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分類 / 名稱 俗名 | 同種異名 | Catalog of Fishes(屬, 種) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa
Teleostei > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) 鰻鱺目 (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) 蛇鰻科 (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Ophichthus:Greek, ophis = serpent + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); alleni:Named for G. Allen. Eponymy: Dr Gerald Robert ‘Gerry’ Allen (d: 1942) is an American-born Australian ichthyologist. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page. More on author: McCosker.
This stout species of Ophichthus, subgenus Coecilophis is distinguished by the following characters: tail 57% and head 12% of total length; origin of dorsal-fin above pectoral-fin base; small, rounded pectoral fins; posterior nostril in upper lip is covered by a flap; minute, numerous head pores, SO 1+4, IO 4+3, POM 3+9-10; small and pointed teeth, none elongate, uniserial on mandible and posterior half of vomer, biserial on maxillary; pale in color, slightly darker dorsally, median fins pale; mean vertebral formula 11/52.5/132, total vertebrae 131-133 (Ref. 84366). Body shape (shape guide): eel-like.
McCosker, J.E., 2010. Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505:1-39. (Ref. 84366)
