Taxonomic notes on the eel, Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775), in the western Indian Ocean

Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John); Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology

Title: Taxonomic notes on the eel, Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775), in the western Indian Ocean
Title: Special publication (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology) no.2
Creator: Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John)
Creator: Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology
Subject: Eels
Subject: Marine fishes -- Africa, Southern
Date Issued: 1967-12
Date: 1967-12
Type: text
Type: book
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69530
Identifier: vital:29546
Identifier: Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
Description: Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the Rhodes University, Department of Ichthyology, No. 2
Description: Specimens from the southeast African coast conform well in essential characters with those displayed in radiographs of Muraena tota cinerea Forsskål from the Red Sea. In contrast, Japanese specimens which have been assigned to M.cinereus have more precaudal vertebrae, a higher total number of vertebrae, more numerous dorsal rays, a broader interorbital and a larger eye. They should therefore be set aside as distinct from Forsskål’s species. An available name for these is possibly M.singaporensis (Bleeker, 1853) although insufficient is known about M.cinereus - type eels in the Indo-Malayan region for this name to be confidently applied to the Japanese form. In many features western Indian Ocean M.cinereus closely resembles M.yamaguchiensis Katayama & Takai, 1954, also from Japan.
Format: 12 pages
Format: pdf
Publisher: Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology, Grahamstown
Language: English
Relation: Special publication (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology)
Relation: Castle, P.H.J. (1967) Taxonomic notes on the eel, Muraenesox cinereus (Forsskål, 1775), in the western Indian Ocean. Grahamstown, Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology, Special Publication, No. 2
Relation: Special publication (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology) volume number 2 1 12 December 1967 0075-2088
Rights: Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa
Rights: Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

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