Snake eels of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Myanmar (Indian Ocean) with the description of two new species

• Published in: Zootaxa
• Main Authors: McCOSKER, JOHN E., PSOMADAKIS, PETER N.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Mangolia Press 2018
• Subjects: Pisces; taxonomy; Teleostei; Ophichthidae; new species; first records; Myanmar; Indian Ocean; Fridtjof; Indian; Fridtjof Nansen
• Online Access: http://www.mapress.com/j/zt/article/view/zootaxa.4526.1.5; https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4526.1.5

Two new species of ophichthid eels, subfamily Ophichthinae, are described and illustrated from specimens collected from Myanmar by the R/V Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. Included are: Ophichthus nansen sp. nov., from 103–106 m depth, which is unique in its vertebral number (11-53-116), dorsal-fin origin (abov...