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The author is very grateful to Dr. Hiromitsu Endo (BSKU) for the loan of registered specimens of Pleuronichthys lighti and P. cornutus, which resulted in the discovery of the long-finned specimen. He also provided a photograph to show squamation of the long-finned specimen. Mr. Taiga Naito (BSKU) assisted with radiography. Dr. Graham S. Hardy, Ngunguru, New Zealand, commented on the manuscript and gave assistance with English.
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Yokogawa, K. A long-finned variant of the flounder Pleuronichthys lighti from Tokyo Bay, Japan. Ichthyol Res 63, 192–196 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-015-0469-4
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