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A New Species of Rhynchohyalus from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean with Notes on R. natalensis (Opisthoproctidae)

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A new species Rhynchohyalus parbevs sp. nov. from the Southeast Pacific, which differs from R. natalensis in the greater number of gill rakers, the relative position of the fins, and the absence of pigmentation of the adipose fin. Based on our own and literature data, the variability of a number of diagnostically significant characters in R. natalensis was discussed. The capture of this species in the Indian Ocean is reported for the first time.

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  1. The data given by Stewart (2015) are compilatory, the smallest values of the number of P and A rays, given by him, are obviously taken from the original description of R. natalensis (Gilchrist and von Bonde, 1924).

  2. There is no information about the morphology of the specimen captured near Oahu Island (Hawaiian Islands) (Clarke and Wagner, 1976).

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The study of the oceanic ichthyofauna and comparative morphological analysis were carried out as a part of the theme of state assignment nos. 0149-2018-0009 and 0109-2018-0076, respectively; the description of the new species was supported by the Russian Science Foundation, project no. 19-14-00026.

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  2. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS), Moscow, Russia

    A. M. Prokofiev

  3. Atlantic Branch of the Russian Federal Research Institute of Fisheries and Oceanography – (AtlantNIRO), Kaliningrad, Russia

    E. I. Kukuev

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Prokofiev, A.M., Kukuev, E.I. A New Species of Rhynchohyalus from the Southeastern Pacific Ocean with Notes on R. natalensis (Opisthoproctidae). J. Ichthyol. 60, 513–519 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945220040189

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