Neobythites longipes Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Uiblein, Franz & Nielsen, Jørgen 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), pp. 157-173 : 162-163

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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4387.1.7

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5978326

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scientific name

Neobythites longipes Smith & Radcliffe, 1913
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Neobythites longipes Smith & Radcliffe, 1913 View in CoL

( Figures 1–2 View FIGURE 1 View FIGURE 2 , Tables 1, 3)

Neobythites longipes: Nielsen 2002: 38 View in CoL , fig. 9.

Holotype. USNM 74126 About USNM (female, 276 mm SL), off Jolo Island , Philippines, Western Pacific, 06°02'00" N, 120°44'40" E, RV Albatross, st. 5550, bottom trawl, 472 m depth, 17 Sep. 1909. GoogleMaps

Paratypes (n = 4, 90– 207 mm SL). USNM 99070 About USNM (2 females, 165–242 mm SL), Philippines, 05°50' N, 120°31' E, RV Albatross , st. 5564, dredge, 432 m depth, 21 Sep. 1909 GoogleMaps ; USNM 99073 About USNM (female, 90 mm SL), off Borneo , 04°52'45" N, 119°06'45" E, RV Albatros s, st. 5580, trawl, 296 m depth, 25 Sep. 1909 GoogleMaps ; USNM 99091 About USNM (male, 207 mm SL), off Jolo , Philippines, 06°01'15" N, 120°44'20" E, RV Albatross st. 5549, trawl, 481 m depth, 17 Sep. 1909 GoogleMaps .

Non-types (n = 18, 98– 301 mm SL). AMS I.22808-019 (female, 204 mm SL), 220 km N of Port Hedland, Western Australia, 17°59' S 118°17' E, RV Soela, st. SO 2/82/17–18, Engel trawl, 404–420 m depth, 3 Apr. 1982; AMS 1.22821-027 (female and male, 165–180 mm SL), 190 km northwest of Port Hedland , 18°16' S 118°12' E, RV Soela , st. SO 2/82/36–38, Engel trawl, 298–320 m depth, 10 Apr. 1982; AMS 1.23425-007 (2 males, 240–242 mm SL), northwest shelf, Western Australia, 18°46' S 117°00" E, RV Soela , st. SO 4/82/leg l, bottom trawl, 400 m depth, 1 Aug. 1982; CSIRO CA3916–19 View Materials (2 females and 2 males, 212–301 mm SL), off Port Hedland , Western Australia, 17°45.1' S 118°30.4' E, RV Soela, st GoogleMaps . SO 183170, 442– 460 m depth, 5 Feb. 1983; NTM S.12588-020 (female, 194 mm SL), off Rowley Shoals, Western Australia, 17°22' S 118°38' E, RV Comac Endeavour, st. WH 85-15, 430 m depth, 2 Nov. 1985; NTM S.12631-005 (female and 2 males, SL 226–264 mm SL), off Rowley Shoals , Western Australia, 17°37' S 118°40' E, RV Comac Endeavour , st. YW 85-21, 400 m depth, 4 Nov. 1985; NTM S.14378-001 (male, 245 mm SL), off Cartier Reef, Timor Sea, 13°7.89' S 123°12.65' E, RV Lady Basten , st. RW 96-30, 420 m, 19 June 1996; WAM P.28081-001 (female, 230 mm SL), 45 km northeast of Rowley Shoals , Western Australia, 17°44' S 120°5' E, 431–433 m depth, 20 Aug. 1983; WAM P.29125-001 (female, 163 mm SL), Rowley Shoals , Western Australia, 17°27' S 119°44' E, RV Umitaka Maru , trawl, 20 Dec. 1969; ZMUC P779 (female, 195 mm SL), off Jolo GoogleMaps , Philippines, trawl, 463 m depth, 27 Mar. 1914; ZMUC P77740 (male, 98 mm SL), SE of Lombok , Indonesia , 8°58’ S 116°34’ E, JETINDOFISH TGT 1718, trawl, 150–280 m depth, July 1981. GoogleMaps

Diagnosis. No spines on hind margin of preopercle; Dorsal fin-rays 96–103; anal-fin rays 72–76; pectoral finrays 27–30; precaudal vertebrae 13–14 (mostly 14); total vertebrae 57–60; pseudobranchial filaments 5–10; long gill rakers on anterior arch 8–10; head length 22.5–25.5 % SL; pelvic-fin length 28.5–54 % SL, pelvic fins reaching well beyond anus; orbit length 3.9–5.0 % SL, 17.0–21.5 % head length, and 2.4–3.2 times in upper-jaw length; longest gill filament 1.3–2.7 % SL and 5.7–11.0 % head length; ocellus spot placed behind a vertical line through anus, the ocellus-spot distance being 42.0–53 % SL, and the spot covering 9–13 dorsal-fin rays; margins of posterior third of dorsal fin and posterior two thirds of anal fin dark pigmented; no vertical bars on body; otolith length 4.8–6.2 % SL, sulcus length 4.3–4.9 % SL, and ostium height 12.5–15.0 % sulcus length.

Distribution. From NW Australia to Philippines, at 150–481 m depth.

Remarks. The photograph of the fresh specimen ( Figure 1C View FIGURE 1 2 View FIGURE 2 ) shows that the anterior two thirds of the lateral line and the entire margin of the anal fin to be black pigmented. The pigmentation of the dorsal fin as revealed by examination of the preserved specimen is however not evident in the fresh photograph. The overall bluish colour of the fresh specimen appears to us as artifact.

CSIRO

Australian National Fish Collection

NTM

Northern Territory Museum of Arts and Sciences

WAM

Western Australian Museum

ZMUC

Zoological Museum, University of Copenhagen

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Ophidiiformes

Family

Ophidiidae

Genus

Neobythites

Loc

Neobythites longipes Smith & Radcliffe, 1913

Uiblein, Franz & Nielsen, Jørgen G. 2018
2018
Loc

Neobythites longipes: Nielsen 2002 : 38

Nielsen 2002 : 38
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