FB-70705 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70705 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cyprinodontiformes Rivulidae Argolebias Argolebias adrianae Alonso, Terán, Calviño, Serra, Montes, García, Barneche, Ciotek, Giorgis & Casciotta, 2024 2024-09-09 2024-09-09 Ho, H.-C., S.-L. Ng and T.-Y. Lin0 Description of a new <i>Ophichthus</i> eel from Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea, and a range extension of <i>Ophichthus kusanagi</i> Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019. Raff. Bull. Zool. 70:312-319. (Ref. 129533) FB-GeneralDescr-70715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70715 The Pratas Island, the only island of Dongsha Atoll, has large coral reefs surrounded by deep sea situated near the holotype’s collection site. Public attention is called to the possible damage that frequent fishery activity in the area might be causing to the environment and natural resources of Dongsha Atoll (Ref. 129533). Ho, H.-C., S.-L. Ng and T.-Y. Lin 2022 Description of a new <i>Ophichthus</i> eel from Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea, and a range extension of <i>Ophichthus kusanagi</i> Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019. Raff. Bull. Zool. 70:312-319. (Ref. 129533) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70715 This species is distinguished by the following characters: eyes large typical of the O. megalops species group, but without a blackened anal-fin base in advance of the tail tip. It differs from its Indo-West Pacific congeners in having the following set of characters: eyes large (15.9% HL); snout short and blunt (22.0% HL); rictus slightly anterior of vertical through posterior margin of eye; dorsal-fin origin 2.2 times pectoral-fin length behind tip of pectoral fin; a knob present between nostrils; teeth biserial on upper jaw and uniserial on vomer and lower jaw; supraorbital pores 1+4 and preoperculo-mandibular pores 6+2; vertebral formula 20-59-177 . Colouration: body bicoloured, grey-brown dorsally and uniformly pale ventrally (Ref. 129533). Ho, H.-C., S.-L. Ng and T.-Y. Lin 2022 Description of a new <i>Ophichthus</i> eel from Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea, and a range extension of <i>Ophichthus kusanagi</i> Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019. Raff. Bull. Zool. 70:312-319. (Ref. 129533) FB-Distribution-70715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70715 West Pacific: South China Sea (Pratas I., Dongsha Atoll). Ho, H.-C., S.-L. Ng and T.-Y. Lin 2022 Description of a new <i>Ophichthus</i> eel from Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea, and a range extension of <i>Ophichthus kusanagi</i> Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019. Raff. Bull. Zool. 70:312-319. (Ref. 129533) FB-Size-70715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70715 58.5 cm TL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 129533)) Ho, H.-C., S.-L. Ng and T.-Y. Lin 2022 Description of a new <i>Ophichthus</i> eel from Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea, and a range extension of <i>Ophichthus kusanagi</i> Hibino, McCosker & Tashiro, 2019. Raff. Bull. Zool. 70:312-319. (Ref. 129533) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70715 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-09-20 00:00:00 2024-09-20 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70715 demersal; marine