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Taxonomic Status, Biology, and Distribution of Hawaiian Lentipes, a Diadromous Goby
Three species ascribed to the goby genus Lentipes include two
from Hawaii, L. concolor (Gill 1860) and L. seminudus Gunther (1880), and
one from the Gulf of Guinea, L. bustamantaei Boulenger (1916). The Hawaiian
species were described from single specimens of different sex. Specimens
collected recently provide evidence that Hawaiian Lentipes comprise a single,
sexually dimorphic species. The African species differs significantly and more
nearly resembles Sicydium. Lentipes now must be considered a monotypic
genus (L. concolor) endemic to the Hawaiian archipelago.
The genus is distinguished by weak scalation (2-150 cycloid scales per side
on posterior trunk), five subequa1 and one shorter spine in the first dorsal fin,
16 pectoral rays, and one projecting ossified gill raker on the first arch. The
sexes differ mainly in head shape, relative mouth size, dentition, spacing of
dorsal fins, and coloration. The female is drab; the male is yellow to red
posteriorly and has a white anal fin margin.
Adult Lentipes, omnivorous and growing to nearly 140 mm TL, inhabit
pristine steep-gradient streams. Larvae develop in the ocean and appear at
stream mouths as post1arvae less than 20 mm 10ng.Upstream'migrants are
capable of ascending high waterfalls, where they reach areas of permanent
residence. Surveys located Lentipes in 22 streams (6 percent of the total streams
in the archipelago) but the goby was abundant in only a few of them. Because
of sparse Lentipes populations and incompatibility with past and continuing
habitat degradation, endangered status recognition is recommended
Status of stream channel modification in Hawaii and its effects on native aquatic fauna
Western Region, National Park Servic
Status of stream channel modification in Hawaii and its effects on native aquatic fauna
Western Region, National Park Servic
Severe neonatal echovirus 20 infection charactirized by hepatic failure
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Epidemiological survey of neonatal non-polio enterovirus infection in the Netherlands.
Item does not contain fulltextThe epidemiological, virological, and clinical data of 119 infants less than 30 days of age with enteroviral infection collected from January 1993 to November 1995 by the diagnostic virology laboratories were analyzed retrospectively. Ninety-eight isolates (83%) were obtained in the period of May 1 to December 1 with a peak in the summer months. Sixty-five percent (n = 78) of neonates became ill within the first 2 weeks of life. Echoviruses and Coxsackie virus type B were isolated most frequently, in 77 (65%) and 29 (24%) infants, respectively. Diagnosis was made by viral isolation from stool, nasopharyngeal swab, cerebrospinal fluid, and blood. One hundred four (87%) infants developed fever and 25 (21%) infants had diarrhea. A clinical diagnosis of sepsis was made in 42 (35%) infants and meningitis was diagnosed in 28 (24%) cases. The great majority of sepsis cases (36/86%) occurred in infants less than 15 days of age. In conclusion, non-polio enteroviruses (especially echoviruses) are a common and underreported cause of neonatal infection in the Netherlands in the summer months and are associated with a clinical diagnosis of sepsis or meningitis cases in the first 2 weeks of life in a high proportion of cases