Talk:Rhinopias frondosa

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The distinctions drawn between R. frondosa and R. eschmeyeri in the 2006 study by Motomura and Johnson cited on the page strongly suggest the taxobox image is of R. eschmeyeri rather than R. frondosa. According to the authors, R. eschmeyeri "differs from R. aphanes and R. frondosa in having two tentacles on the underside of the lower jaw (vs. 12-18 tentacles in R. aphanes and 9-24 in R. frondosa), lacking tentacles on the frontal below the eyes in anterior view (vs. 2-4 tentacles present in the two species), lacking distinct tentacles on the lateral surface of the body above the lateral line (vs. present), having short tentacles, without distinct branches along distal margins, on the supraocular and posterior lacrimal spines (vs. long tentacles, with distinct branches) . . . and having head, body, fins, and tentacles usually without distinct pigmentation or markings (vs. with elongate black-margined white markings each with a central region of yellow, green, or brown in R. aphanes and with numerous distinct circular dark-margined spots in R. frondosa)." The taxobox image has uniform coloration without the circular markings of R. frondosa, no tentacles frontally below the eye, and unbranched tentacles above the eye, and seems to have few tentacles under the lower jaw.

I suggest the image in the taxobox be exchanged with the one on left of page and the caption on the left indicate it is of R. eschmeyeri, shown for comparison. (See the Rhinopias eschmeyeri page for converse of this image combination.) Jason Marks (talk) 01:10, 13 February 2012