FINLESS SNAKE-EELS OF THE GENUS CIRRICAECULA (ANGUILLIFORMES, OPHICHTHIDAE), WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF C-MACDOWELLI FROM TAIWAN

Authors
MCCOSKER JE RANDALL JE
Citation
Je. Mccosker et Je. Randall, FINLESS SNAKE-EELS OF THE GENUS CIRRICAECULA (ANGUILLIFORMES, OPHICHTHIDAE), WITH THE DESCRIPTION OF C-MACDOWELLI FROM TAIWAN, Gyoruigaku Zasshi, 40(2), 1993, pp. 189-192
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Gyoruigaku Zasshi → ACNP
ISSN journal
00215090
Volume
40
Issue
2
Year of publication
1993
Pages
189 - 192
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-5090(1993)40:2<189:FSOTGC>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
A new finless snake-eel, Cirricaecula macdowelli, is described on the basis of a specimen trawled at 30-50 m from the Formosa Straits. It is distinguished from its only congener, C. johnsoni from the Marshall I slands, by having more vertebrae and fewer labial cirri.