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species:
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<emphasis id="5396EAD4FFF2FF8F7D7DC4FCBF740B1C" box="[307,539,237,260]" italics="true" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Brachiopsilus ziebelli</emphasis>
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, by original designation.
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Members of the genus
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are unique among brachionichthyids in having the following combination of features: body relatively deep, 3143% SL at second dorsal-fin origin; head robust, suboval to slightly compressed in cross section, large, 4758% SL; caudal peduncle very short, 15% SL; illicium short to long and slender (
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head length), 35 times length of esca; skin thick, surface smooth or covered with low, cutaneous ridges, but lacking enlarged, fleshy, wart-like protuberances; no surface scales or protruding spinules apart from sensory scales (deeply embedded scale fragments sometimes present); dermal appendages absent; either body or fins brightly coloured or with a strongly speckled pattern; pectoral-fin rays 910 (mainly 9); anal-fin rays 910; vertebrae 2225 (mainly 23 or 24).
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Combination of the Latin
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(arm) and Greek
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(bare or smooth) in allusion to the smooth surfaces of their body and arm-like pectoral fins.
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Presently contains three valid nominal species:
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,
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and
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="48A557AFFFF2FF8F7DDAC706BC9E0929" box="[404,497,791,817]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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Another form provisionally placed within
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needs further investigation to determine its validity.
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<emphasis id="5396EAD4FFF2FF8F7C8BC77CBC2A099F" bold="true" box="[197,325,877,903]" pageId="19" pageNumber="20">Remarks.</emphasis>
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is unique among handfishes in having thick, smooth skin lacking warty protuberances (unlike
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), protruding spinules (unlike
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,
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, and
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), and dermal appendages. Deeply embedded scale fragments are sometimes present but these are difficult to find without transmitted light and microscopic magnification. Species of
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are high count forms with the highest pectoral-fin counts (i.e. 910, only
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and
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have 9 or more), vertebral counts (i.e. shares usually 23 or more with
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vs. generally
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other genera), and second dorsal-fin (i.e. shares usually 1719 with
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vs. generally 17 or fewer in the other genera) and anal-fin (i.e. 910 vs.
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) ray counts. Two of the three species are the largest and most robust of all extant handfishes (reaching at least
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SL vs. about
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in
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,
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in
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,
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in
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, and
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SL in
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). Members of this genus are confined to southern
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and
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.
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