A new species of Atractodenchelys (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from Vietnam
Author
Vo, Quang Van
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
text
Zootaxa
2020
2020-02-21
4742
3
588
594
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.12
c2109781-dca0-4cc7-aa86-e52949864b92
1175-5326
3677937
FDBFE02A-4143-4D8A-9939-1675DF778689
Genus
Atractodenchelys
Robins & Robins, 1970
Diagnosis.
Body entirely scaleless; pectoral fins present; anus moderately forward; trunk usually shorter, sometimes equal to or slightly longer, than head length; gill openings on the lower side of the body, well-separated from each other; lateral line well developed; no pore on supratemporal canal of the head; oval patch of teeth on intermaxillary; single row of 5–8 large compound teeth on vomer; and multiple rows of teeth on both jaws (
Robins & Robins, 1970
; this study).