- Title
- A new snake eel, Ophichthus bennettai, (Pisces: Ophichthidae) from off western South Africa
- Title
- Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) no.39
- Creator
- McCosker, John E
- Creator
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Subject
- Snake eels -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 1986-07
- Date
- 1986-07
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/70206
- Identifier
- vital:29634
- 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 J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 39
- Description
- A new species of snake-eel, Ophichthus bennettai, Subfamily Ophichthinae, is described from a single specimen trawled in 372 m off western South Africa. It differs from all other ophichthines in its combination of mostly uniserial teeth, uniform brown coloration, and vertebral formula 17-63-167.
- Format
- 7 pages
- Format
- Publisher
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology)
- Relation
- McCosker, J. E.(1986) A new snake eel, Ophichthus bennettai, (Pisces: Ophichthidae) from off western South Africa. Grahamstown, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Special publication, no. 39
- Relation
- Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) volume number 39 1 7 July 1986 0075-2088 0-86810-133-8
- Rights
- J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- 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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