First record of the Evermann’s snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from northern Indian Ocean | Zendy

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First record of the Evermann’s snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from northern Indian Ocean

Author(s) -

Dipanjan Ray

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

acta ichthyologica et piscatoria

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.357

H-Index - 24

eISSN - 1734-1515

pISSN - 0137-1592

DOI - 10.3750/aip2014.45.1.10

Subject(s) - actinopterygii , bengal , bay , geography , indian ocean , tamil , fishery , west bengal , range (aeronautics) , oceanography , biology , geology , fish <actinopterygii> , archaeology , socioeconomics , linguistics , philosophy , materials science , sociology , composite material

A little known species of snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan et Richardson, 1908), is reported for the first time from the east coast of India, Bay of Bengal based on two specimens 632 and 720 mm in total length, collected respectively at Digha, West Bengal and Kalpakam, Tamil Nadu, India. This is the first attempt to pro - vide a detailed description of the species from the Indian Ocean. The presently reported findings constitute an extension of the known distributional range of this species from the Western Pacific to the eastern coast of India .

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