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Acrochordonichthys gyrinus Vidthayanon & Ng 2003 Identification: Acrochordonichthys gyrinus has a moderately depressed body, a wide head, a slender caudal peduncle, a thick humeral process (maximum width = 16% length), a straight anterior margin on the anal fin, a straight posterior margin on
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Paracetopsis esmeraldas Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 Identification: Paracetopsis esmeraldas is distinguished from all other species in the Cetopsinae with the exception of P. bleekeri and P. atahualpa by the combination of the possession of a vomerine tooth patch with more than one row of
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The Fish Collection of the Florida Museum of Natural History is second among U.S. collections only to the National Museum of Natural History Fish Collection in Washington, D.C. in number of cataloged specimen lots. The 241,000 cataloged specimen lots (containing 2.5 million specimens) in the collect
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Cetopsidium roae Vari, Ferraris & de Pinna, 2005 Identification: Cetopsidium roae differs from all of its congeners in the position of the vent (distinctly separated from the base of the anterior most anal-fin ray versus proximate to the base of the anterior most anal-fin ray, respectively).
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Paracetopsis bleekeri Bleeker,1862 Identification: Paracetopsis bleekeri is distinguished from all other species in the Cetopsinae with the exception of P. atahualpa and P. esmeraldas by the combination of the possession of a vomerine tooth patch with more than one row of teeth and a medial separ
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BROWN BULLHEAD Ameiurus nebulosus (Lesueur 1819) Identification: The Brown Bullhead usually has 5-8 large sawlike teeth on the rear edge of the pectoral spine and is mottled with brown or black spots on the side of the body, although individuals without spots or mottling are common in some area
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Acrochordonichthys ischnosoma Bleeker 1858 Identification: Acrochordonichthys ischnosoma has a moderately compressed body, a comparatively narrow depressed head (18% SL), and a slender caudal peduncle (5-6% SL). The head is covered with small, indistinct tubercles. Tubercles on the body are arran
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Acrochordonichthys chamaeleon (Vaillant 1902) Identification: Acrochordonichthys chamaeleon has a moderately compressed body, a wide head (25-29% SL), a rounded snout when viewed dorsally, a comparatively deep caudal peduncle (5-6% SL), and short nasal barbels (1-6% head length). The head is cove
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Former Students Tania Pineda Enriquez Ph.D. 2022, Zoology “Diversity and evolution of brittle stars across the worlds ocean: Revisionary systematics of ophiolepidoids” Jenna Moore Ph.D. 2019, Zoology “Phylogeny, systematics, and evolution of functional morphology in Chaetopteridae (Annelida)
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