Ophichthus retrodorsalis
Ophichthus retrodorsalis Liu, Tang & Zhang, 2010
First described in: Liu, D.; Tang, W.; Zhang, C. (2010). Ophichthus retrodorsalis sp. nov. Pp. 332-333. In: C. Zhang (ed.) Fauna Sinica: Osteichthyes: Anguilliformes and Notacanthiformes. Science Press, Beijing. 453 pp.
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks. Previously known only from the holotype collected from southeastern China. A specimen (NMMB- P 28996) was collected from southwestern Taiwan off Ke-tzu-liao recently. The species is identified as Ophichthus retrodorsalis by having dorsal-fin origin about 1.5 pectoral-fin length behind tip of fin; two small barbels on upper jaw; two preopercular pores; four supraorbital pores; 3 ‒ 4 rows of granular teeth on vomer and jaws; and its coloration. However, there is some difference in the arrangement of jaw teeth, and more specimens are needed to document the variation in this species. The granular teeth on the jaws may also indicate that this is a species of Pisodonophis, rather than Ophichthus, as presently classified.
Checklist of eels of Taiwan (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes): An update
materials_examined
Holotype. 50929 (5009), Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, P. R. China, 1950.
Catalogue of the type specimens in the fish collection of the National Zoological Museum, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
Where it has been recorded
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 7193276.