taxonID	type	format	identifier	references	title	description	created	creator	contributor	publisher	audience	source	license	rightsHolder	datasetID
555E6F0623185062BF956F70FEA0FF5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15561859/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15561859	FIGURE 3. Ophichthys hodgarti, NCBS NRC-AA-9311, 192.2 mm TL, Ramsing village, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India: close up of head and gular region in lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views. Note scales extending to behind the head; smooth gular region, and paired gill openings in (C).	FIGURE 3. Ophichthys hodgarti, NCBS NRC-AA-9311, 192.2 mm TL, Ramsing village, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India: close up of head and gular region in lateral (A), dorsal (B), and ventral (C) views. Note scales extending to behind the head; smooth gular region, and paired gill openings in (C).	2025-05-19	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya		Zenodo	biologists	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya			
555E6F0623185062BF956F70FEA0FF5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15561863/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15561863	FIGURE 4. Ophichthys hodgarti, NCBS NRC-AA-9311, 192.2 mm TL, Ramsing village, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India in lateral view. Note presence of cycloid scales across the entire body posterior to the head.	FIGURE 4. Ophichthys hodgarti, NCBS NRC-AA-9311, 192.2 mm TL, Ramsing village, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India in lateral view. Note presence of cycloid scales across the entire body posterior to the head.	2025-05-19	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya		Zenodo	biologists	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya			
555E6F0623185062BF956F70FEA0FF5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15561865/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15561865	FIGURE 5. Ophichthys hodgarti, NCBS NRC-AA-9311, 192.2 mm TL, Ramsing village, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India: Close up of posterior end of the body in lateral (A), and ventral (B) view. Arrow indicates position of the vent.	FIGURE 5. Ophichthys hodgarti, NCBS NRC-AA-9311, 192.2 mm TL, Ramsing village, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India: Close up of posterior end of the body in lateral (A), and ventral (B) view. Arrow indicates position of the vent.	2025-05-19	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya		Zenodo	biologists	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya			
555E6F0623185062BF956F70FEA0FF5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15561867/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15561867	FIGURE 6. Ophichthys hodgarti, NCBS NRC-AA-9312, 179.3 mm TL, in life, from Ramsing, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India in lateral view (A); NCBS NRC-AA-9313, 83.7 mm TL, juvenile topotype in life, from Rotung, East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India in lateral view (B). Note the absence of mottling in the juvenile specimen (B).	FIGURE 6. Ophichthys hodgarti, NCBS NRC-AA-9312, 179.3 mm TL, in life, from Ramsing, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India in lateral view (A); NCBS NRC-AA-9313, 83.7 mm TL, juvenile topotype in life, from Rotung, East Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India in lateral view (B). Note the absence of mottling in the juvenile specimen (B).	2025-05-19	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya		Zenodo	biologists	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya			
555E6F0623185062BF956F70FEA0FF5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15561871/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15561871	FIGURE 7. Cleared and stained gill arches of Ophichthys hodgarti, 157.7 mm TL, in dorsal view. BB, basibranchial; BH, basihyal; CB, ceratobranchial; EB, epibranchial; HB, hypobranchial; PB, pharyngobranchial; UP4, upper pharyngeal toothplate 4; VHH, ventral hypohyal.	FIGURE 7. Cleared and stained gill arches of Ophichthys hodgarti, 157.7 mm TL, in dorsal view. BB, basibranchial; BH, basihyal; CB, ceratobranchial; EB, epibranchial; HB, hypobranchial; PB, pharyngobranchial; UP4, upper pharyngeal toothplate 4; VHH, ventral hypohyal.	2025-05-19	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya		Zenodo	biologists	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya			
555E6F0623185062BF956F70FEA0FF5C.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/StillImage	image/png	https://zenodo.org/record/15561873/files/figure.png	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15561873	FIGURE 8. Habitat of Ophichthys hodgarti at Ramsing, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India (A) showing overflowing cemented drain bordered by saturated soil where the species was located. Photographed during the monsoons, the drain was nearly dry when the specimens were observed; Ophichthys hodgarti juvenile topotype, in life, air breathing during exhalation (B) and inhalation (C).	FIGURE 8. Habitat of Ophichthys hodgarti at Ramsing, Upper Siang, Arunachal Pradesh, India (A) showing overflowing cemented drain bordered by saturated soil where the species was located. Photographed during the monsoons, the drain was nearly dry when the specimens were observed; Ophichthys hodgarti juvenile topotype, in life, air breathing during exhalation (B) and inhalation (C).	2025-05-19	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya		Zenodo	biologists	Mukherjee, Nilanjan;Kumar, Rahul G.;Narayanan, Surya			
