First Record of Ophichthus johnmccoskeri (Ophichthidae : Ophichthinae) from Chilika Lagoon, India

Authors

  • Anil Mohapatra
     Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha
  • Swarup Ranjan Mohanty
     Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha
  • Sanmitra Roy
     Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/132090

Keywords:

Bay of Bengal, New Record, Odisha, Snake Eel.

Abstract

McCosker’s snake eel, Ophichthus johnmccoskeri, a species of the family Ophichthidae is reported for the first time from Chilika Lagoon, Odisha, India, on the basis of 5 specimens collected during the Chilika expedition from Satapada in the year 1987. The species was recently described from West Bengal coast. The report of the species from Chilika lagoon provides the distributional range extension as well as more morphometric information on the species.

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Author Biography

Anil Mohapatra, Estuarine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Gopalpur-on-Sea, Ganjam - 761002, Odisha

Scientist & officer-in-Charge

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Published

2019-08-06

How to Cite

Mohapatra, A., Mohanty, S. R., & Roy, S. (2019). First Record of <i>Ophichthus johnmccoskeri</i> (Ophichthidae : Ophichthinae) from Chilika Lagoon, India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(3), 292–294. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i3/2019/132090

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Volume 119, Issue 3, 2019

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Mohapatra, A., Ray, D., Mohanty, S.R., Mishra, S.S. 2018. Ophichthus johnmccoskeri sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): A new snake eel from Indian waters, Bay of Bengal. Zootaxa, 4462(2), 251-256. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4462.2.7. PMid: 30314046.

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