APTERICHTUS-KERAMANUS, A NEW SNAKE-EEL FROM OKINAWA, SOUTHERN JAPAN (OPHICHTHINAE, OPHICHTHIDAE)

Authors
MACHIDA Y HASHIMOTO H YAMAKAWA T
Citation
Y. Machida et al., APTERICHTUS-KERAMANUS, A NEW SNAKE-EEL FROM OKINAWA, SOUTHERN JAPAN (OPHICHTHINAE, OPHICHTHIDAE), Ichthyological research, 44(1), 1997, pp. 27-33
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology
Journal title
Ichthyological research → ACNP
ISSN journal
13418998
Volume
44
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
27 - 33
Database
ISI
SICI code
1341-8998(1997)44:1<27:AANSFO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
A new snake-eel, Apterichtus keramanus, is described on the basis of a single 276-mm TL specimen trawled from the coast of Kerama Islands, O kinawa Prefecture, Japan. The species is unique in the genus in having the posterior nostril opening entirely inside the mouth and a dark ba nd running from the anteroventral margin of the eye to the upper lip.