A New Species of the Snake Eel Genus Ophichthus, with Additional Records from Viet Nam (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)

dc.contributor.author	Vo, Van Quang
dc.contributor.author	Hibino, Y.
dc.contributor.author	Ho, Hsuan-Ching
dc.date.accessioned	2021-12-23T01:56:05Z
dc.date.available	2021-12-23T01:56:05Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.identifier.issn	ISSN (E): 1810-522X
dc.identifier.uri	http://113.160.249.209:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/20501
dc.description.abstract	A new species of snake eel, Ophichthus vietnamensis sp. nov., is described on the basis of two specimens collected from off Ky Ha, central coast of Viet Nam. The new species is distinguishable from four similar congeners by having two preopercular pores, a less elongate body (both depth 20–25 times in TL) and the following combination of characters: tail length 56% TL; teeth moderately large and conical, biserial along the entire upper jaw, biserial anteriorly and uniserial posteriorly on lower jaw, uniserial on vomer, and total vertebrae 121–130. Five Ophichthus species are also found in Vietnamese waters, including O. asakusae, O. erabo, O. lithinus, O. rutidoderma and O. urolophus. Detailed descriptions are provided for all species.	vi,en
dc.language.iso	en	vi,en
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Zoological studies, Vol. 58:e43, 2019; http://doi.org/10.6620/ZS.2019.58-43;
dc.subject	Vietnam	vi,en
dc.subject	Snake eel	vi,en
dc.subject	Anguilliformes	vi,en
dc.subject	Ophichthus	vi,en
dc.subject	Ophichthidae	vi,en
dc.subject	New species	vi,en
dc.title	A New Species of the Snake Eel Genus Ophichthus, with Additional Records from Viet Nam (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)	vi,en
dc.type	Working Paper	vi,en