Mastigopterus imperator Smith and Radcliffe, 1913, a senior synonym of M. praetor Smith and Radcliffe, 1913 (Ophidiidae, Ophidiiformes) |
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| Authors: | Yoshihiko Machida Junsheng Zhong Hiromitsu Endo Hanling Wu |
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| Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Marine Biology, Faculty of Science, Kochi University, 2-5-1 Akebono-cho, Kochi 780-8520, Japan (e-mail: machida@cc.kochi-u.ac.jp), JP;(2) Aquaculture and Livestock Production Laboratory, United Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Ehime University, 200 Monobe-Otsu, Nankoku, 783-8502, Japan, JP;(3) Laboratory of Fishes, Shanghai Fisheries University, 334 Jun Gong Road, Shanghai 200090, People's Republic of China, CN |
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| Abstract: | A rare deep-sea ophidiid genus Mastigopterus known to contain two species, M. imperator Smith and Radcliffe, 1913 and M. praetor Smith and Radcliffe, 1913, was reviewed on the basis of six specimens including the holotypes of both species. Dorsal and
anal fin ray counts and the size of cephalic sensory pores previously thought to be diagnostic characteristics to discriminate
the two species did not suggest the presence of two forms, the large (M. imperator) and the small species (M. praetor), in the genus. Apparently the genus is represented by a single species, M. imperator, known from off Madagascar, the East and South China Seas and Papua New Guinea.
Received: September 7, 1999 / Revised: July 9, 2001 / Accepted: November 13, 2001 |
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| Keywords: | Ophidiidae Mastigopterus imperator Mastigopterus praetor Synonym |
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