This dataset contains the digitized treatments in Plazi based on the original journal article Das, Mrinal Kumar, Mohapatra, Anil, Rajendar, Kumar R., Bhaskar, Ranjana (2020): A new species Ophichthus chennaiensis sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the southeast coast of India. Zootaxa 4895 (2): 291-296, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4895.2.8
Abstract
A new species of snake eel, Ophichthus chennaiensis sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae), is described on the basis of a specimen collected from dumped fish disposed of by bottom trawlers at Kasimedu fishing harbour, Chennai. Ophichthus chennaiensis sp. nov is distinguished from its congeners by having its dorsal-fin origin one pectoralfin length behind the pectoral-fin tip, preanal length 2.4 in TL, biserial maxillary, uniserial mandibular teeth, biserial to uniserial vomerine teeth, and its vertebrae (predorsal 19, preanal 53, and total vertebrae 154).
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