A New Genus and Species of Pygmy Pipehorse from Taitokerau Northland, Aotearoa New Zealand, with a Redescription of Acentronura Kaup, 1853 and Idiotropiscis Whitley, 1947 (Teleostei, Syngnathidae)
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Short, Graham A.
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Trnski, Thomas
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Ichthyology & Herpetology
2021
2021-09-20
109
3
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1643/i2020136
journal article
2769
10.1643/i2020136
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Table 3. Comparison of meristic and morphometric characters between CyliX tupareomanaia and members of Acentronura and Idiotropiscis. Abbreviations: HT (Holotype), NT (Non-type), PT (Paratype).Species | C. tupareomanaia, new species | I. australe | I. larsonae | I. lumnitzeri | A. breViperula | A. gracilissima | A. tentaculata |
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Table 3. Extended. |
Type | HT | PT | PT | NT | NT | HT | PT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT | NT |
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Voucher number | AIM MA122274 | NMNZ P.046322 | NMNZ P.056154 | WAM P.33543001 | SAMA F2657 | NTM S.10805-001 | GCRL 21518 | CAS HH-0423 | AMS I.45395-001 | CAS 247135 | CAS-SU 6681 | CAS 247139 | CAS 247139 |
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Trunk rings | 13 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 |
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Tail rings | 36 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 40 | 45 | 43 | 42 | 45 | 44 | 43 |
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Subdorsal trunk rings | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
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Dorsal-fin rays | 14 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 |
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Pectoral-fin rays | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 14 |
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Head angled ventrad 25° | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
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Superior and inferior trunk and tail ridges | Discontinuous | Discontinuous | Discontinuous | Discontinuous | Discontinuous | Discontinuous | Discontinuous | Discontinuous | Discontinuous | Continuous | Continuous | Continuous | Continuous |
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Cup-like crest on supraoccipital | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Dorsomedial bony crest on supraoccipital | Absent | Absent | Absent | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
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Dorsomedial bony crest on first trunk ring | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
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Bilateral protuberances present lateroposteriorly on Absent Absent Absent Present Present posttemporal | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
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Large rugose lateral head spine | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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3 small lateral head spines | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Frontal spine | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Snout spines | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Midventral conical spines on cleithral symphysis Present Present Present Absent Absent and first trunk ring | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Cleithral ring confluent | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Cleithral ring spine on pectoral-fin base | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Cleithral ring spine ventrally of first trunk ring | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Small spine ventroposteriorly of pectoral-fin base | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Subdorsal spines | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Orbital rim extension | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Swelling of gular region ventroposterior to eye | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Superior trunk ridge spines | 3, 6, 10 | | | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | 6, 10 | | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Superior tail ridge spines | 4, 7, 11 | | | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent |
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Anal-fin | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present | Present |
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