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Redescription of two eelpouts, Lycodes microporus Toyoshima 1983 and Lycodes ocellatus Toyoshima 1985 (Perciformes: Zoarcidae)

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Two rare eelpouts, Lycodes microporus Toyoshima 1983 and Lycodes ocellatus Toyoshima 1985, are redescribed, based on their type specimens and non-type specimens recently collected from Japan. Several disagreements were recognized between the original descriptions and the types of these species. The additional non-type specimens expand knowledge of the intraspecific variation of these species. Previously suggested synonymy between L. microporus and L. obscurus was reconfirmed.

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Acknowledgments

The authors express their sincere thanks to M. Yabe (HUMZ) for providing important comments on this study. Authors also deeply thank M.E. Anderson (South African Institute of Aquatic Biology) for a critical reading of the manuscript.

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  1. Chair of Marine Biology and Biodiversity, Graduate School of Fisheries Sciences, Hokkaido University, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan

    Satoshi Ikeda & Kazuhiro Nakaya

  2. Fisheries Science Center, The Hokkaido University Museum, Hakodate, Hokkaido, 041-8611, Japan

    Hisashi Imamura

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Ikeda, S., Imamura, H. & Nakaya, K. Redescription of two eelpouts, Lycodes microporus Toyoshima 1983 and Lycodes ocellatus Toyoshima 1985 (Perciformes: Zoarcidae). Ichthyol Res 55, 356–366 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-008-0050-5

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