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Ocellated Sand-eel
Lamnostoma polyophthalmum (Bleeker, 1853)
Also calledAnguille serpent, Lamnostome ocellé (fra) · Hakutenumihebi (jpn) · ハクテンウミヘビ (jpn) · Anguille Serpent (fra) · Lamnostome Ccellé (fra)
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks. Chiu et al. (2018) review the genus in Taiwan, and described one new species and one new record from Taiwan.
Checklist of eels of Taiwan (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes): An update
description
Common name: Ocellated Snake Eel Figures 3 A – 3 C, 4 A – 4 B, 7 B; Table 1
The freshwater snake eel genus Lamnostoma (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species
description
Description. Head moderately slender cylindrical and uncompressed; snout sharp, pointed, not elongate; posterior margin of anterior nostril and the anterior edge of posterior nostril with a slim labial papilla obvious in lateral view, posterior a hole situated at the interspace between the 1 st and 2 nd IO pore; gill opening ventral. Body moderately elongated, tail shorter than head and trunk, vent placed behind midpoint of total length. HL 9.9 – 10.1 % TL, TR 40.2 – 43.4 % TL, Tail 45.3 – 49.8 % TL; distance between dorsal fin origin and gill opening about 23.3 – 33.3 % HL, ventral width between gill opening 6.5 – 6.9 % HL. Teeth on both jaws uniserial and conical, comprising intermaxillary 5, maxillary 36 – 41 on each of side, vomerine 12 – 15, dentary 33 – 41 on each of side. Cephalic pores: SO 1 + 3, IO 4 + 2, POM 4 + 2, ST 3, F 1. Lateral-line pores: PGLL 8, PDLL 15, PALL 65 – 66, TLL 127 – 129. MVF: 12.5 - 63 - 136.5. This species has the highest number of preanal vertebrae among species of the genus Lamnostoma. Coloration: Body dark dorsally, whitish to yellowish ventrally; patterns of white spots on lateral of head arranged in arch, 2 rows of spots not meeting, lower row ve
The freshwater snake eel genus Lamnostoma (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Gill opening ventral; ventral width between gill opening 6.5 – 6.9 % HL; two POP; 33 – 41 teeth on lower jaw; lateral white spots on head without hill-shaped papilla, very faint ventrally.
The freshwater snake eel genus Lamnostoma (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) in Taiwan, with description of a new species
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Lamnostoma polyophthalmum in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7193275.