Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984

Del Moral-Flores, Luis Fernando, Wakida-Kusunoki, Armando T., Ramos-Hernández, Rafael & George-Zamora, Arturo, 2024, First records of two species of snake eels, Aplatophis chauliodus and Ophichthus hyposagmatus (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from Mexico, Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 54, pp. 103-108 : 103-108

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https://doi.org/ 10.3897/aiep.54.119085

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11223000

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scientific name

Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984
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Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984 View in CoL

English common name: faintsaddled snake eel Spanish common name: Lairón menor Fig. 3 View Figure 3 ; Table 1 View Table 1

Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984. — McCosker and Böhlke (1984): 24 (Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, South of Destin, Florida.) View in CoL

Material examined.

CIFI- 1909 , 1 specimen (486 mm TL); ca. 8.1 km to the North of El Carrizal, Catemaco , Veracruz; Mexico; 18 ° 37 ′ 15.6 ′′ N, 094 ° 55 ′ 01.0 ′′ W (Fig. 4 View Figure 4 ); 7 Oct. 2021; Armando Campos Pérez leg. GoogleMaps

Description.

Morphometric data presented in Table 1 View Table 1 . Elongated body, without scales and cylindrical body on transverse axis; trunk shorter than tail region (34.6 % of TL); tail length 55.1 % of TL. Head length moderate, 10.6 % of TL; snout conical, length 20.5 % of HL, larger than eye diameter; eyes large, length 12.0 % of HL; interorbital region flat, its width 15.1 % of HL. Two nostrils, with anterior nostril tubular and posterior nostril covered by a flap. Mouth inferior, upper jaw slightly larger than snout, length 43.9 % of HL; both jaws with two rows of subequal conical teeth; series of vomerine teeth. Dorsal-fin origin above posterior part of pectoral fins, predorsal distance 13.3 % of TL; pectoral fins elongated and larger than eye, length 27.7 % of HL. Cephalic pores: preoperculomandibular 6 + 3, infraorbital 4 + 2, supraorbital 1 + 3. Total vertebrae 138, predorsal vertebral 12, preanal vertebral 55.

Coloration (fresh).

Body yellowish brown, with whitish shades in ventral region and with greater intensity on dorsum; 16 brown bars that contrast as saddles on dorsum; dorsal region of snout and interorbital space dark brown. Pectoral and dorsal fins translucent, with light brownish shades.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Anguilliformes

Family

Ophichthidae

Genus

Ophichthus

Loc

Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984

Del Moral-Flores, Luis Fernando, Wakida-Kusunoki, Armando T., Ramos-Hernández, Rafael & George-Zamora, Arturo 2024
2024
Loc

Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984 . — McCosker and Böhlke (1984) : 24 (Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, South of Destin, Florida.)

McCosker JE & Böhlke EB 1984: 24
Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984 . — McCosker and Böhlke (1984) : 24 (Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, South of Destin, Florida.)
McCosker et Böhlke, 1984