A new species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus from Vietnam, with a new record of Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015

dc.contributor.author	Vo, Van Quang
dc.contributor.author	Ho, Hsuan Ching
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-21T08:49:32Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-21T08:49:32Z
dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.issn	0217-2445
dc.identifier.uri	http://113.160.249.209:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20486
dc.description.abstract	A new snake eel, Ophichthus longicorpus, is described from 13 specimens from Lương Sơn, Nha Trang, Vietnam. It is distinguished by having dorsal-fin origin situated at 4.4‒6.7 pectoral-fin length behind head; anus situated at about middle of total length; trunk very long, 4.1‒4.9 head length; head length 10.5‒12.2 in TL;posterior nostril above upper lip, covered by a large flap extending well below the edge of mouth gape; pectoral fin small, pointed posteriorly; no barbel on upper lip; cephalic sensory pores: SO 1 + 4, POM 6 + 2; teeth moderatelylarge and conical, biserial anteriorly and uniserial posteriorly on both jaws and vomer; body colour yellowishbrown dorsally and grayish-brown ventrally; dorsal fin light grayish with indistinct white margin; anal fin white with slightly grayish base; and total vertebrae 156–164, mean vertebral formula 27-68-159. Specimens of Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho are newly reported from Vietnam.	vi,en
dc.language.iso	en	vi,en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Vol. 69: pp.71-79;https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2021-0006;
dc.subject	Elopomorpha	vi,en
dc.subject	Anguilliformes	vi,en
dc.subject	Ophichthus	vi,en
dc.subject	Echelus polyspondylus	vi,en
dc.subject	Snake eel	vi,en
dc.subject	Vietnam	vi,en
dc.title	A new species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus from Vietnam, with a new record of Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015	vi,en
dc.type	Working Paper	vi,en