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        <mods:title>First record of Ophidion muraenolepis (Actinopterygii, Ophidiiformes, Ophidiidae) from the Laccadive Sea, western Indian Ocean, with taxonomic notes</mods:title>
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        <mods:namePart>Jayakumar, Teena T. K.</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:namePart>Fricke, Ronald</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:affiliation>Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany</mods:affiliation>
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        <mods:namePart>Kumar, T. T. Ajith</mods:namePart>
        <mods:affiliation>ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, India</mods:affiliation>
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        <mods:namePart>Sarkar, Uttam Kumar</mods:namePart>
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        <mods:affiliation>ICAR-National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, India</mods:affiliation>
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            <mods:title>Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria</mods:title>
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            <mods:date>2025</mods:date>
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                <mods:number>2025-07-18</mods:number>
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                <mods:number>55</mods:number>
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<table id="4DCB1F9799AD86AC00F5DE4324335F5E"><caption startId="T1"><paragraph isAuxiliaryWrapper="true"><label>Table 1.</label></paragraph> <paragraph>Morphometric characters of <emphasis italics="true"><taxonomicName _authorityPlausibility="0.9950482" _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" family="Ophidiidae" genus="Ophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="muraenolepis">Ophidion muraenolepis</taxonomicName></emphasis>, OPHOMUR. 1–4 / NBFGR, and <emphasis italics="true"><taxonomicName _authorityPlausibility="0.99264145" _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" family="Ophidiidae" genus="Ophidion" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smithi">Ophidion smithi</taxonomicName></emphasis> OPHOSMI. 1–2 / NBFGR collected from Laccadive Sea.</paragraph></caption><thead><tr id="A8F0D7B5AE10A52A1B959C7F4C7F3625"><th id="24A3B7FD2795CFE280093FB80D1AE9AF">Character</th><th id="51B44B342F6F8668A9CA70E2CE8F25D4"><emphasis id="FD55C7E01C72EEABF2AC2B7FE0481179" italics="true"><taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" family="Ophidiidae" genus="Ophidion" id="AA81773B55760693D345B11232B617A4" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="muraenolepis">Ophidion muraenolepis</taxonomicName></emphasis> n = 4</th><th id="9EA914A0324883A32F7B9EA2E31E7A32"><emphasis id="D92B7664AD356D1E0133FBEB7EA53C74" italics="true"><taxonomicName _evidence="catalogs" _step="species1" family="Ophidiidae" genus="Ophidion" id="390099CFC18ADDC9DD099F6342CAFA9D" kingdom="Animalia" order="Ophidiiformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="smithi">Ophidion smithi</taxonomicName></emphasis> n = 2</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr id="416E9DFC485DB12E4D46CFF1CCD8A675"><td colspan="3" id="C4F95C8A86ED7C7823055ADB3DEDE030"><emphasis bold="true" id="94FB308A6AF50020D2C5F13770606AA3">Absolute values [mm</emphasis>]</td></tr><tr id="B8B14561573E86D883F8C89C5E56B396"><td id="441620FAE0E9772F45129CBBCC552765">Total length (TL)</td><td id="BB937E0EC9800608A2E082D3D14C3742">188.17–203.88</td><td id="098D0A372D84579BB4507E503715141F">94.09–113.06</td></tr><tr id="234A48A298BEFBE2FCD9241D8CB4C998"><td id="F9DF7760AC8F62520B2586E8BE3B9F6D">Standard length (SL)</td><td id="6DFFFC7F732AE017D64D8AB56BA4A569">183.18–201.98</td><td id="8E8201A7844D24789B1E0B6152A77A54">92.57–109.68</td></tr><tr id="654565D723EC566450574A0904E14006"><td id="6A90441430038316A89F1FCA6437BB9F" rowspan="2">Head length (HL)</td><td id="B6B97E77D4B06E5843A2091B2FC8DBB2">37.30–41.16</td><td id="7F849E2967377127E63B002B0FBCE460">18.23–18.53</td></tr><tr id="F76568DCCAA46A0477B383169E7AB462"><td id="2C68546D6B9F00B42A19540293546028">(mean = 39.98)</td><td id="E7ACADD890BFA43841343D4B366DC014">(mean = 18.38)</td></tr><tr id="F349281BB82E4F2CB081E3AF65E04077"><td colspan="3" id="CBC5F2F1E4FFF72DD5002B0BDC56A940"><emphasis bold="true" id="679FD24C34CD49FF9E2F52D613F67E37">Relative values [% SL</emphasis>]</td></tr><tr id="0AC44DE894BFA4C3DA662C6A2CAD4F49"><td id="72B83781896D33A63E9A5A5654C57D1A">Head length</td><td id="A225DA0D4E3A045F1FEA189249B159E0">19.97–21.28</td><td id="30D16837031781928FB4BFDE289E9B0A">16.62–20.02</td></tr><tr id="C08F9175C25F7B5E749A0610B176662E"><td id="D85892C11685B45F1A5CF9F5D83D08CA">Body depth</td><td id="F787A102937E7279E95A23346AB9093E">7.03–14.07</td><td id="7D66F3D386E4F29AAFD1AE09F31E07CF">11.71–14.41</td></tr><tr id="0D3686104C261B28CAD2DC08E7848877"><td id="2480A6C7F2ED84F548C50EC67B95003E">Eye diameter</td><td id="578166DB62AB71B9A44AAE76DF2ABE24">4.08–5.83</td><td id="5EED6320755CB523705985EFF204C468">5.87–5.48</td></tr><tr id="9AACB33E340E7C1CF800B78464CFB531"><td id="16674A2FE158928BA38926D5CFCC94BF">Snout length</td><td id="540A787040462B3619E8923FFDFC999B">4.29–4.95</td><td id="E382F66D9487F952CF58CEA40D51A3D2">3.14–4.66</td></tr><tr id="ADC65AD73CF88A4189AE472B6CCA4648"><td id="66861F8F5B05EA2A44F3A6C26CB47C1C">Interorbital distance</td><td id="F3A4F4B414B4D8DEE6ADD4EC0799CB55">2.57–3.11</td><td id="3E2692E5D711BEBCE37A5669251C0D16">2.80–2.16</td></tr><tr id="53970DB5CEB850C8AABFAB424406BE39"><td id="9DE965006D4C2ACB39E055B1E299C105">Postorbital length</td><td id="A5E9023EBE5015C9D81367652D75EDC1">13.16–13.69</td><td id="73996F7598344D86697129C5DC8943A1">9.87–10.04</td></tr><tr id="60C8353BA37271176BA68E2E2B15CD29"><td id="D4FC9B666FF762866A89BA00E70EECE0">Maxilla length</td><td id="B91166B12B412C35A68E4D171EBDD10A">9.89–9.9</td><td id="9AFA668A37D3A0424537A76C5DFAF9A3">9.08–10.00</td></tr><tr id="58A913A0C46C70AD1CCE6F8DE3AD5E0E"><td id="F8F9C4CA7224EE2376986DDED7E33819">Predorsal length</td><td id="A2D4CABA874DA14083C3259B8F3C1FC7">26.45–28.07</td><td id="8D836E4451BF29B46FA0058628BA4AF6">27.05–28.64</td></tr><tr id="355923FA677E3A09E60B9935850678B9"><td id="C3C14E0FB07D252BB8BC463979ECE4C6">Preanal length</td><td id="73F6F17880418364F5F6BD565E3E5F9E">39.87–44.93</td><td id="D8C1A96F6B3F163E1A5E7A3DFA88CFF8">42.51–44.48</td></tr><tr id="4FD6D2A47D4B2E8EF99E491082C9297F"><td id="E2B2E5FFC5CB51D5CC931823F7B6BD99">Prepectoral length</td><td id="327165FA32E269A5B74A57BACC1C748C">21.36–22.16</td><td id="6EB82A67AE4AF36159D670D36741AE3A">18.99–21.25</td></tr><tr id="3BF7790111209B085D409513354894A7"><td id="CFEDBD96E0326945782AEBCA4A751CEF">Prepelvic length</td><td id="B7CB4A0EEE948BEEFB76404D53E6D4A9">4.85–6.14</td><td id="5075DF507D98B0D3F1B058D0A8298378">3.86–7.26</td></tr><tr id="9DF8DEAB7E8040225E23FB957996C77C"><td id="A54AC4B8C568EC326842F0F2A8424046">Pectoral fin length</td><td id="473A153FEB9A29BE7104F58AF8FD8671">7.54–10.93</td><td id="789D62E1710CBCC7EC4D9104F5086007">8.36–9.30</td></tr><tr id="FDBCBF1C0C138575A810AAC27BD24707"><td id="4D30BAE7F2ABDDA5C676D8C193D71E3F">1 st ventral fin length</td><td id="E4BBEE784076C1C8B79EB4C3FA896960">8.34–9.97</td><td id="731059F837395639A27A9BE451099F6A">9.12–12.88</td></tr><tr id="4411BA4FAB1D0E69F3261718E468D93E"><td id="44CD40E4D00EEDDDD1CA9374754DA23D">2 nd ventral fin length</td><td id="5D56BA4D8F13FEB788635F93531150A0">11.53–13.31</td><td id="3A512E0B8341748C80934468CE944068">12.88–13.47</td></tr><tr id="54CFF8A796C4E55D8072355742E298F8"><td id="C01A105C7610C500C8F731C5567DD0EB">Dorsal fin length</td><td id="A1339A1D5B4F6A0600BBBE04BE87AFBE">3.35–4.34</td><td id="8DA772F2FBB87CC20C4317673432F295">2.32–4.25</td></tr><tr id="33B72F709CA81D7C76C5C4E24059A7E1"><td id="F25AC60A2D0C0B5935F19F62EC1BDC93">Anal fin length</td><td id="E9BDA64FE90EC39C7F480678F3193F99">3.66–4.25</td><td id="4CA3325C756077AED91A23C4C341DF22">3.41–4.81</td></tr><tr id="C183309A7E2F88E13999F91A018473A6"><td id="D504D7ACD6247D7F74480337B46D1818">Gill raker length</td><td id="BB77469DC919D73D219D66660A84C570">1.03–1.22</td><td id="8A1AF5D8A8B9B421C41B078D0D484503">1.02–1.15</td></tr><tr id="B702D9D23713EEA608818A2C421E986F"><td colspan="3" id="D374D6BF86F012682E2D825259D836B1"><emphasis bold="true" id="79E2E761AE7CD56F27DE6071A3600B8D">Relative values [% HL</emphasis>]</td></tr><tr id="D48BDCFDE68987D3129EBE868575B54D"><td id="3467367B8EE359B042E985F7CDBC719E">Snout length in head length</td><td id="C3FA5D560650412A74D0A9809CD5CEBB">4.30–4.67</td><td id="1A3BE5F5744A1EA5B6FF146BA467D7EF">3.56–4.36</td></tr><tr id="F30F385EEEB5D68623D0F4896F042A6E"><td id="7D7962BFB4290E6547EEC076F6DC8A01">Eye diameter in head length</td><td id="E23023B941018A248D50E9265D034304">3.49–4.94</td><td id="893258E5F60880646E54F71BD00DB971">3.03–3.41</td></tr><tr id="76E59A1D4D52DD314D957D6564249BD7"><td id="9AA2AFFE68BAEA482E13F5D4A5B0A761">Maxilla length in head length</td><td id="32CF7B08CDE5A0EF56E442E1BE05B350">2.05–3.02</td><td id="D4194BFC5B50F6062D004BB0866325FA">1.80–2.02</td></tr><tr id="793C4C35BE3A348BEA5E88076D734FC9"><td id="3984B4B1CE2DEAAB87D0A99CA18AAA6F">Dorsal fin height in head length</td><td id="424AF61C5CC8E9DCE9FD550FBEA56414">4.69–5.96</td><td id="FD84F78CE004AD146F363C0D78F19C9E">4.71–7.17</td></tr><tr id="4215C2975EE36A9FDA63FD3BE4BACF6C"><td id="59E9A7FB51DE2D8F3EA68FC6DA0FE5A2">Anal fin height in head length</td><td id="EFA5966E12556A4DC684221030F8A478">4.10–5.57</td><td id="1C205405462AEA48BAE6F089A8D0BAD7">3.45–5.86</td></tr><tr id="C1713FA1C783B786DB362E751E0812AF"><td id="AABCC1A30B4F4059A956F8D66A50850B">Pectoral fin height in head length</td><td id="71ACDD4AE1C54BAEEC758BC8BBA1F372">1.86–2.82</td><td id="E8C6FE436485AA6E1FAAD93497B61CC0">1.78–2.39</td></tr><tr id="550C06213AE10799723D14D0780F974B"><td id="D2A65A79FDDC0B25D8BB753D40D230CF">Pelvic fin height in head length</td><td id="7298665FC27E9A0A27A2DBA603D713E4">2.02–2.63</td><td id="0D9006DA3A80C04E76633E7489DD9A79">1.29–1.48</td></tr></tbody></table></document>