Ophichthus Ahl 1789
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4750.1.2 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3706321 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03C23C59-FFF8-F92A-53F9-FF66FB3CF07F |
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Plazi |
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Ophichthus Ahl 1789 |
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Ophichthus Ahl 1789 View in CoL View at ENA
Ophichthus Ahl 1789: 5 View in CoL , type species Muraena ophis Linnaeus 1758 View in CoL , type by subsequent designation.
Diagnosis. Body moderately to very elongate, cylindrical, but compressed posteriorly; tail length usually more than half of TL. Dorsal-fin origin above or behind gill openings. Pectoral fins developed, slender or paddle-shaped. Snout and jaws moderately elongate; lips without numerous barbels or fringes; some species with one or two small barbels along upper lip on each side of snout. Anterior nostrils tubular; posterior nostrils open into mouth or along lower edge of upper lip. Eyes moderately to well-developed. Teeth conical and numerous, never caniniform, and uniserial or multiserial on jaws and vomer. Coloration variable, often marked, but generally uniform and darker dorsally. A worldwide revision is needed as several subgenera are recognizable within the genus.
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Ophichthus Ahl 1789
| Bogorodsky, Sergey V., Mal, Ahmad O. & Alpermann, Tilman J. 2020 |
Ophichthus
| Ahl, J. N. 1789: 5 |