- Title
- A contribution to a revision of the moringuid eels
- Title
- Special publication (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology) no.3
- Creator
- Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John)
- Creator
- Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology
- Subject
- Eels
- Subject
- Moringua
- Subject
- Marine fishes -- Africa, Southern
- Date Issued
- 1968-03
- Date
- 1968-03
- Type
- text
- Type
- book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69541
- Identifier
- vital:29547
- 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. 3
- Description
- An examination of vertebral numbers in a series of eels of the genus Moringua Gray, 1831 from the western Indian Ocean clearly indicates three species, with about 105—113, 115—125 and 153—160 vertebrae respectively. These counts are matched by proportionately shorter head and greater slenderness of body, which are not correlated with total length in each group. Lateral line pore counts and position of heart confirm the presence of three species. A study of the moringuid literature and of certain type material shows that the names Moringua microchir Bleeker, M.ferruginea Bliss and M.javanica (Kaup) may be applied to these. Aphthalmichthys abbreviatus Bleeker is almost certainly based on immature females of M.microchir and is considered a synonym. A vertebral count on the holotype of M.bicolor Kaup suggests that it may be the male form of M.javanica. Aphthal— michthys macrocephalus Bleeker is probably a synonym of M.macrochir Bleeker and the latter shows close similarities to M.raitaborua Hamilton—Buchanan. Growth in moringuids appears to be most rapid at a point a few segments in advance of the vent.
- Format
- 32 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) A contribution to a revision of the moringuid eels. Grahamstown, Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology, Special Publication, No.3
- Relation
- Special publication (Rhodes University. Department of Ichthyology) volume number 3 1 32 March 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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