FB-70563 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70563 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Cypriniformes Nemacheilidae Aborichthys Aborichthys iphipaniensis Kosygin, Gurumayum, Singh & Chowdhury, 2019 Belly spotted snake eel 2024-04-19 2024-04-19 Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra and T.T.P.A. Kumar0 A new species of deep-water snake eel, <i>Ophichthus nigroventralis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India. Ichthyol. Res. 71:268-275. (Ref. 130908) FB-DiagnosticDescr-70574 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-29 00:00:00 2024-04-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70574 This moderate elongated species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: dorsal-fin origin slightly behind the pectoral-fin tip; pectoral fin lanceolate, slightlyshorter than the upper jaw in length; head length 6.7-7.5 in TL; pre-anal length 2.1-2.2 in TL; tail 1.9 in TL; head pores - SO 1 + 3, IO 4 + 2, POM 6 + 3; teeth small, conical and pointed; intermaxillary with a rosette of 10 teeth; vomer with 6 anterior teeth in irregular biserial rows, posterior teeth 11 in uniserial row; maxillary with 24-25 uniserial pointed teeth; in fresh, body yellowish-brown dorsally, whitish ventral, abdomen with numerous minute black pigmentationextends up to tail, pectoral fin whitish with brown base; pre-dorsal vertebrae 17-18; pre-anal vertebrae 53-54; total vertebrae 131-134 (Ref. 130908). Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra and T.T.P.A. Kumar 2023 A new species of deep-water snake eel, <i>Ophichthus nigroventralis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India. Ichthyol. Res. 71:268-275. (Ref. 130908) FB-Morphology-70574 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-29 00:00:00 2024-04-30 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70574 Vertebrae: 131 - 134 Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra and T.T.P.A. Kumar 2023 A new species of deep-water snake eel, <i>Ophichthus nigroventralis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India. Ichthyol. Res. 71:268-275. (Ref. 130908) FB-Distribution-70574 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-29 00:00:00 2024-04-29 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70574 Western Indian Ocean: India. Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra and T.T.P.A. Kumar 2023 A new species of deep-water snake eel, <i>Ophichthus nigroventralis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India. Ichthyol. Res. 71:268-275. (Ref. 130908) FB-Uses-70574 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-29 00:00:00 2024-04-29 00:00:00 Importance http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70574 fisheries: bycatch Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra and T.T.P.A. Kumar 2023 A new species of deep-water snake eel, <i>Ophichthus nigroventralis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India. Ichthyol. Res. 71:268-275. (Ref. 130908) FB-Size-70574 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-29 00:00:00 2024-04-29 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70574 42.3 cm TL (female) Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra and T.T.P.A. Kumar 2023 A new species of deep-water snake eel, <i>Ophichthus nigroventralis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India. Ichthyol. Res. 71:268-275. (Ref. 130908) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-70574 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Estelita Emily Capuli 2024-04-29 00:00:00 2024-04-29 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=70574 demersal; marine; depth range ? - 400 m (Ref. 130908) Kodeeswaran, P., A. Mohapatra and T.T.P.A. Kumar 2023 A new species of deep-water snake eel, <i>Ophichthus nigroventralis</i> (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India. Ichthyol. Res. 71:268-275. (Ref. 130908)