First Morphological Description and the Distribution of Ophisurus macrorhynchos (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Leptocephalus Collected from Southeastern Waters of Jeju Island
First Morphological Description and the Distribution of Ophisurus macrorhynchos (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) Leptocephalus Collected from Southeastern Waters of Jeju Island
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济州岛东南海域采集的蛇尾蛇(鳗形目:蛇头科)细头蛇的首次形态描述和分布
DOI:
10.5657/kfas.2014.0888
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2014
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Jin
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作者:
Hwan;J. Choi;K. Choi;S. Yoon;Dong Woo Lee;Jin
Seventeen specimens of leptocephali [9.8-44.5 mm total length (TL)], of the family Ophichthidae, were collected from southeastern waters off Jeju Island and the Korea-Japan intermediate zone, and identified by means of morphology and genetics. These specimens were identified as belonging to the subfamily Ophichthinae based on various combinations of morphological characters: 211-215 total myomeres; 7 gut swellings; 2 liver lobes connected with the gall bladder on the second lobe; 6-7 postanal pigments present from anus to caudal margin. An analysis of the partial 12S rRNA sequences (849 base pairs) of mitochondrial DNA showed that our specimens must be Ophisurus macrorhynchos because their sequences were concordant with those of the adult O. macrorhynchos (genetic distance