First record of Marbled snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson 1908) (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from Bangladesh marine water

Authors

  • M. D. Rasel Mia
     Jagannath University, Department of Zoology, Dhaka − 1100
  • Shamsur Rahman Selim
     Jagannath University, Department of Zoology, Dhaka − 1100
  • Md Habibur Rahman
     Jagannath University, Department of Zoology, Dhaka − 1100
  • Md Islam
     Jagannath University, Department of Zoology, Dhaka − 1100

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/155991

Keywords:

Bay of Bengal, Saint Martin’s Island, Snake eel

Abstract

The present paper reports the first record of marbled snake eel, Ophichthus lithinus (Jordan & Richardson, 1908) from Bangladesh marine water. The authors confirmed the identification of the species by the morphological characteristics of a single individual collected during the field survey conducted from November 2019 to March 2020 in Saint Martin’s Island, Bangladesh. This paper also confirms the first occurrence of the genus Ophichthus Ahl, 1789 in the country.

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2022-06-03

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Rasel Mia, M. D., Rahman Selim, S., Habibur Rahman, M., & Islam, M. (2022). First record of Marbled snake eel, <i>Ophichthus lithinus</i> (Jordan & Richardson 1908) (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from Bangladesh marine water. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 122(1), 37–42. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v122/i1/2022/155991

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Volume 122, Issue 1, 2022

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