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Figure 1 6 
Symphurus billykrietei new species. (A) Holotype, USNM 326637, 112.2 mm SL, western Atlantic 36°41.4'-41.8'N, 74°40'-39.7'W. 
( B ) Paratype, MCZ 91580, 108.1 mm SL, western Atlantic 39°32'N, 72°25'W. 
Symphurus billykrietei, new species 
fFigs. 8A, 16-21; Tables 1-10, 14-15) 
Kriete's tonguefish 
Symphurus pterospilotus (not of Ginsburg, 1951). Scott and 
Scott, 1988:561 (Canadian Atlantic region; photograph). 
Symphurus species C. (in part). Munroe, 1992:368, 
377 (ID pattern; geographic, bathymetric distri- 
butions; data for S. stigmosus also included in ac- 
count of S. billykrietei). 
Hofotype USNM 326637; (112.2 mm); off Virginia, 36° 
41.4'-41.8'N, 74°40.1'-39.7'W; 275 m; 17 Sep 1975. Collec- 
tion information for 69 paratypes listed in Appendix. 
Diagnosis Symphurus billykrietei is a deepwater 
species distinguished from all congeners, except the 
western South Atlantic S. ginsburgi, by the follow- 
ing combination of characters: predominant 1-3-2 ID 
pattern; 12 caudal-fin rays; 4 hypurals; 89-95 dor- 
sal-fin rays; 76-84 anal-fin rays; 50-53 total verte- 
brae; 80-100 scales in longitudinal series; black peri- 
toneum; relatively small eye without pupillary oper- 
culum; small space between eyeballs within orbital 
sac; teeth along entire margin of ocular-side jaws; 
ocular-side lower jaw without fleshy ridge; absence 
of scales on blind sides of dorsal- and anal-fin rays; 
ocular-surface light to dark brown with bold cross- 
banding, but without darkly pigmented blotch across 
caudal region of body; blind side uniformly yellow- 
ish, without pepper-dots; with dark brown stripe, 
covering both fin rays and connecting membranes, 
on basal one-third of dorsal and anal fins; and with 
small darkly pigmented spot on scaly portion (proxi- 
