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<mods:title id="5E4D13B5613372818C0E564379AE66AA">Descriptions of two new dark-body snake eels of the genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae) from Taiwan</mods:title>
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<mods:namePart id="C17F7A5429F3701C7FB4D6AA360F563C">Ho, Hsuan-Ching</mods:namePart>
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<mods:affiliation id="D6E896C96973633A23E49C8CAACD999C">Department and Graduate Institute of Aquaculture, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung 811, Taiwan &amp; Australian Museum, Sydney 2010, Australia</mods:affiliation>
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<taxonomicName id="5C4319FC7D7687F5FDF9A856073B3167" authority="Hibino &amp; Ho" authorityName="Hibino &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2024" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kbalanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="308CB1EF4ACA2C72B8C3F598E8C8D1CD" italics="true">Ophichthus kbalanensis</emphasis>
Hibino &amp; Ho
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<figureCitation id="4A269C3E8337785D9E20BE6272DE628E" captionStart="Figure 1" captionStartId="F1" captionText="Figure 1. Ophichthus kbalanensis sp. nov., NMMB-P 26381, holotype, 414 mm TL, Da-xi, Taiwan A fresh condition B preserved condition. Arrows indicate positions of dorsal-fin origin (lefts) and anus (rights)." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1220.126337.figure1" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1194398">Figs 1</figureCitation>
,
<figureCitation id="C79F8C99C9CDF6EBBE7DF28AC18312E4" captionStart="Figure 2" captionStartId="F2" captionText="Figure 2. Line drawings of O. kbalanensis sp. nov., NMMB-P 26381, holotype, 414 mm TL A sensory pores on head B teeth on upper (left) and lower jaws (right). Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-temporal pores (right); black solid circle indicates holes of lost tooth; and broken lines indicate concealed teeth by fleshy lips." figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1220.126337.figure2" httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/1194399">2</figureCitation>
;
<tableCitation id="310B34BD71452AC4402AEF51A49BC00D" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Counts and measurements of two new Ophichthus from Taiwan." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/78971F2C976540034B269033BAC72C47" tableUuid="78971F2C976540034B269033BAC72C47">Tables 1</tableCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="83D5D1B3DB4CFEAD2928FE0599A90BCB" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Selected characters of Ophichthus species reported from Taiwan, except patterned species." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/3CC3B79BF31298505EAC7889535A776B" tableUuid="3CC3B79BF31298505EAC7889535A776B">2</tableCitation>
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="1AB0291C3DAC7FF7802DB9859F57106A">
<heading id="797DEBD05AD761702A1BF4618598DFD1" reason="title">Material examined.</heading>
</paragraph>
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<materialsCitation id="66C30F68E50A57185AFA360D2A6AB762" collectingDate="2017-07-01" collectionCode="NMMB-P" country="Taiwan" latitude="24.9" location="Da-xi" longLatPrecision="124" longitude="121.933334" specimenCode="NMMB-P 26381" specimenCount="1" stateProvince="Yilan" typeStatus="holotype">
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<typeStatus id="0BBD6BD16BB26D286F0FAACF3203688C" type="holotype">Holotype</typeStatus>
</emphasis>
:
<specimenCode id="0EB683070F7B995D5C6565DCA5433122">NMMB-P 26381</specimenCode>
,
<quantity id="AE5CDE195D266B14A96BD71ADCFB0D8C" metricMagnitude="-1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="4.14" unit="mm" value="2.6381414E7">414 mm</quantity>
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EXKAC" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
, ca
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<geoCoordinate id="6170F0B607917395D09A6EDA7A82FA58" degrees="24" direction="north" minutes="54.0" orientation="latitude" precision="92" value="24.9">24°54.0'N</geoCoordinate>
,
<geoCoordinate id="BDBAF0CE8F1C9DF923DE8DE3F261DE39" degrees="121" direction="east" minutes="56.0" orientation="longitude" precision="92" value="121.933334">121°56.0'E</geoCoordinate>
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,
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,
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, northeastern
<collectingCountry id="EAB7E062D77314A6B841FF285BA386F1" name="Taiwan">Taiwan</collectingCountry>
, northwestern Pacific Ocean,
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<collectingDate id="CA584F402ABEB2C96A8D01591482BF6E" value="2017-07-01">1 Jul. 2017</collectingDate>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="B5C516552E8FE7DC513A33819105F358">
<heading id="4A16C889A55100B7851B2397E3095926" reason="title">Diagnosis.</heading>
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<paragraph id="D4A00136C9B0EBB35290D426338ED067">
A relatively short
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<emphasis id="5992C52BF42E621B168F56DFD0DC1634" italics="true">Ophichthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
with the following combination of characters: head 10.3 %
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQLAC" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
; tail 62.7 %
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EULAC" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
; dorsal-fin origin above about middle of pectoral fin; tip of lower jaw anterior to anterior-nostril base; two simple, distally pointed protrusions along upper lip;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EYLAC" xlink_title="supraorbital pores">SO</abbrev>
1 + 4;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0E3LAC" xlink_title="preoperculomandibular pores">POM</abbrev>
6 or 7 + 3; teeth on jaws and vomer mostly uniserial but posterior ends of maxilla and anterior end of symphysis biserial; body dark; median fins with narrow dark margins, except the pale fin origins; 14 predorsal and 53 preanal lateral-line pores; VF 12-55 - 153.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="17F0BEC3AA3F31045EAA8CE12A07B7DD">
<heading id="F2D2DAFE55CBCEC012A0BD8B2B46D7B3" reason="title">Description.</heading>
</paragraph>
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Counts and measurements are mostly shown in Tables
<tableCitation id="1A1A2851EB4BF29F591F2B37B17DB8FC" captionStart="Table 1" captionStartId="T1" captionText="Table 1. Counts and measurements of two new Ophichthus from Taiwan." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/78971F2C976540034B269033BAC72C47" tableUuid="78971F2C976540034B269033BAC72C47">1</tableCitation>
,
<tableCitation id="0EACD71980719B6A27B4729AB25A24DF" captionStart="Table 2" captionStartId="T2" captionText="Table 2. Selected characters of Ophichthus species reported from Taiwan, except patterned species." httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/3CC3B79BF31298505EAC7889535A776B" tableUuid="3CC3B79BF31298505EAC7889535A776B">2</tableCitation>
.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="C20559085C11CE854F89C46B4EC09CEA">
<label id="0E9E35AC3A866895DC5BE5BCF44FB17E">Table 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C2CE5444515DCFF4264C111C424FF199">
Counts and measurements of two new
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<emphasis id="4B2C07D27FE973BD85A5AA89D0F4ACED" italics="true">Ophichthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from Taiwan.
</paragraph>
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<th id="2DB69E507B3F32BF53EB15DDE2EA3F7D" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="3">-</th>
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<taxonomicName id="861E7FBF6F15E516A65662F7E3661734" authorityName="Hibino &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2024" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kbalanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D654C5437BEB63158DFD1DEEBC7826C0" italics="true">O. kbalanensis</emphasis>
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<taxonomicNameLabel id="D6D342792769FCE1E5E741E59C948A23" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
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<taxonomicName id="1CB91A80201F83AC3E81E5CF4AB13075" authorityName="Hibino, Ho &amp; Huang" authorityYear="2024" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multidentis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="6999EF8D1824A307FF7EDE7B62A538FA" italics="true">O. multidentis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C31193861093D14E2635A61B837EA249" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</th>
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<th id="C360F3465C762C0C672D42D27F7FC4ED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Holotype</th>
<th id="AF8A375E90D6D6EF638F238EC66F8C42" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Holotype</th>
<th id="7E91091729252002113B6780C17E87E6" colspan="4" rowspan="1">Paratypes</th>
</tr>
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<th id="0B7C7CB1923272314D0EBC4A0DAAA80F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="4EC08C169D6B2C46168A91EAF5FE2009">NMMB-P 26381</specimenCode>
</th>
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<specimenCode id="4023CA2E4B4BC7A6996BB4670A695C2A">NMMB-P 36205</specimenCode>
</th>
<th id="8D22344FAEDD9DA9415521995A9F17C9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="9F800BB58EDFB07912E6C1FC1E017496">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZOAC" xlink_title="National Taiwan Ocean University, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Aquaculture">TOU-AE</abbrev>
7802
</specimenCode>
</th>
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<specimenCode id="133E372ED4B1D01D7E92E7FDC399D9BD">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EBPAC" xlink_title="National Taiwan Ocean University, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Aquaculture">TOU-AE</abbrev>
8998
</specimenCode>
</th>
<th id="479DB61336801654095F85580894D35C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="ABD779BE3B038D17F00FADB95CF89924">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJPAC" xlink_title="National Taiwan Ocean University, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Aquaculture">TOU-AE</abbrev>
8999
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</th>
<th id="40A5B71FF8513ABC6AD8D752CE919A2B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<specimenCode id="60A92B3DC95C1C5DEE3CAD4144EFAE02">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERPAC" xlink_title="National Taiwan Ocean University, Laboratory of Aquatic Ecology, Department of Aquaculture">TOU-AE</abbrev>
9294
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</th>
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<td id="2E2F781515A91994D514E4A4AB9CC07D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Total length (mm)</td>
<td id="E5C0EE96CAC12661FAD5864F80F479B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">414</td>
<td id="786AC4FB79B8B11F56064F364243B4EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">433</td>
<td id="BD697A1739C6BD648DC8D0015700C995" colspan="1" rowspan="1">519</td>
<td id="05969891CE11B2ED3F289414E68366B4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">554</td>
<td id="FFCC247C6A3148638199404ABB510C00" colspan="1" rowspan="1">597</td>
<td id="F004B620E8A821D9415E8CBDE875EBC7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">696</td>
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As % of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERAAE" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
</td>
</tr>
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Head length (
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZAAE" xlink_title="head lengths">HL</abbrev>
)
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<td id="64E43708F2BD361AA0C431532C43A7D5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.3</td>
<td id="CF3296E5827A13ECCC393F76E5C7EFDD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.1</td>
<td id="EDBFCCE3C8F11173D1C4C1BAAFC97379" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.0</td>
<td id="C2EEC02ECE50E3945D690DD1B0A36718" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.2</td>
<td id="15C6035FAFCB9D4EDA8114FA0A34C0F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.8</td>
<td id="ACC0A793153D3869A80CD62E92220900" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.5</td>
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<tr id="54F50E81B4BAF3A310C50A97DE6ACC0F">
<td id="8D52EF48BBED07EDBF9E8444B1013F7D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Preanal length</td>
<td id="8383E16A6485E0AB245A774773BA77BE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">37.3</td>
<td id="0EC5FFCC55DFF9B5787D6D3693BA98A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">41.2</td>
<td id="044A98EF54FC2F4668BD2C7691BEC210" colspan="1" rowspan="1">41.5</td>
<td id="641F84E20E509BA3527CB6080FF627E8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">43.2</td>
<td id="B6EC0A80D1CB4278E3A1100129D03D5F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">43.2</td>
<td id="AD2116317FA0D22531871AF6941E4642" colspan="1" rowspan="1">42.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CF26CEBD7CEF1EAF15C1F082AD331E6C">
<td id="6096FD41FF9C9C63182C58757843E3DC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Tail length</td>
<td id="41589AE7EF43C69DAF20C1011F5D6BD7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">62.7</td>
<td id="76FDB229AD24D5388B7973723B58B24D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">58.8</td>
<td id="5F3BB24434953E32D3AF1D94E90675B8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">58.5</td>
<td id="BE1E24209241CE63C68E86D9D1B6D0BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">56.8</td>
<td id="D344DD638E8FF08943E0539FD87F86DB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">56.8</td>
<td id="CE664E8F4105933E029C296CAFEC8B55" colspan="1" rowspan="1">57.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="281B7447DA0C5AE47A30775C737FDB27">
<td id="1064F935C1B54E9BAEC11AA6040DE720" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Predorsal length</td>
<td id="15C39CE573BD1BCA19E0A43FAB5FFC19" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.6</td>
<td id="9111666549DADD0525FE39E0D85A43DF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.5</td>
<td id="F5AC463BB3026EFB53BE42C6A2B758B6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">15.1</td>
<td id="50BDD08C98689E7E5C064F44E1463712" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.1</td>
<td id="3D2B4CE01B781BA1569A54B8366993B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17.4</td>
<td id="71B1A52B70C6C1252632D4AA1900D56E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3F204D5D2114171FF29DDB51B4BEDC3F">
<td id="0276415E405AEFC3093D07FA26B38915" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Body depth at gill opening</td>
<td id="987584AF8A151A2733144F4649EC3802" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.1</td>
<td id="7039B469533E053B74A04675788AB398" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.2</td>
<td id="60C8E2DDD14AEFC277E11ACC491D91B6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td id="B0141907268CB01FC2A8057D3D7423C5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.4</td>
<td id="AD6A71AAE2FC6746D101DAAA68804AC3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
<td id="48B4371C1DA38BF31BE69AC58B48D328" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="EA65D885BAC8429D5C372BB22559F1CB">
<td id="E8C5ABEF19AC759FF87FFD95D9A975F2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Body width at gill opening</td>
<td id="3B09B68EF32296DA79F459D99A83A8BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.0</td>
<td id="267CE819E5B622A91AB30226A984945A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.6</td>
<td id="A3012365A2377C1A1D21BCCE98663C03" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td id="9A3FC75767E140487980DB7CB50C74F2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.7</td>
<td id="01718B9D5A915DF37296B9C84143DA80" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1.9</td>
<td id="FCA872D8BCAEC8EC0B7D41695152E86A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.7</td>
</tr>
<tr id="EB6F1CA424300D88A76FB731EF2EC854">
<td id="BE0B229E89A75CACB43DC0E916992EF5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Body depth at mid-anus</td>
<td id="05B60FDD353BEBF04526CC2813BB6128" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.5</td>
<td id="43FE8F2280F3F4389F287A1B1F9D333B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.1</td>
<td id="25A0CA93D1640A6A43E42CF998CC349B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.9</td>
<td id="B162E0A69EFAD380E2521B0FF11C8E11" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.3</td>
<td id="073323AC562D1601F7C950DCDFEBF0F6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
<td id="454719C90012C74EBE3400B641DF4128" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="44C8DCFF83DC79E7AF11B4DD685470F1">
<td id="8BA4F5C37580437BAE3B7D0A93F8C90C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Body width at mid-anus</td>
<td id="3A5C88092DA6C97A2973F23B512B0BBA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.4</td>
<td id="4C7108764F452B156071802443F00D89" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.1</td>
<td id="E437ACF17A1BCE0838BC9AF98EDDB262" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.8</td>
<td id="6CC9F473507695BC05344C77A7D833C9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.4</td>
<td id="3FCAA2CC5E3592DCF75D152EFE6A98D5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2.6</td>
<td id="7A82A7BCE690F8B120514659CABFCE47" colspan="1" rowspan="1">3.0</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1BA4B076706E25849005DAB133FA9032">
<td id="F51FDEF7EBE9D8735DF1BFE09A4E4EE4" colspan="7" rowspan="1">
As % of
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EOGAE" xlink_title="head lengths">HL</abbrev>
</td>
</tr>
<tr id="70E29765F6FCDCE69FCFE17E1F327EDA">
<td id="B765B74AD62A0348F1D33C381710DE6E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Snout length</td>
<td id="30D23D3A3717A0DC14C50F526753DC02" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.4</td>
<td id="34D7D739EFB2D05483C2436581472C40" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.6</td>
<td id="FF06D0446A194A2ED547FEBC4A81405A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.1</td>
<td id="8863184152ED69F541422769A32C94EC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">21.2</td>
<td id="A4FF707FB7A69EF2E788776A244125B5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18.8</td>
<td id="5B4CD837FA2C2D3B4EFA6D22D800E974" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20.9</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2F6D9A18D1F7373B8CA24F4E0AD076D6">
<td id="E7E0DB58BAE25EC60F04E0C9C6CE567F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Eye diameter</td>
<td id="DB37BD97C6EAD2C8AEDAC61DE0075D31" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6.8</td>
<td id="96187B0FC2CA919F3EAD5F4437EAF201" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.6</td>
<td id="665E9F1A5A0C42302F86C84A75F015A6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.2</td>
<td id="3BB506337189EF1B8660BDF014BFAD25" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.3</td>
<td id="C1012701BA0E6A4E6FF46FA510E9B05F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.4</td>
<td id="43A2AA35B66A8AD896A8B5FFF19E13C7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="50C31006797FA35E1EC4EE7FCB0611A8">
<td id="31F845DAB0C4ACD5F0B41A65A87E5FDF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Upper-jaw length</td>
<td id="A47EDEA70F2BCD2F4AF10A9D328F7F05" colspan="1" rowspan="1">27.9</td>
<td id="813FCFABA93823C1D9202A21FE28FE64" colspan="1" rowspan="1">28.6</td>
<td id="7E7AC3295C814070CF04A9D29FDAA981" colspan="1" rowspan="1">28.1</td>
<td id="FE9DE1DB49029ECE8A6F474F28982BA7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29.5</td>
<td id="3C17C9D2E39A02913436DA4A2B2375E2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29.8</td>
<td id="C2895137894C557C9286011E147C900A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">28.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="54E63E478227C7D5324D2E68D835CB9C">
<td id="D839AA20C44183BD50A18160B357C94F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Gill-opening length</td>
<td id="F4F90A312861AAA4271D370BB240DC55" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.2</td>
<td id="E07AC597177C3C05030B1D775F65624B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.1</td>
<td id="74EBEC247D2CADC957446754A44322B0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">8.2</td>
<td id="B0E9633A8C8FCF7DEECF6A5534F3A24E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.4</td>
<td id="0DCCC8BBB0EF901343BAD87DD50DD097" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.7</td>
<td id="5FA9FD3276C813098072942D748F5E5C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.3</td>
</tr>
<tr id="5212133A1D3B55B288E0ECF7782BD278">
<td id="5A91109AD8DD98B4523E391BDDA8F450" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Interorbital width</td>
<td id="427B7ED408792576763563D58E4F1824" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.9</td>
<td id="8BDDD015D3EC9C0A2F8E9D54F03DA33F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.0</td>
<td id="B98CB15E5B1EE9880A03D68649B4F098" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.2</td>
<td id="75402C28C572CC3B52DABDA019D9477D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.7</td>
<td id="C04407C9A9472C5F143BEA6861FFF967" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.9</td>
<td id="6497876E8890F2B615E1800B3015CB8B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.5</td>
</tr>
<tr id="1C9094ADFC276CBCC547D22A7FB8D485">
<td id="12FFF322218AB1C5C1AD4191635929C2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Isthmus width</td>
<td id="4480078C4D7D8E016B658B90158A4E8B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">15.0</td>
<td id="C54C878D1090380451463DB0D77BC4EE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.0</td>
<td id="F4C65FBDB1F8CE4FB327CAD829B66652" colspan="1" rowspan="1">22.8</td>
<td id="5DD95D319B5D4562E4710960AB8C2138" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13.8</td>
<td id="E6739EE1D659D95C792C4176A0FCD2ED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16.9</td>
<td id="3D6477044A2F6FEA22A8EC390E405D29" colspan="1" rowspan="1">28.2</td>
</tr>
<tr id="FC8DB05CBAB0847D3A2245D6288DD719">
<td id="E7EF7EEC8A21AA51CA79D441B1E19B9C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pectoral-fin length</td>
<td id="EAFA776E25CC4451439B4CF850C9DC1D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">27.9</td>
<td id="EFE62C6B222393F4FA95B4CE92315409" colspan="1" rowspan="1">26.0</td>
<td id="BC4D1CF32EF1ADC9D2DBB08E2E1120E1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">24.2</td>
<td id="BCC2E25CF11283883945234A5B452687" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29.8</td>
<td id="54CCC3C8A6E9541F8493E5C806E4321C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29.5</td>
<td id="CE2BD9B3AE2BCAE8BF46F6E648748BE2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">24.6</td>
</tr>
<tr id="426E8CCFF7B7B0B5E2A3703BA389C472">
<td id="1297D6B6061D82DFC207B44FE84AB35E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Pectoral-fin base</td>
<td id="C0EAC9BA3AFFCDFF9E48A97E0768651B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12.0</td>
<td id="F23EBE47ACD331E42FD0C77A6FDEEBF1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11.7</td>
<td id="4288637C700DEBAE9D8178C928929D91" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.7</td>
<td id="F8E5687056FFCE0947F4FDBDEBDADC65" colspan="1" rowspan="1">9.6</td>
<td id="6F8B710CEE5391C9DAEFE4156BE37AB1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.8</td>
<td id="0EFB6F29754955674C7F6638810B624D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10.1</td>
</tr>
<tr id="9F3739E469B83756C543AC26A843E62B">
<td id="CA76BD56D6EFEF69D16F6C4DD4AAA9FA" colspan="7" rowspan="1">Counts</td>
</tr>
<tr id="3EDAB83C5410A7E3C14C5A6722B1ED77">
<td id="431692F73DAE556F443AD4C6D1FAE0F7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Predorsal vertebrae</td>
<td id="6A318E15AE1763EE5DD212E9777A87AB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13</td>
<td id="C28FD101BB10282099C1471FD8C56C18" colspan="1" rowspan="1">24</td>
<td id="0C84EB9EB02EB56A060B1A708085891E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23</td>
<td id="9B8E55C9446510B7798E9D0C5C5EA546" colspan="1" rowspan="1">23</td>
<td id="F9C829CDA48CC814741C9A0F4B706BA1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">25</td>
<td id="76B60D31CC0A7E66F7C0B612F730F3FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">26</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7376ED7223C57B30CE5CF0DDF2FCDF23">
<td id="32FC39D1B5EE763591A786DA1CD9C27B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Preanal vertebrae</td>
<td id="C3781E2368C764B24CCDFA72A0E91895" colspan="1" rowspan="1">55</td>
<td id="3900AE13B7B9A8906A2870D18B94C07A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">62</td>
<td id="C258A59DAC67996B9221117E60E8F639" colspan="1" rowspan="1">64</td>
<td id="C83B63BF2EE3171BB57505C84508EA8D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">66</td>
<td id="56AE6B444F541517B46588E1D4BE330F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">65</td>
<td id="A19C521EFD4A0F035C3F0FBA4DB9BC7A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">65</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8CF083556D008FF5865445EF555C8A9B">
<td id="B7191C3960C9970C51EF50621CDA395A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Total vertebrae</td>
<td id="CFEF591E0138A5A49536001D8D48D502" colspan="1" rowspan="1">153</td>
<td id="7D8943130422F6A8B959B8043046AE26" colspan="1" rowspan="1">163</td>
<td id="BBC447C2BFDCEC27EC48AE24651DBEA4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">162</td>
<td id="9ABC6CD2A92DFE9FB5C76E4E0BA505A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">163</td>
<td id="BFCAD9DFCC60F1AD56BD0A04F3817CE1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">164</td>
<td id="0CE42300C3BFE1226CD2DB525FC13CDA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">162</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</paragraph>
<caption id="3CC3B79BF31298505EAC7889535A776B" ID-Table-UUID="3CC3B79BF31298505EAC7889535A776B" httpUri="http://table.plazi.org/id/3CC3B79BF31298505EAC7889535A776B" startId="T2" targetIsTable="true">
<paragraph id="702717ADB52270470225A53785C9D5D6">
<label id="C1E3F6B96B90355F8913085388F32AF9">Table 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D6D514FDAB1662277B39250C2276323B">
Selected characters of
<taxonomicName id="22C45DF76B7944E06757F1BA67AAE73A">
<emphasis id="B2F9C732CA93CA2B2422065F823C757F" italics="true">Ophichthus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
reported from Taiwan, except patterned species.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="CE0A783A9D515419CD3657A281B1FDA5">
<table id="TID0EWOBG" rules="all">
<tbody id="489AFF8D27236D73AB68EB9163470C51">
<tr id="6573F72FB4B1C5E6D20EF28A2D105743">
<th id="37C047996C9373F6BB84C2CC150EBA46" colspan="1" isEmpty="true" rowspan="1">-</th>
<th id="FC94844CBABD2403049AD8BBDA378533" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EDPAE" xlink_title="supraorbital pores">SO</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="8F66B4F233C224E657A29F74427705D9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ELPAE" xlink_title="preoperculomandibular pores">POM</abbrev>
</th>
<th id="2DEF2353DE9F4E9145B641719213BDF4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Protrusion number</th>
<th id="ED5D1BBDA44C3A2C90A734320E14661B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">PALL</th>
<th id="D03E9093870FD349A36CFB841E49060D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">PDV</th>
<th id="990A4D95535F6DFDA7A5B8A1A4D20184" colspan="1" rowspan="1">PAV</th>
<th id="D69FF78919BF7DF60849D05F924E0888" colspan="1" rowspan="1">TV</th>
<th id="C4FD492A3C8917F5B7AC92903E5F27ED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">TYPE V</th>
<th id="961CD6E59BBA2B373DBFAB1CA7CA1AD4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Protrusion shape</th>
</tr>
<tr id="61A4F6F0F61C21378715DD90E1B7662D">
<td id="A898BD6C2A19370F8A553C2EF2816CB7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="9901BD8448BCF664CA962BE35E69CFFC" authorityName="McCosker &amp; Chen" authorityYear="2000" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="aphotistos">
<emphasis id="330AD5314E08D043E97DDDCD7BB100B9" italics="true">O. aphotistos</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="EF8D32F6AFDE94C32EBEFAFFE94FB673" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="76439C4E4A5722420FB1E9CCEC1B7053" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 + 2</td>
<td id="C13E232F5D6C379DAB07915DC8B59303" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="520974F3D94E9688580A48E7788EDD88" colspan="1" rowspan="1">59–61</td>
<td id="517E3E0E669DF378A1767AA5213E70F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16–19</td>
<td id="83DCC335DCE64A55E3CAC7D5239A0BE5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">57–61</td>
<td id="0BCB7DDD3A2628C9EFF252DD228573A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">157–162</td>
<td id="5CB1912E44EE7E6F3AFCD69C30C694A4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18 / 59 / 161</td>
<td id="1956C57E8567D8CB1C2CAEBFA6DEB3C4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6A9F4272AE7F74517B171F4FBE2E6F8F">
<td id="7BD274393A9EA9B1AACC3ECDC1F541A6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="9E9EC160241082E6FC07670B25FC6AE2" baseAuthorityName="Anonymous" baseAuthorityYear="1830" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="apicalis">
<emphasis id="D3EB84862911971C30B538AEBC7E8FA2" italics="true">O. apicalis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="580ECA8F473438946D145DFE515F26EC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="5FD25959141712A29594DE95C18161D0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 or 6 + 3</td>
<td id="B265C2F2E6CDC584ED5E7A1CEFED723C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="C872945E330AA6BF4142489AF7E97B9C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NO DATA</td>
<td id="8E0FE6516CA7A1924F60DC587F3E919C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12–14</td>
<td id="19FD9BCA19B6592F25342E1D1BE370C2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">50–53</td>
<td id="60934396ED420FE7BE5E30D70C7C5060" colspan="1" rowspan="1">138–141</td>
<td id="3E7B5A688A40F014EC5EA4F0D118FFE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">NO TYPE</td>
<td id="27F28CB6B717B155A8BA068C8FC6BE50" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Small, thorn-shape</td>
</tr>
<tr id="76BED01C96C00AE54E0D1D53BFDCE8DB">
<td id="84A5F6BB5DC705AD0AEA008BAC460D38" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A460444A40D2B6C5A41C6598C331C5A3" authorityName="Jordan &amp; Snyder" authorityYear="1901" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asakusae">
<emphasis id="C3AF23F0BC4944A8DB16B116E6E1AE52" italics="true">O. asakusae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="06621ACA81A35CB69E76BAFAF0DFC8BE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="28DDF9940AE8B4E2F35794989C15882C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7-10 + 3</td>
<td id="BCDBA324DE4FCBB5E8C01A35CD03504B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0 or 1</td>
<td id="8C25CC9C85D9872D567E5812C6309B99" colspan="1" rowspan="1">51–58</td>
<td id="0151E8AE8B157C0AF8F308BF0AA47707" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10–12</td>
<td id="42B936243F3E440A2050F6BAE74BE6E2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">49–57</td>
<td id="81BFFB947C6141A8D5E87E4384849462" colspan="1" rowspan="1">123–132</td>
<td id="34CDA974F4CE79EC18BD7EC0D7952EB4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 54 / 128</td>
<td id="83F6842BE143F47E292A20DB668D6F7D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Robust hump shape, weak in smaller specimens</td>
</tr>
<tr id="815C2BD4BFF20081C29F23B267A67ACE">
<td id="7A86EE0CC5A43F4DB0B9C2A29FA687D3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="043D28D2B97E3772F0554AD5E3362740" authorityName="McCosker &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2015" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="bicolor">
<emphasis id="91DCA0D502887057AC131E34F76F9C6B" italics="true">O. bicolor</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="0828E529D7D29C9725ACAAD9A7742195" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="AF4234F538E052433C6B5DBC92C55A17" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 + 2</td>
<td id="4EEC3C244480F11E7B3CA386BA284C6C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="9065B2467BC68E8F3BF17DA37FB8628B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">63–67</td>
<td id="3118F4B657DB4BC04DFF7DC12BED1FCD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">15–23</td>
<td id="32F54BBA3BF7E3C580E876F3A7E48647" colspan="1" rowspan="1">61–66</td>
<td id="912C4BA05680063F0A326470803C0E9F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">155–163</td>
<td id="7137DA889992D8A254EEE663DA07887B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">19 / 65 / 160</td>
<td id="657FD31B8EE8C5F116EDE377A968D2BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C9CC30F380772AEBBCD2C8869AEA11D8">
<td id="16F66A3042AAF659DAD97561C0E76C54" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="6B87F87702EBF72D6B1ACF9CDEF3B398" authorityName="Hibino &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2024" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kbalanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="0DC38ED510791F3528E73889C16EE3EF" italics="true">O. kbalanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="02E0B771935F6C92EB59E939DB2C893E" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</td>
<td id="2C119FA7B97B424C7583813C205F66E0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="CA274301047F02A63AFBE4F4242E8800" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 or 7 + 3</td>
<td id="C8E49D5C49CE433BA08E64B98F5D5193" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="5FDB56C6807CF5082B0184FD267E47E4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">53</td>
<td id="650FA7F48C38D0EF1E5F75EBE3196413" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12</td>
<td id="4EEFE6797321754D343C65ED418BD72B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">55</td>
<td id="6B00CD0A52F603D5E7ED5D88EE2072DE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">153</td>
<td id="290B3E90C2D129A9BADF6652AD142AE6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 55 / 153</td>
<td id="D243BEB9FDB4EF7D80B860619CA8074E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Simple thorn-shape</td>
</tr>
<tr id="BBF73C949D496B7BA284DDC386A1F31D">
<td id="0D909D5BA4396B77AB70BEAA1974E7A8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="DD7A95E7587243989357CF0208F6DF83" authorityName="Hibino, McCosker &amp; Tashiro" authorityYear="2019" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kusanagi">
<emphasis id="DFFA92FBE5A975CEAED655C50C544381" italics="true">O. kusanagi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="6816D00E4BD6756B0DF6C9562DF4CF84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="200418873E1B61004AC05D963FB2123C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 + 2</td>
<td id="2F74B32D96422F06F51A6225E0851081" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="9AD6670A7E6EA8D02B0FBAC457BDB9DA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">61–65</td>
<td id="7A5F0C01B7FA7EDF0E1E774CAEEB4CCA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">17–22</td>
<td id="F9244914B35618AB83F50A1E3B0284F9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">59–62</td>
<td id="EB74BD1ECA0F6311B599F252E6C67828" colspan="1" rowspan="1">158–163</td>
<td id="B82649D4E5A059C306FF5E4F9D0432FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">18 / 61 / 161</td>
<td id="4F368184173B7C82513E030B56A2992E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="CFA7302FCD607078BAA6D3DC30BA14FF">
<td id="D81F0B97FDE39E3F64E03D1B1C666CB0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="9519E9519DE78D4BE1DF81294A3D2A2E" authorityName="McCosker, Ide &amp; Endo" authorityYear="2012" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="machidai">
<emphasis id="984440830EF6B9CA947AE831C6EE84AA" italics="true">O. machidai</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="C043D120609C2F712E7ECA5C790AAC6F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="587CEC1A4F2C21B15790178A998D9E4F" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 or 6 + 2 or 3</td>
<td id="DEB65D1AEA52306B87F950182A5C3B58" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="A612ECF153E1280FD225C6A56C83C4BC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">51–59</td>
<td id="84FCD44242C0E6E902E622C8781CB336" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11–16</td>
<td id="F79171F0D9A130F3930B0AFBAC84173B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">52–59</td>
<td id="5C2D738CEDC82E819C4F84FCFDDC7CED" colspan="1" rowspan="1">150–161</td>
<td id="9ACF69B69E8BB01674476CEB60AD8E1D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16 / 58 / 158</td>
<td id="87ABE525A0BC332E911E80834152F450" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Simple thorn-shape</td>
</tr>
<tr id="C92B199A24DEDD21EFB6B1B690D6B75E">
<td id="16A384619CCDD1EB0B8B21A13FD520E3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="1A5CB05A8C295F9097A33DAAF627E6D6" baseAuthorityName="Bleeker" baseAuthorityYear="1852" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macrochir">
<emphasis id="49F4F7A593D7072BC3CE7B447385135B" italics="true">O. macrochir</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="4F176D6063256E0BB17833411EC57ACA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="24419CC534084BF71CBC5647B7AD59B2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4-6 + 2</td>
<td id="EA09CB3F630A0D8E4B4C207ABC142D8C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="759ED548CA2FD8F23095CC63A489D078" colspan="1" rowspan="1">68–73</td>
<td id="55468B7E4A2ED298DA45BAC222FC5811" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11–12</td>
<td id="C5AC719E89B6E2DA7ED468F08E38E392" colspan="1" rowspan="1">67–71</td>
<td id="C2D11DBA08A970E41DD499EFB3E7DC81" colspan="1" rowspan="1">207–221</td>
<td id="6F202B08BA9E9D2ABD0E1B56FFF52F5B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11 / 70 / 221</td>
<td id="D0181A23FAA0D60C3856B82399A1F347" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Simple thorn-shape</td>
</tr>
<tr id="605323E6BAB048F055DF301155BB6216">
<td id="940BD005A00470E89825ACB77F10E336" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="EB12577A74251E1F62FAC0C5BD4FF4D8" authorityName="Asano" authorityYear="1987" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="megalops">
<emphasis id="A77705303941D6CD368ED3847837DD86" italics="true">O. megalops</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="21693C83F9CE93ABA4E8386D82D2AFDD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="C4F9F0F4D2F3BABF7FCDD4ECF4773E05" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 + 3</td>
<td id="8BEF794301D41AE9548C70A7BB50CA55" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="1B759468062145D8118E1131A35D5CF6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">59–64</td>
<td id="CE6E1D5F571790923EAF1FB71CAE8884" colspan="1" rowspan="1">28–35</td>
<td id="69CE86F20152B55533D670F1C4FE039E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">59–63</td>
<td id="B8FE16CE346B0588359EED014D263893" colspan="1" rowspan="1">157–168</td>
<td id="C1195E7BC6C9B8E7112B2D2F39B51526" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29 / 60 / 160</td>
<td id="EBB2AAE5F68253FD987170FF9F22199B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="6E45BFB4DF00E8B58358E954FFE6F4F3">
<td id="D65194E0C03FD115594569EDE793903E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="E7C6A000EDB2DF2C2715AF562F526ED6" authorityName="Hibino, Ho &amp; Huang" authorityYear="2024" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="multidentis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="36774CDB416B15E159425737A2E21AF3" italics="true">O. multidentis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="473566066E19131CD4CA5B3AB8AD8CDA" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
</td>
<td id="3CC5D80DF79686AC18CE23206EADD141" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 3</td>
<td id="16CB3A0D1E7A142DA549C0710D64FB34" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 + 2</td>
<td id="92D60163DD695511E3463787CE517EE1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="AAAB6DD6470A36E5C29765977F7FFBBF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">63</td>
<td id="114102E2CA009B1F08CCB9DC7A0DA2EF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">24</td>
<td id="35054383F9AE4C7DCF5C99A57224C457" colspan="1" rowspan="1">62</td>
<td id="22FB9B647057A7BEED7E962C8EA0F3DB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">163</td>
<td id="8E768F69D499ED040425D4E963180937" colspan="1" rowspan="1">24 / 62 / 163</td>
<td id="D69AFBC1960A03E8A62F8B70F12646CA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="8A32BD8640B1070BBD1F82D22B337978">
<td id="3D9BF9DA92B69EBD47457D6CDD997C14" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="E5F51B94D618113A0FD654F5197FEB80" authorityName="McCosker, Ide &amp; Endo" authorityYear="2012" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obtusus">
<emphasis id="D4AB41D8BA4A48DE366558CEDECD8ADC" italics="true">O. obtusus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="EBB70D2B9F2AF4562BF1E92F661B75D7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="02B16AFC35E5AF14314FF3C3277CB6BE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">4 or 5 + 3</td>
<td id="71AE0AF8DDE03CE95CE5B4EDF7C0412D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="E3E8C37BA529FF87C2B0589941BCB871" colspan="1" rowspan="1">57</td>
<td id="5A913475568660CBC999FD6A2C3A10D0" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11–19</td>
<td id="A26511A07A158529991301C9C0A3B027" colspan="1" rowspan="1">52–57</td>
<td id="14BCDDEB6F7D1B131A9B6337678C2B5A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">148–159</td>
<td id="B83AD7CEE1E340585392F305D8385CC8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 57 / 151</td>
<td id="FACCAF516D4CC4A524515AEE1BAD9119" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Stout, with wrinkles in larger specimens</td>
</tr>
<tr id="D5F37823483EAD9E5C3FABA611B708BA">
<td id="12971A83E0C0F5874055789540DB8259" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="F209D23AC157C00FE1345EEDCC43E7B1" authorityName="Ho, Ng &amp; Lin" authorityYear="2022" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="pratasensis">
<emphasis id="523147E3366AF7C23981C67325DB90DC" italics="true">O. pratasensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="E138D5F2F21E63E1CF3CC8DE6FF8162D" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="AE5BB093BD4286897F5AF649A0628AAC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 + 2</td>
<td id="9CB4611EDECCA5F984B9D35AACF753C5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="5276C3263A9BF9D4CFE7E65CC7D63F74" colspan="1" rowspan="1">59–60</td>
<td id="F5FBB62E9A29799DF11110657634DDD3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20</td>
<td id="CCC5E91FA3560FE39C7C66A6CB56C0F3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">59</td>
<td id="AD12CC9F4E17ABDB4EA77DB942B4E75E" colspan="1" rowspan="1">177</td>
<td id="E3816757414B12E33AC5C3AA54ED2F7C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">20 / 59 / 177</td>
<td id="DB5EF55AEC7F3C48D4EFBDA19639C1CB" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="4340CFF60457ECBB5D72842C01D12FB4">
<td id="267CE0FE41C8AF2B97E3162182E7B549" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="7B5295103EA8BB617F5AA3FB59DDBE2D" authorityName="Lee &amp; Asano" authorityYear="1997" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="rotundus">
<emphasis id="1ACBFA429EE44E9610E530AAF7DC22BF" italics="true">O. rotundus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="F4402CB616955CDC22B1BD1F41CBBC57" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 3</td>
<td id="736A2832E9F3DC8C4E9A1A303BF219FA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 + 2</td>
<td id="76FD9DBF51CDB1DF3EE6CD5B2DF48AE9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="68E820D88B5A8CB99B61D6A1DBFD2F84" colspan="1" rowspan="1">65–66</td>
<td id="453F92EC8EA604D0A471849D6EE32F27" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14?</td>
<td id="EBF6BCC587EA11FD55BEAF3AC93F3927" colspan="1" rowspan="1">64?</td>
<td id="E72550F047B4265633B5E408325A4B87" colspan="1" rowspan="1">178–184</td>
<td id="A1F905649424DF7881A20B9B057815DA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">14 / 64 / 182</td>
<td id="10348AE575CEDFBCB59ED4DCDD59D71A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Short, simple thorn-shape</td>
</tr>
<tr id="E0108A1B598C46D5615DAE704DB31521">
<td id="902696731D676FA6184A8BB99DA5E013" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="1E78318641096973D967F56B6934596B" baseAuthorityName="Ji &amp; Kim" baseAuthorityYear="2011" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="sangjuensis">
<emphasis id="EE4A198A99D73312EB23EF9F42E68855" italics="true">O. sangjuensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="DBCED3F0A36B37DEEC28C2BEEFFFCE60" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="DFE21D86AF1641C553DDDD0CB6B8A8D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 or 6 + 3</td>
<td id="F0B4570E1AB4A53FFC916B9CFFC716D8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="4D00F61B715DB617E5D98CCEA7F64914" colspan="1" rowspan="1">53</td>
<td id="8840BA660383F643397B523206A324A5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13–14</td>
<td id="0EB66426D1D71878BB411DAEDEC448B8" colspan="1" rowspan="1">48–52</td>
<td id="46D323374B536CE4699A56FF9520772B" colspan="1" rowspan="1">143–153</td>
<td id="1BF8A602288D623C8632B9F6D802CCD3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13 / 50 / 153</td>
<td id="A703B3BEF85B6755F0E8EEEAF1CAFAC1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Simple thorn-shape</td>
</tr>
<tr id="7104D5E6CA6A286513781C5AE9FAEB02">
<td id="8B23EDAAD46916FBC06EBA0FD3F7CA39" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="A1DDDEB0FAA03B5A31B7DA87F73BCBC9" authorityName="Hibino &amp; Chiu" authorityYear="2019" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="semilunatus">
<emphasis id="4A1CA008773A2400527840829DD3D4DD" italics="true">O. semilunatus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="C9953DBCB082EF06389F6E34F0EABA8C" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 3</td>
<td id="FAB6C4B91674AF38DF302754201E57CF" colspan="1" rowspan="1">7 + 2</td>
<td id="BFFA49B0853989A43C176F3C0EA77AF3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">0</td>
<td id="F60D4464C2D203A2D8DC7FD37D01421A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">65</td>
<td id="99757E0091B85F869E969734A317C2BD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29</td>
<td id="EA350D4CCE21316BA0E5E6A07785BA66" colspan="1" rowspan="1">64</td>
<td id="F32C4BD83A5363BABBB4349579824584" colspan="1" rowspan="1">176</td>
<td id="33E31EDFCFAA00B081B9DC1BDA92C7D9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">29 / 64 / 176</td>
<td id="EB61E567DCF05730318BB48432F7AA75" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Absent</td>
</tr>
<tr id="24E234BBC45A07DC0B60F639E414669C">
<td id="4B7DB20495A8AF0291738C324BBE18E5" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="870C70BD0BD493955478084BDF272B1E" authorityName="McCosker &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2015" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="shaoi">
<emphasis id="AF9AF9CC6B86D38674C546C597A36022" italics="true">O. shaoi</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="683991F2BD844EF93EDA3E8052E52674" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="CA198CC28B74DC4D633E5665382E6C69" colspan="1" rowspan="1">6 or 7 + 3</td>
<td id="F841FE4C46822F74D39D2573CE2DDCA7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="988C1D35267ADB04220BF5F6A4F1F272" colspan="1" rowspan="1">69–72</td>
<td id="7A1657CE01C64DAED687C2B402BDFBA6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">10–13</td>
<td id="7BE86B399075D4A969005C253AFA81F7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">68–72</td>
<td id="2A85AC68E7370E6BCDD4855076A6C6C1" colspan="1" rowspan="1">155–168</td>
<td id="9EF613933ED9930102240449E2987CB6" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 68 / 155</td>
<td id="FC09205FA2E1B6E726E406769CA8D577" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Small, thorn-shape</td>
</tr>
<tr id="876B6A1A70EADE29770AA01CDF67D88F">
<td id="FD79027F3FA68D5380F2A1BBF01EC0DE" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="B43A12608A269F22639867047AFB859E" baseAuthorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1846" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="urolophus">
<emphasis id="3DF92C599F4773C859132637CE55E061" italics="true">O. urolophus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
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<td id="5BDE1ADBA11FDCEBB73C8881D8142EAC" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 3 or 4</td>
<td id="B17BB4EB9FD71AE407716F87F34A8DC7" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5-8 + 3</td>
<td id="C0D415BA4D8D170385591CEF6702E585" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1</td>
<td id="3714B9F09D844AA931240583562A29C2" colspan="1" rowspan="1">51–58</td>
<td id="9796B0DF50E22137A2B3EE2FF97CC8B3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">13–18</td>
<td id="2FAD0C8E114499D40EC6CF30C31FF8E9" colspan="1" rowspan="1">51–56</td>
<td id="9D35FBD7F693BDDC8BF817ABCA9EEF29" colspan="1" rowspan="1">134–140</td>
<td id="348D6F1A5B1620725C6A5E73A830F7DA" colspan="1" rowspan="1">16 / 54 / 136</td>
<td id="72D527FBADCA3D16FD52503481ED02F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Robust hump shape, weak in smaller specimens</td>
</tr>
<tr id="2F19C042BC19026FA65FCC5DF87291A9">
<td id="D8DC62353E1C8FB7DB3D86A3FADE2BAD" colspan="1" rowspan="1">
<taxonomicName id="6BA82B4AF6CED72915F567535215DC3F" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="zophistius">
<emphasis id="98A5B961ECCB6176DA87EF7F2BA764E5" italics="true">O. zophistius</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
</td>
<td id="BD2E27D1E8115C353E46FC6D006A8E56" colspan="1" rowspan="1">1 + 4</td>
<td id="B1D6DF172D2FAF70749B35267D8C8904" colspan="1" rowspan="1">5 or 6 + 3</td>
<td id="2FA5E786BE67C8A2667F8DDDBE28D978" colspan="1" rowspan="1">2</td>
<td id="BC514E1EA1DEC6DEECCEA3798D0C577A" colspan="1" rowspan="1">59–64</td>
<td id="0806870EFB468D83EF3F81FC8E23D1B3" colspan="1" rowspan="1">11–13</td>
<td id="32A4C6C5B71EF34FF22BF57EE069B559" colspan="1" rowspan="1">61–63</td>
<td id="179499376262E561CFBD50FA3237BF33" colspan="1" rowspan="1">177–184</td>
<td id="4FB82F12B6EF2BD131799C9F09E5F128" colspan="1" rowspan="1">12 / 62 / 181</td>
<td id="1EFFEA460D029391FF6C8EB7A79F87F4" colspan="1" rowspan="1">Simple thorn-shape</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
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</paragraph>
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Body elongate, but relatively short, subcylindrical, its depth at gill opening
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head and trunk,
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENIAG" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
(Fig.
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); tail more compressed, tapering slowly towards tip of tail, its length
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVIAG" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
. Skin of body wrinkled; relatively strong wrinkles on snout, with numerous fine longitudinal wrinkles on remaining head and body.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="4A4B303D2F51A0362B964C7884DFFC2D">
<label id="EA8B01ACB178C06EDDCF40BFFFD9D82D">Figure 1.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="88A5EA95CD58079CF8A65F9A8927FB13">
<taxonomicName id="630351CCB500D988C17B3899FBEC91DD" authorityName="Hibino &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2024" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kbalanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="D582BAD039F3F4F86377C4FE8C802A8E" italics="true">Ophichthus kbalanensis</emphasis>
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,
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, holotype, 414 mm
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, Da-xi, Taiwan
<emphasis id="866704A0D31F748B9624C12CCE555D2C" bold="true">A</emphasis>
fresh condition
<emphasis id="989F7F50D368B93B06BA532A4BA8D0C3" bold="true">B</emphasis>
preserved condition. Arrows indicate positions of dorsal-fin origin (lefts) and anus (rights).
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="2AD01B736024297F09D7AA9F9E421049">
Head moderate,
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head and trunk and
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0E2JAG" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
; dorsal contour of head weakly curved above eye, occipital weakly convex; branchial basket slightly swollen, its maximum depth
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head. Snout tip relatively blunt and robust, moderate in length,
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<abbrev id="ABBRID0E6JAG" xlink_title="head lengths">HL</abbrev>
and
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eye. Anterior nostril a simple tube opening anteroventrally; posterior nostril a hole at inner margin of upper lip, completely covered by a wide dermal flap. Eye relatively small,
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snout length. Mouth subterminal, tip of lower jaw anterior to anterior base of anterior nostril tube. Rictus well behind posterior margin of eye. Lips smooth without small papillae; two low, small, simple, thorn-shaped protrusions, their tips pointed. Interorbital region smooth, transverse contour rounded, convex. Gill openings located ventrolaterally, upper ends slightly above middle of pectoral fin.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="11A253839E6EB7CF30643D7CF716D472">
Sensory pores on head (Fig.
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) developed but very small, not obvious;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EJKAG" xlink_title="supraorbital pores">SO</abbrev>
1 + 4, first one (ethmoid) on ventral surface of snout;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ENKAG" xlink_title="infraorbital pores">IO</abbrev>
3 + 3, the first behind anterior nostril base, 2 below eye, and 3 arranged in a vertical row behind eye;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0ERKAG" xlink_title="preoperculomandibular pores">POM</abbrev>
6 (left) or 7 (right) + 3, the 6 (or seventh on right side) below rictus;
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EVKAG" xlink_title="supratemporal pores">ST</abbrev>
3, single pore on mid-temporal; and single interorbital pore. Lateral-line nearly complete, end anterior to about 1 / 2
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EZKAG" xlink_title="head lengths">HL</abbrev>
before tail tip; canal on branchial basket slightly arched, 10 on branchial basket before gill opening, 14 anterior to origin of dorsal fin, 53 anterior to anus, and total 138.
</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="44324B05CAD687754792D39EFB0C1A7C">
<label id="EC215D8F8C9818FCB778AC7E9CFDD239">Figure 2.</label>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="32C502DE450273B8F86328CEB5FBD006">
Line drawings of
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<emphasis id="56986E2CF87300FB6EA210972C0EFC25" italics="true">O. kbalanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="B851D531FCFF068B41E64D145E16382B" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
,
<specimenCode id="89F33A174150D5D53FECB8C2FFAA4B81">NMMB-P 26381</specimenCode>
, holotype, 414 mm
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EQLAG" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
<emphasis id="93F0863F4952AA71884289D07E602F37" bold="true">A</emphasis>
sensory pores on head
<emphasis id="78AD35B4C4F85CF2285CF8FCF17B7062" bold="true">B</emphasis>
teeth on upper (left) and lower jaws (right). Arrows indicate interorbital (left) and mid-temporal pores (right); black solid circle indicates holes of lost tooth; and broken lines indicate concealed teeth by fleshy lips.
</paragraph>
</caption>
<paragraph id="1A81E992D20CFC29C45A489BCA580ED8">
Teeth moderate, conical, pointed (Fig.
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); teeth on maxilla mostly uniserial, ending with an additional row consisting of 5 teeth on inner side; dentary mostly uniserial but an additional row of small teeth in outer region of symphysis anteriorly; vomerine biserial anteriorly and medially, uniserial at posterior end; 6 large teeth on intermaxillary, arranged as chevron-shape.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D95B8DFAE789FEE85813A559D81D310F">Dorsal and anal fins low, anal fin slightly higher than dorsal fin; both ending slightly anterior to tail tip. Dorsal-fin origin over about posterior third of pectoral fin. Pectoral fin tip weakly pointed, not lanceolate (somewhat damaged by trawl operation). Caudal fin absent, rear end of tail tip pointed.</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EEMAG" type="Coloration">
<paragraph id="A6E01CC1442D50DF35EC53A5D5754DE9">
<heading id="ACD408B1CB0DAEA0458C4A5F068A5A5E" reason="title">Coloration.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="C8B0D323F82AE7CC28A40C1A7C882871">
Freshly caught specimen has a somewhat purplish body, darker dorsally and paler ventrally; pectoral fin dark brown and anal fin with dark brown to black margin; tail tip relatively pale (Fig.
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). Preserved condition in 50 % isopropanol ethanol (Fig.
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): head and body dark brown, abdomen slightly paler, densely covered with melanophores; branchial basket darker and blueish. Anterior nostril tube similar to body color; sensory pores not prominently margined. Mouth cavity dusky brown. Membrane of gill opening paler than body. Anterior portion of dorsal fin creamy white, gradually becoming dark brown similar in color to dorsal surface; narrow black margin along entire dorsal fin. Anterior portion of anal fin creamy white, gradually becoming dark brown on anterior one-third of its length, with black margin becoming broader posteriorly. Pectoral fin yellowish brown, gradually darkening posteriorly.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0ESMAG" type="etymology">
<paragraph id="F7868E406D3830AA19E17069ADDAE8AA">
<heading id="DBD63F9075BD73E277BFCA08D947EBA2" reason="title">Etymology.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="402D12578C86D94002E94E3EB84E38EB">
The specific name is derived from the type locality “Kbalan”, an old name of Yilan region (Kat-má-lán in Taiwanese or Cabaran in Spanish) dated back to 1300–800 years ago. Kbalan means “ people who live in the plain ” in the Taiwanese aboriginal race Kebalan. The earliest record of Kbalan occurred in the occupation of the Spanish (~ 1632) which was replaced by the Dutch East
<collectingCountry id="E3735DA8AEEEC76A824A426BD86CCEE4" name="India">India</collectingCountry>
Company in 1642.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="SECID0EXMAG" type="comparisons">
<paragraph id="958042167132E5C49F371FB8AD576EE3">
<heading id="1A5F89709DB03152FB40663CE12F9420" reason="title">Comparison.</heading>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="5980F601CDC759FF39C2A47B9E683106">
The first distinctive character found in
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<emphasis id="8B7553819C37FA6D6630791E9EADB38D" italics="true">Ophichthus kbalanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="59742E4DB924B390936DA6DDC0B68E7C" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is the unique tooth arrangement. In most species of
<taxonomicName id="A72D4F61472A9CCF562F7C826588AC99" authorityName="Ahl" authorityYear="1789" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="genus">
<emphasis id="09DE089855076FA0549189D106C90276" italics="true">Ophichthus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
we examined, the tooth rows on jaws maintained the same number or reduced to fewer row (s) posteriorly. However, in the new species, there is a short additional row of teeth on posterior portion of upper jaw.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="D4F9BC7858A4D92D4DFB0283CF5D03EF">
Secondly, the tip of lower jaw extends beyond anterior margin of base of anterior nostril tube is also quite distinct among
<taxonomicName id="A2C8DC63AE08C9D6797550AC5E1E6E7D">
<emphasis id="91412B404FFE2635AE373C37F2441216" italics="true">Ophichthus</emphasis>
species
</taxonomicName>
(Hibino pers. obs.).
<taxonomicName id="924D7C7F37F7DFAFD651CAE40C9334D3" authority="McCosker, 2010" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="2010" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="ishiyamorum">
<emphasis id="6FF12D6086EBB625EDAED3F7815677D3" italics="true">Ophichthus ishiyamorum</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="E8B0FA58623A36E0E7CA1B76B8308893" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.2505.1.1" author="McCosker JE" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="1-39" refId="B12" refString="McCosker JE (2010) Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505 (1): 1 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2505.1. 1" title="Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species." volume="2505" year="2010">McCosker, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
shares this character with
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<emphasis id="DD74B9FE3761D745228D1BD4AC2544CC" italics="true">O. kbalanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
, as well as the dorsal-fin origin above middle of the pectoral fin, and similar body coloration. However,
<taxonomicName id="146B4C497DF71D0824375601C4DACF5D" authorityName="Hibino &amp; Ho" authorityYear="2024" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="kbalanensis" status="sp. nov.">
<emphasis id="B01032F1A54A0F4C124976F3C10E097C" italics="true">O. kbalanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="314A307F68978B8E191D9429F94CBB54" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
differs from
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<emphasis id="BA3088FD772A547EE577EB00C79C7944" italics="true">O. ishiyamorum</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in having a smaller head (10.3 %
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EEPAG" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
vs 14–15 %
<abbrev id="ABBRID0EIPAG" xlink_title="Total lengths">TL</abbrev>
), more vertebrae (153 vs 130–132), maxillary teeth mostly uniserial but ending in biserial (vs mostly uniserial and biserial anteriorly), and median fins with dark margined (vs pale) (
<bibRefCitation id="375C1AD8C356D291B88812210D710A9E" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.2505.1.1" author="McCosker" firstAuthor="McCosker" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="1-39" refId="B12" refString="McCosker JE (2010) Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505 (1): 1–39. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.2505.1.1" title="Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species." volume="2505" year="2010">McCosker 2010</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="3648DEFD75C1B0D23ED2A4A475167169">
The tip of lower jaw is also before the anterior nostril tube in
<taxonomicName id="76777CD4802984CE0D00E2B5F97D3254" authority="McCosker, 2010" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="2010" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="alleni">
<emphasis id="C65A8F7F0A6DA6F4F4DE70524E263534" italics="true">Ophichthus alleni</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="25D35F53ED366763278E9442059B5683" DOI="10.11646/zootaxa.2505.1.1" author="McCosker JE" issue="1" journalOrPublisher="Zootaxa" pagination="1-39" refId="B12" refString="McCosker JE (2010) Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa 2505 (1): 1 - 39. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 2505.1. 1" title="Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species." volume="2505" year="2010">McCosker, 2010</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
, several specimens of
<taxonomicName id="E158809824E5C242252B1E9561215C67" authorityName="Jordan &amp; Snyder" authorityYear="1901" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asakusae">
<emphasis id="72A1F018ABB69DA5968B82733333356B" italics="true">Ophichthus asakusae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<collectingCountry id="5D09AD47A2BB9EEA86307A177A825AC1" name="Jordan">Jordan</collectingCountry>
&amp; Snyder, 1901 and
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<emphasis id="B23F17BBAD7BEECED5B8FA7652954FEE" italics="true">Ophichthus urolophus</emphasis>
(Temminck &amp; Schlegel, 1846)
</taxonomicName>
; however, they have only one or no protrusions on upper lip, much fewer total vertebrae (
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<emphasis id="03FE430024C8FFE37272703C61929D33" italics="true">O. alleni</emphasis>
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,
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<taxonomicName id="55C33D8B8EF56C55A730565CD7C78C4C" authorityName="Jordan &amp; Snyder" authorityYear="1901" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="asakusae">
<emphasis id="95BB0B9E376A7F878523B69248500D8D" italics="true">O. asakusae</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
and
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<taxonomicName id="DF69F3950A172150506D34E290C53875" baseAuthorityName="Temminck &amp; Schlegel" baseAuthorityYear="1846" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="urolophus">
<emphasis id="BB4099D245820E8B9412066C91612595" italics="true">O. urolophus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
), and a bicolored body with a mostly pale ventral surface (
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;
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; this study).
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In
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,
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<emphasis id="B478A6A2DDF983F1F715C57868576C60" italics="true">O. kbalanensis</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
<taxonomicNameLabel id="C48C868537A17B80A6963F790ED31DCB" rank="species">sp. nov.</taxonomicNameLabel>
is also similar to
<taxonomicName id="285D898F112F0D8E941B81B1A6591733" authorityName="McCosker, Ide &amp; Endo" authorityYear="2012" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Ophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="obtusus">
<emphasis id="3CE9DB907923C0F2467DBF58BB1F372E" italics="true">O. obtusus</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
in the uniformly black body and vertebral count, but it can be distinguished by the different tooth arrangement on the jaws, more mandibular pores (6 or 7 vs 4 or 5), position of the end of the rictus (behind posterior margin of eye vs not behind), and two small, simple, thorn-like labial protrusions on the upper lip (vs at least anterior one fat, cauliflower-shaped protrusion with weak wrinkles) (
<bibRefCitation id="DA2C040254AC7BAD9C55FE3A57B97F20" author="McCosker" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="McCosker" refId="B14" refString="McCosker JE, Ide S, Endo H (2012) Three new species of ophichthid eels (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Japan. Bulletin of the National Museum of Nature and Science, Series A (Supplement 6): 1–16." year="2012">McCosker et al. 2012</bibRefCitation>
;
<bibRefCitation id="E1B862A70FB1935F8F406761CD950CCC" DOI="10.6119/JMST-013-1220-10" author="Chiu" etAl="et al." firstAuthor="Chiu" refId="B2" refString="Chiu Y-C, Lin J, Chen H-M (2013) One new record genus and three new record species of snake eels (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from Taiwan. Journal of Marine Science and Technology (Supplement 21): 201–206. https://doi.org/10.6119/JMST-013-1220-10" year="2013">Chiu et al. 2013</bibRefCitation>
; this study).
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