Neobythites steatiticus Alcock 1894

Neobythites steatiticus Alcock, 1894 (Figures 1–3, Tables 1–3) Neobythites steatiticus Alcock, 1894: 181, pl. IX Neobythites steatiticus: Norman 1939: 76 (non steatiticus); Nielsen 1995: 11 and 2002: 84 (in part); Jawad 2014: 1 (non steatiticus). Holotype. ZSI 13435 (female, 129 mm SL), Bay of Benga...

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Main Authors: Uiblein, Franz, Nielsen, Jørgen G.
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2018
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Ophidiiformes
Ophidiidae
Neobythites
Neobythites steatiticus
Indian
Fridtjof
Alcock
Fridtjof Nansen
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5978334
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5978334
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Summary:Neobythites steatiticus Alcock, 1894 (Figures 1–3, Tables 1–3) Neobythites steatiticus Alcock, 1894: 181, pl. IX Neobythites steatiticus: Norman 1939: 76 (non steatiticus); Nielsen 1995: 11 and 2002: 84 (in part); Jawad 2014: 1 (non steatiticus). Holotype. ZSI 13435 (female, 129 mm SL), Bay of Bengal, NE Indian Ocean, 15°4'7'' N, 80°25'7'' E, RV Investigator, st. 137, Agassiz trawl, 234 m depth, 3 Mar. 1893. Non-types (n = 5, 113– 162 mm SL). BMNH 1895.1.3.3 (former ZSI 13477), (female, 143 mm SL), Bay of Bengal, 13°1'6'' N, 80°36'56'' E, RV Investigator, st. 170, Agassiz trawl, 193 m depth, 16 Feb. 1894; USNM 46756 (former ZSI 13475), (female, 113 mm SL), USNM 256238 (former ZSI 13474), (female, 127 mm SL), and BMNH 1895.1.3.4 (female, 114 mm SL), Bay of Bengal, 13°51'12'' N, 80°28'12'' E, RV Investiga tor, st. 162, Agassiz trawl, 261–450 m depth, 30 Jan. 1894; ZMUC P 771752 (unripe, 162 mm SL), off Myanmar, 16°27' N 93°57' E, RV Dr. Fridtjof Nansen, st. 42, bottom trawl, 274–277 m depth, 6 May 2015. ……continued on the next page Tentatively referred. Tuticorin Research Center, Tamil Nadu, India, 2, 178– 180 mm SL, Gulf of Manar, 8°44'46'' N, 78°37'24'' E, bottom trawl, 200–250 m depth, 22 Feb. 2010. Diagnosis. (Tentatively referred specimens from Gulf of Mannar not included). 0–1 weak spine on hind margin of preopercle; dorsal fin-rays 88–94; anal-fin rays 73–77; pectoral fin-rays 24–27; precaudal vertebrae 12; total vertebrae 53–57; pseudobranchial filaments 2–3; long gill rakers on anterior arch 11–14; head length 28.0– 31.0 % SL; pelvic-fin length 14.0–15.0 % SL, pelvic fins not reaching anus; orbit length 4.8–5.2 % SL, 16.0–18.5 % head length, and 2.3–2.8 times in upper-jaw length; longest gill filament 4.4–5.9 % SL and 15.0–19.0 % head length; ocellus spot placed well behind a vertical line through anus, the ocellus-spot distance being 46.0–51.5 % SL, and the spot covering 7–10 dorsal-fin rays; median part of anal-fin dark and distal and proximal parts light; dorsal fin mostly unpigmented; up to 6 broad, ...

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