Confirmación de la presencia de Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani) (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) en el Caribe colombiano.
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Date
2008
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Confirmation of the occurrence of Ophichthus cylindroideus (Ranzani) (Angulliformes: Ophichthidae) in the Colombian Caribbean.Abstract
Two specimens, 565 and 715 mm total length (TL), of the dusky snake eel, Ophichthus cylindroideus, collected southwest of Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean, were examined. This species was not reported by Acero and Garzón-Ferreira (1995), then it is was not listed in the Colombian marine fishes data bases. However, McCosker et al. (1989) did examine one specimen (USNM 94755, 622 mm TL) from Puerto Colombia. External morphological and morphometric data are compared, as well as some osteology features.Dos muestras, 565 y 715 mm de longitud total (LT), de la anguila morena serpiente, cylindroideus Ophichthus, conseguidas al suroeste de Santa Marta, Caribe colombiano, fueron examinados. Esta especie no fue reportada por Acero y Garzón-Ferreira (1995), entonces es que no fue incluido en el colombiano datos marinos peces bases. Sin embargo, McCosker et al. (1989) ha analizado una muestra (USNM 94755, 622 mm LT) de Puerto Colombia. Los datos externos morfológico y morfométrico se comparan, así como algunas características osteologica.
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Boletín de investigaciones marinas y costerasVolume
37Issue/Article Nr
2Publisher or University
INVEMAR, Santa Marta (Colombia)Resource/Dataset Location
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