taxonID	type	description	language	source
039A87D9FFA7FFE5E627E06FFAE6BA52.taxon	materials_examined	Material examined: India, Chilika Lagoon, 23.09.1987, 5 ex., 335 – 398 mm TL, coll. Dr. K. V. Rama Rao (Reg. No. EBRC / ZSI / F 10517). Characters: The species is a moderately elongated eel (Figure 1) with dorsal fin origin well behind the pectoral fin origin with pre-dorsal length 5.8 to 6.2 times in total Length (TL). Dorsal fin medium and anal fin high and both end before the tail tip, thus tail tip finless. Preanal length 2.6 - 2.7 times in TL and tail 1.6 in TL. Head length 11.6 - 12.8 in TL snout pointed upper jaw slightly longer than the lower jaw. Pectoral fin well developed and rounded. Anterior nostril small and tubular not reaching the snout tip posterior nostril a hole covered by a flap in the upper lip, opening towards the mouth. Upper lip is having single barbel between the anterior and posterior nostrils. The details of morphometric measurements along the comparison with type specimens were given in Table 1. Head pores small, 1 frontal pore; supraorbital pores 1 + 3; infraorbital pores 4 + 2; preopercular pores 2; mandibular pores 6; nine lateral-line pores before gill opening and pectoral fin origin; 23 - 25 pores before dorsal fin and 53 - 54 lateral line pores before anus. The pre pattern is exactly as that of the holotype. Teeth sharp and conical and almost in the same pattern as that of type specimens as described by Mohapatra et al., (2018). Total length in mm Preanal length in TL Predorsal length in TL Tail length in TL Head length in TL Body depth at GO in TL Body depth at anus in TL Eye diameter in HL Snout length in HL Interorbital space in HL Upper jaw length in HL Lower jaw length in HL Predorsal vertebrae Preanal vertebrae Total vertebrae Supraorbital pores Infraorbital pores Preoperculor pores Mandibular pores Frontal pore Lateral – line pores before GO Lateral line before anus 246 – 365 mm 335 – 398 mm 2.6 2.6 – 2.7 5.5 – 6.0 5.8 – 6.2 1.6 1.6 11.8 – 12.7 11.6 – 12.8 48.7 – 52.6 45.3 – 52.9 28.1 – 35.1 29.0 – 33.5 12.4 – 13.7 11.6 – 13.4 6.0 – 6.8 5.8 – 6.1 10.3 – 10.8 9.7 – 9.8 3.7 – 3.9 3.4 – 3.9 4.1 – 4.4 3.6 – 4.2 24 - 51 – 52 - 156 – 158 - 1 + 3 1 + 3 4 + 2 4 + 2 2 2 6 6 1 1 9 9 53 – 54 53 – 54	en	Mohapatra, Anil, Mohanty, Swarup Ranjan, Roy, Sanmitra (2019): First record of Ophichthus johnmccoskeri (Ophichthidae: Ophichthinae) from Chilika lagoon, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India 119 (3), DOI: 10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/132090
