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Ophidion zavalai new species Figs. 1, 3, 5 and 6, Table 3 urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act: B9D7C4E8-5A9B-4402-A5FC-FD275639EF60 Ophidion holbrookii (not of Putnam 1874) — Menezes & Figueiredo 1980: 47 (guide of fishes of southeastern Brazil; short description; first report from western South Atlantic)— Robins & Ray 1986: 99 (in part; assigned to Southeastern Brazil}— Smith 1997: 361 (in part; assigned to Southeastern Brazil)— McEachran & Fechhelm 1998: 748 (in part; assigned to Southeastern Brazil)— Nielsen et al. 1999: 41 (in part; FAO Fisheries Synopses; short description; illustration; occurrence in Southeastern Brazil)— Nielsen & Robins 2002: 972 (in part; reported to Southeastern Brazil)—Menezes & Figueiredo in Menezes et al. 2003: 59 (catalog of marine fishes of Brazil; listed)— Lea & Robins 2003: 7 (in part; assigned to Southeastern Brazil)— Zavala-Camin & Rotundo 2011: 3–10 (anatomy of the head lateral line and hearing system)— Britski & Figueiredo 2019: 204 (plate 004 from Burkhardt 1865–1866; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; regarded as new species of “ Ophidium ”). Doubtful references for this species Ophidion cf. holbrookii — Garcia Jr. et al. 2010: 47; 2015: 51 (fishes of Bacia Potiguar, coast of Rio Grande do Norte; Brazil. Short description; photograph). Holotype: MPEG 039113 (1, 271 mm SL, male), 24º14’59” S / 46º41’32” W, laje da Conceição, Itanhaém, São Paulo, Brazil Paratypes: MPEG 039114 (1, 250 mm SL, female), laje da Conceição, Itanhaém, São Paulo, Brazil; NPM 6885 (2, 195 mm SL, male, 294 mm SL, female), 24º14’59” S / 46º41’32” W, laje da Conceição, Itanhaém, São Paulo, Brazil; MZUSP 125946 (2, 208 mm SL, female, 271 mm SL, male), 24º14’59” S / 46º41’32” W, laje da Conceição, Itanhaém, São Paulo, Brazil; AZUSC 6916 (1, 218 mm SL, female), 24º14’59” S / 46º41’32” W, laje da Conceição, Itanhaém, São Paulo, Brazil; ZUEC 17383 (2, 190 mm SL, female, 296 mm SL, male), 26º15’23” S / 48º01’58” W, barra de S„o Francisco, S„o Francisco do Sul, Santa Catarina, Brazil; LPB 31046 (2, ... |