identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
03F24B20FF82FFECFE35FEC682E17C82.text	03F24B20FF82FFECFE35FEC682E17C82.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophichthus chilkensis Chaudhuri 1916	<div><p>Ophichthus chilkensis</p><p>– Holotype: ZSI-F 9177/ 1, 702 mm TL, Rambha Bay, Chilka Lake, Odisha ; ZSI-F 11506/2, 2, 782– 793 mm TL, Digha, West Bengal ; MARC/ ZSI F 4675, 7, 690– 885 mm TL, Talsari, Balasore District, Odisha .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F24B20FF82FFECFE35FEC682E17C82	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Das, Mrinal Kumar;Mohapatra, Anil;Rajendar, Kumar R.;Bhaskar, Ranjana	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
03F24B20FF82FFECFEC1FF52866C7C32.text	03F24B20FF82FFECFEC1FF52866C7C32.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophichthus johnmccoskeri Mohapatra, Ray, Mohanty & Mishra 2018	<div><p>Ophichthus johnmccoskeri</p><p>- Holotype: ZSI F 12811/2 (365 mm TL), Paratypes: EBRC/ ZSI/ F9971 (342 mm TL), EBRC/ZSI/F9972 (246 mm TL), Shankarpur fishing harbor, West Bengal, India .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F24B20FF82FFECFEC1FF52866C7C32	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Das, Mrinal Kumar;Mohapatra, Anil;Rajendar, Kumar R.;Bhaskar, Ranjana	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
03F24B20FF82FFECFE52FF1A822E7DD6.text	03F24B20FF82FFECFE52FF1A822E7DD6.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophichthus kailashchandrai Mohapatra, Ray, Mohanty & Mishra 2020	<div><p>Ophichthus kailashchandrai</p><p>- Holotype: ZSI F 13135/2 (420 mm TL), Paratypes: EBRC/ ZSI/F10790 (462 mm TL), EBRC/ZSI/F10791 (421 mm TL), Collection site: Shankarpur fishing harbor, West Bengal, India ;</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F24B20FF82FFECFE52FF1A822E7DD6	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Das, Mrinal Kumar;Mohapatra, Anil;Rajendar, Kumar R.;Bhaskar, Ranjana	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
03F24B20FF82FFECFA82FE8E82DA7C4A.text	03F24B20FF82FFECFA82FE8E82DA7C4A.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophichthus machidai J.N.Ahl 1789	<div><p>Ophichthus machidai</p><p>- non-type: EBRC/ZSI/10205 (4 specimens), 396–457 mm total length, Shankarpur fishing harbour, Digha, West Bengal.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F24B20FF82FFECFA82FE8E82DA7C4A	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Das, Mrinal Kumar;Mohapatra, Anil;Rajendar, Kumar R.;Bhaskar, Ranjana	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
03F24B20FF82FFECFE00FE1E82957CFE.text	03F24B20FF82FFECFE00FE1E82957CFE.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophichthus mccoskeri J.N.Ahl 1789	<div><p>Ophichthus mccoskeri</p><p>- Holotype: CMLRE IO/SS/FIS/00449 A (346 mm TL) 321 m off South Great Nicobar, India .</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F24B20FF82FFECFE00FE1E82957CFE	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Das, Mrinal Kumar;Mohapatra, Anil;Rajendar, Kumar R.;Bhaskar, Ranjana	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
03F24B20FF82FFEFFF28F94A806F7AE4.text	03F24B20FF82FFEFFF28F94A806F7AE4.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophichthus chennaiensis Das & Mohapatra & Rajendar & Bhaskar 2020	<div><p>Ophichthus chennaiensis sp. nov</p><p>Proposed common name: Chennai snake eel</p><p>(Figures 1–3, Table1)</p><p>Holotype. EBRC/ ZSI/F12029 (405 mm TL), gravid female, Kasimedu fishing harbour, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, 03 February 2019.</p><p>Diagnosis.</p><p>A medium-sized dark brown coloured species of Ophichthus with a head length of 9.4 and preanal length 2.4 in TL, dorsal-fin origin 1 pectoral fin behind the pectoral fin tip, pectoral fin well developed, posterior nostril is in a hole above the upper lip covered partially with a flap that extends below the mouth. No barbel in the upper lip. Teeth pointed and sharp with 5 uniserial intermaxillary teeth, biserial maxillary, uniserial mandibular teeth, biserial to uniserial vomerine teeth and all teeth curved anteriorly. Predorsal vertebrae 19, preanal vertebrae 53, and total vertebrae 154.</p><p>Description.</p><p>A moderately elongated dark brown coloured eel with dorsal-fin origin 1 pectoral fin behind the pectoral-fin tip. Dorsal fin and anal fin medium. Tail tip finless; dorsal and anal fins end shortly before the tail tip. Snout blunt, upper jaw longer than the lower jaw; lower jaw reaches slightly forward of the anterior nostril. Anterior nostril small and tubular, not reaching the snout tip. Posterior nostril is a hole above the upper lip covered with a flap that extends below the mouth. Upper lip without a barbel between the anterior and posterior nostrils. Eye large, closer to the rictus than the snout; eye diameter 7.2 in HL and 2.3 in upper jaw length. Eye and head pores in white rim. The details of proportionate measurements are given in Table–1.</p><p>Head pores (Fig.2) are small. Frontal pore 1, supraorbital pores 5; infraorbital pores 4+2; preopercular pores 3; mandibular pores 6; 9 lateral-line pores before gill opening and pectoral-fin origin; 19 pores before dorsal fin and 58 lateral line pores before anus.</p><p>Teeth (Fig.3) pointed and sharp with 5 uniserial intermaxillary teeth, biserial maxillary with 27 teeth in the outer row and 22 teeth in the inner row on each side, vomerine teeth biserial anteriorly with 6 biserial (12 teeth in two rows) followed by 11 uniserial teeth. Mandibular teeth uniserial with 30 teeth on each side.</p><p>Predorsal vertebrae 19, preanal vertebrae 53, and total vertebrae 154.</p><p>Colour. When fresh the specimen was uniform dark brown in colouration. Both dorsal and anal fins with dark edge and pectoral fins black. Preserved specimen is the same colour. Eye and head pores are in white rims.</p><p>Distribution. Known only from a single specimen from the Tamilnadu coast of India.</p><p>Etymology. The species is named for its collection site.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03F24B20FF82FFEFFF28F94A806F7AE4	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		MagnoliaPress via Plazi	Das, Mrinal Kumar;Mohapatra, Anil;Rajendar, Kumar R.;Bhaskar, Ranjana	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
