Remarkable ophidiid larva (Neobythitinae) from New Guinean waters

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• 作者：Sergei A. Evseenko and Muneo Okiyama
• 关键词：Ophidiid larvae ; Ophidiiformes ; Ophidiidae ; Neobythitinae ; Pycnocraspedum
• 刊名：Ichthyological Research
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：May 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：53
• 期：2
• 页码：192-196
• 全文大小：1,441 KB

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A new type of ophidiid larva referred to the Neobythitinae is described on the basis of one specimen (22.5 mm in standard length: SL) found in the “Dana” flatfish larval collection from New Guinean waters. It is characterized by a very high body (ca. 48 % SL), with a single elongate first dorsal-fin ray and protruding abdominal cavity with a long fleshy appendage at its posteroventral end. Generic and specific affinities of the larva are discussed. It is supposed that the larva belongs to one of the Pycnocraspedum species, probably to P. squamipinne.