- Title
- Description and osteology of a new eel of the genus Bathymyrus from off Mozambique
- Title
- Special publication (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology) no.4
- Creator
- Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John)
- Creator
- Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology
- Subject
- Eels
- Subject
- Bathymyrus smithi
- Subject
- Marine fishes -- Mozambique
- Date Issued
- 1968-05
- Date
- 1968-05
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69552
- Identifier
- vital:29548
- 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. 4
- Description
- A commercial haul off the Limpopo River mouth in 260 - 270 fathoms collected 35 eels of the genus Bathymyrus Alcock, 1889, described here as B. smithi sp. nov. This has a shorter head and pectoral and a more posterior dorsal origin relative to the pectoral fin than in B.echinorhynchus Alcock, 1889 from the Bay of Bengal and B.simus Smith, 1965 from the South China Sea. B.smithi is also distinct in having extra-oral rostral teeth present but less conspicuously developed, more numerous vertebrae (150 — 155, compared with about 125 — 130 in the other species) and drab coloration. An osteological study shows that, although it has certain unique features, B.smithi is very closely similar to congrids of the subfamily Anagoinae. There are valid reasons for using the term Bathymyrinae for this group of congrid eels.
- Format
- 15 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology, Grahamstown
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Special publication (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology)
- Relation
- Castle, P.H.J. (1968) Description and osteology of a new eel of the genus Bathymyrus from off Mozambique. Special Publication, Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology, No.4
- Relation
- Special publication (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology) volume number 4 1 15 May 1968 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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