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Online Publication Date: 10 Mar 2017

A New Species of the Deep-Sea Ceratioid Anglerfish Genus Oneirodes (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) from the Western Indian Ocean

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DOI: 10.1643/CI-16-467
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A new species of the deep-sea ceratioid anglerfish genus Oneirodes Lütken (Lophiiformes: Oneirodidae) is described on the basis of a single female specimen collected from the Western Indian Ocean. The new form is distinguished from its congeners by a combination of features that includes a relatively short illicium, a unique escal morphology, and shape of the subopercle bone.

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Fig. 1. 

Oneirodes sanjeevani, new species, holotype, 69 mm SL, CMLRE IO/SS/FIS/00437.

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Fig. 2. 

Esca of Oneirodes sanjeevani, new species, holotype, 69 mm SL, CMLRE IO/SS/FIS/00437. a = anterior appendage; al = anterolateral appendages; m = medial appendages; p = posterior appendage; pp = posterior pore; tp = terminal papilla.

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Opercular bone of Oneirodes sanjeevani, new species, left side, 69 mm SL, CMLRE IO/SS/FIS/00437.

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Associate Editor: D. Buth.

Received: 24 Jun 2016
Accepted: 22 Dec 2016
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