identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
EF77B47853764470525AFDC0FA2FF9DD.text	EF77B47853764470525AFDC0FA2FF9DD.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Strophidon sathete (Hamilton 1822)	<div><p>Material</p><p>One specimen, 179-191 cm in total length (TL), Bay of Bengal of Astaranga (Odisha), 12 December 2023 by Dr. S. Vijayan.</p><p>3. DESCRIPTION</p><p>Body very elongated, cylindrical, slightly compressed behind anus; head long with pores typical, three superorbital pores, four infraobital pores (Figure 1), six mandibular pores; mouth moderately; snout blunt and short (two times of eye diameter); anterior nostril with a short tube; posterior nostril above eye; lower jaw projecting slightly than upper jaw; in upper jaw, 5-6 intermaxillary teeth on each side, 5 median teeth (Figure 1); maxillary teeth biserial, an outer row of 14 short triangular teeth and an inner row of 5 tall depressible teeth; vomerine teeth uniserial 5 in number in lower jaw; dentary teeth biserial, an anterior inner row of 4-5 large teeth and an outer row of 23 smaller teeth; the origin of dorsal fin far at behind the pectoral pore; dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin; pectoral and pelvic fins absent; anus located before midbody; tail much longer than preanal length.</p><p>Coloration</p><p>When fresh, body uniformly brown head, body and fins with unpattern coloration; dorsal, anal and caudal fin dark brown.</p><p>Distributions</p><p>Australia to Taiwan, India, Indo-West Pacific, Japan, Red Sea, South Africa and Bay of Bengal (Present study).</p><p>Conservation status</p><p>Least Concern (LC) in IUCN red list category (Accessed on 27-03-2024).</p><p>Strophidon sathete (Hamilton, 1822)</p><p>(Figure 1 &amp; 2) India, Muraenophis sathete Hamilton, 1822: (type locality: near Calcutta, India). Strophidon sathete Chen et al., (1994): (Taiwan) Strophidon sathete Bohlke, (1997): (Indo-Pacific) Strophidon sathete Bohlke, (2000): (Western Central Pacific) Strophidon sathete Myers, (1999): (Micronesia) Strophidon sathete Randall et al., (1990): (South China) Strophidon sathete Hatooka, (2013): (Japan).</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/EF77B47853764470525AFDC0FA2FF9DD	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.		Plazi	Vijayan, Suruliyandi;Selvamurugan, Selvaraj	Vijayan, Suruliyandi, Selvamurugan, Selvaraj (2024): New state record of Strophidon sathete Hamilton, 1822 (Family: Muraenidae) from Odisha, India. Species (e 12 s 1639) 25 (75): 1-4, DOI: 10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e12s1639, URL: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v25i75.e12s1639
