Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833)

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4060 (1), pp. 140-189 : 166

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E57EEA21-F6D3-4032-B7B4-8FAEAD74D574

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296165

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987BE-FF94-BA7D-BDDA-FAA5AA611E32

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Plazi

scientific name

Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833)
status

 

+ Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833) View in CoL

RAAEªª

Ophisurus crocodilinus Bennett, 1833:32 View in CoL (type locality: Ambon Island, Molucca Islands, Indonesia).

Voucher specimens: Two specimens in the TOU-AE collection.

Remarks. This is a new record for Taiwan. It is commonly observed over sandy bottom just outside the coral reef region. Underwater photographs of the species were examined and their identification confirmed by HH. A few specimens were recently collected from southeastern Taiwan.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Anguilliformes

Family

Ophichthidae

Genus

Brachysomophis

Loc

Brachysomophis crocodilinus (Bennett, 1833)

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao 2015
2015
Loc

Ophisurus crocodilinus

Bennett 1833: 32
1833
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