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TABLE 1 in Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups

  • 1. Institute of Marine Research, P. O. Box 1870 Nordnes, N- 5817 Bergen, Norway. Corresponding author; & National Research Foundation - South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity, Makhanda / Grahamstown, South Africa & Vietnam National Museum of Nature, Hanoi, Vietnam
  • 2. Natural History Museum of Denmark, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

Description

TABLE 1. Ocellus-bearing Neobythites species, with number and category of ocelli, preopercular spine number, and pelvic-fin length information.

Species groupNeobythites speciesOcellus nr.; categoryPreopercular spine(s)Pelvic fin *
N. superocellatus n. sp.1; c2short
australiensisN. australiensis Nielsen N. nigriventris Nielsen1; c 1; c2 2short short
N. unimaculatus Smith & Radcliffe1; c2short
N. japonicus n. sp.2; a, c2short
kenyaensisN. kenyaensis Nielsen2; a, c0short
N. ocellatus Günther2; a, c0–1 (reduced)short
N. jonathan n. sp.1; c2long
longiventralisN. zora n. sp.2; c, p12long
N. longiventralis Nielsen2; a, c2long
N. longipes Smith & Radcliffe **1; c2long
N. pako n. sp.1; c1short
N. gloriae Uiblein & Nielsen1; c0short
N. lombokensis Uiblein & Nielsen1; c0short
steatiticusN. malayanus Weber1; c0short
N. malhaensis Nielsen1; c1 (reduced)short
N. meteori Nielsen1; c1 (reduced)short
N. monocellatus Nielsen1; c0–1 (reduced)short
N. steatiticus Alcock1; c0–1 (reduced)short
N. stefanovi Nielsen & Uiblein1; c0short
N. bimaculatus Nielsen2; c, p12short
N. crosnieri Nielsen2; p1, p22short
N. fasciatus Smith & Radcliffe4; c, p1, p2, p32short
N. fijiensis Nielsen3; c, p1, p22short
ungroupedN. gilli Goode & Bean2; c, p10–1 (reduced)short
N. macrocelli Nielsen2; c, p12short
N. macrops Günther2 (3, 4); c, p1 (p2, p3)2short
N. marianaensis Nielsen2; c, p12short
N. multiocellatus Nielsen, Uiblein & Mincarone2; c, p10–1 (reduced)short
N. stigmosus Machida3; c, p1, p22short

a = anterior ocellus; c = central ocellus; p1, p2, p3 = first, second, third posterior ocellus; * long/short: clearly extending/not extending beyond anus; ** formerly included in the steatiticus group (see Uiblein & Nielsen 2018).

Notes

Published as part of Uiblein, Franz & Nielsen, Jørgen G., 2023, Five new ocellus-bearing species of the cusk-eel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) from the West Pacific, with establishment of three new species groups, pp. 181 in Zootaxa 5336 (2) on page 181, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.2.2, http://zenodo.org/record/8272417

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References

  • Uiblein F. & Nielsen J. G. (2018) Review of the steatiticus species group of the cuskeel genus Neobythites (Ophidiidae) from the Indo-Pacific, with description of two new species. Zootaxa, 4387 (1), 157 - 173. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 4387.1.7