" year="2020">Kang et al. 2020</bibRefCitation>
). Based on the report of
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(1997)
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, this species can be found in depths down to 110 m. The largest recorded specimen, measuring 1262 mm TL, collected from Vietnam was reported by
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.
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included
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on their list of fishes from the South China Sea which covers Taiwan, the Philippines, and Borneo. However, it was not specified whether the specimen was collected in Philippine waters. As a result, this study confirms the presence of the species in the Philippine waters. Table
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provides a list of all published geographic records of the species while Table
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includes other species within the genus
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reported in the country.
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This species can be distinguished from its congeners based on the following combination of characters: body uniformly brown, anus located anterior to the midpoint of the body, 3-4 infraorbital pores, 2-7 inner maxillary teeth, 3-5 inner dentary teeth, 62-73 pre-anal vertebrae, and 155-174 total vertebrae (
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and Smith 2002
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;
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).
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<emphasis id="9806D614D0148216CB9E6E15564F8968" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">Strophidon dorsalis</emphasis>
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and
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<emphasis id="8B69EA59DF3C0F6B8A3E97685AA44FF2" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">S. sathete</emphasis>
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(Hamilton, 1822) are considered sister species (
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). Based on the summarized morphological comparisons of the species under the genus
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<emphasis id="441BB175188B05075F8D6F5ABBB96D4C" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">Strophidon</emphasis>
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given by
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, they have overlapping meristic counts which include infraorbital pores (both 3-4), supraorbital (both 3), preoperculo-mandibular (5-7 vs. 6-7), branchial pores (2-6 vs. 2-7), and pre-anal vertebrae (62-73 vs. 73-82). Moreover, these two species have unpatterned body coloration, short snouts, and an anus located before body mid-length. However,
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<emphasis id="9B8CE20F3176104AE8C722DBF77D3AE4" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">S. dorsalis</emphasis>
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can further be distinguished from
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<emphasis id="39305D0A3C9B015613C59660CD0ACDC7" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">S. sathete</emphasis>
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based on the number of teeth on the inner maxillary (2-7 vs. 10-15), teeth on the inner dentary (3-5 vs. 6-11), and total vertebrae (155-174 vs. 187-213). The specimen used in the study was initially identified as
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<emphasis id="DB0F25A42D8D0D125C13CBF7332B715D" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">S. dorsalis</emphasis>
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based on the number of infraorbital pores (4) and fewer teeth on the lower jaw, and this was supported by the generated
<emphasis id="70B8AFEFF5AF60BFEFE8914C95AB8273" italics="true" pageId="0" pageNumber="217">COI</emphasis>
sequence.
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