Loh, Kar-Hoe and Shao, Kwang-Tsao and Chen, Hong-Ming (2011) Gymnothorax melanosomatus, a new moray eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from southeastern Taiwan. Zootaxa (3134). pp. 43-52.
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Gymnothorax melanosomatus new species, is described here on the basis of eight specimens collected from eastern coastal Taiwan at a depth 50-180 m. This new moray eel is distinguished from a closely similar species, G. prolatus, by a combination of the following characters: a uniformly black body when fresh (vs. brown), a relatively long preanal length 58.5 % of TL (vs. 48.9), shorter snout length 17.8 % of HL (vs. 20.0), interobital width 12.2 % of HL (vs. 14.3); more preanal vertebrae 105-109 (vs. 74-86) and total vertebrae 201-211 (vs. 174-190). The male and female are not different in body color and pattern, but the numbers of median intermaxillary teeth are different between the sexes, 0 in male and 2-3 in female. Key words:
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | UNSPECIFIED |
| Subjects: | Q Science > Q Science (General) |
| Depositing User: | Dr Mohd Faizal Hamzah |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Nov 2015 10:48 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2015 10:48 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/14540 |
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