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A new ogcocephalid batfish,Coelophrys bradburyae, is described on the basis of a single specimen collected from the Pacific coast off Aomori, Japan, at a depth between 557–595 m. The species differs from others of the genus by having a small eye (7.1 in head length), short upper jaw (3.7 in head length), short pectoral and pelvic fins (length 3.0 and 9.6 in head length, respectively), small illicial cavity (width 5.3 in head length), and no bifurcated tubercles on the lateral surface of the body. A key to the species ofCoelophrys is given and the evolutionary relationships of the genus discussed based on cladistic analyses: the sister relationship withHalieutopsis was confirmed and possible paedomorphic states, including the globose body, proposed as having evolved secondarily from a flat-bodied ogcocephalid ancestor.
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Endo, H., Shinohara, G. A new batfish,Coelophrys bradburyae (Lophiiformes: Ogcocephalidae) from Japan, with comments on the evolutionary relationships of the genus. Ichthyological Research 46, 359–365 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02673978
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