A Review of the genus neobythites (Pisces, Ophidiidae) In the atlantic, with three new species

摘要

A review of west Atlantic Neobythites material (812 specimens) has shown the exist- ence of eight species: N. Gilli Goode and Bean, 1885; N. marginatus goode and Bean, 1886; N. Ocellatus gunther, 1887; N.elongatus Nielsen and Retzer, 1994; N. Unicolor Nielsen and Retzer, 1994; N.Braziliensis n. Sp.; N. Monocellatus n. Sp.; N. Multidigitatus n. sp. The main diagnostic characters are number of preopercular spines, presence of absence o ocelli in dorsal fin and vertical and horizontal dark lines on dorsal fin or body, number of pectoral finrays and length of ventral fins.