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—Sharp-snout snake eel
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STATUS AT MADANG.
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from Madang, based on a specimen collected at St. PD 0 2, and by W.-J. Chen, St. PD 66. NTM and SMF material (NTUM 10101; SMF 34916).
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DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian Islands, south to
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993E04FE9098F9FE8D" box="[1081,1259,330,355]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
. Buried in sand bottoms,
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1
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. Marine.
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<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAFE6D9DFAFE21" bold="true" box="[151,488,438,463]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Brachysomophis cirrocheilos</emphasis>
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—Stargazer snakemoray
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STATUS AT MADANG.
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993B89FE019E2CFE1D" bold="true" box="[436,574,474,499]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">New record</emphasis>
from Madang, based on WAM material (WAM P.30623-001). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea and East Africa east to
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF9939B3FE25981EFDF9" box="[910,1036,510,535]" name="Philippines" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Philippines</collectingCountry>
and New
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, north to southern
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, south to northern
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. Sand and mud bottoms,
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1
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. Marine.
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—Crocodile snake eel
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STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by
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. CAS material. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa and Mascarenes east to Society Islands, north to southern
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, south to northern
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. Found on sand bottoms,
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0
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. Marine.
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<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAFCC59DDCFCD9" bold="true" box="[151,462,798,823]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Brachysomophis henshawi</emphasis>
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&amp; Snyder, 1904
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—Reptilian snake eel STATUS AT MADANG.
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993B87FC999E55FCB5" bold="true" box="[442,583,834,859]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">New record</emphasis>
from Madang, based on a specimen collected by W.-J. Chen, St. PNB 50. NTUM material (NTUM 10268).
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DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT.
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993816FC509E61FC4D" box="[555,627,907,931]" name="Oman" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Oman</collectingCountry>
;
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east to Society Islands. Buried in sand near reefs,
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0
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. Marine.
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<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAFC2C9D8AFBE1" bold="true" box="[151,408,1014,1039]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Lamnostoma kampeni</emphasis>
(Weber &amp; Beaufort, 1916)
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—Freshwater snake eel
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STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang as
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by
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. CAS and KFRS material.
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DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT.
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF99380EFBB99EA6FB95" box="[563,692,1122,1147]" name="Philippines" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Philippines</collectingCountry>
, northern New
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993950FBB99FD3FB95" box="[877,961,1122,1147]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Guinea</collectingCountry>
,
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF9939EDFBB8983EFB94" box="[976,1068,1123,1146]" name="Vanuatu" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Vanuatu</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993E57FBB8990DFB95" box="[1130,1311,1122,1147]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
. Found on sand bottom; adults in freshwater streams, larvae marine,
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0
<specimenCount id="F4F4D4E5DA02FF993906FB5C9F64FB70" box="[827,886,1159,1183]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="generic">10 m</specimenCount>
</quantity>
. Freshwater, transitional water and marine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAFB149F91FB09" blockId="21.[151,1436,1230,1363]" box="[151,899,1230,1255]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA02FF993AAAFB149E88FB09" authority="Bleeker, 1853" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1853" box="[151,666,1230,1255]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Lamnostoma" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="polyophthalma">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAFB149E88FB09" bold="true" box="[151,666,1230,1255]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAFB149DF0FB09" bold="true" box="[151,482,1230,1255]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Lamnostoma polyophthalma</emphasis>
(Bleeker, 1853)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Ocellated sand eel
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAFB289FF0FAE5" blockId="21.[151,1436,1230,1363]" box="[151,994,1266,1291]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by
<bibRefCitation id="8663629DDA02FF99393DFB299FCCFAE5" author="Kailola" box="[768,990,1266,1291]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="Kailola, P. J. (1987 a) The fishes of Papua New Guinea. A revised and annotated checklist. Volume one. Myxinidae to Synbranchidae. Department of Fisheries and Marine Resources, Port Moresby, Research Bulletin, 41, i - xxxi + 1 - 194." type="journal article" year="1987" yearSuffix="a">Kailola (1987a: 57)</bibRefCitation>
.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAFACC9818FABD" blockId="21.[151,1436,1230,1363]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT.
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF99380DFACD9E78FAC1" box="[560,618,1302,1327]" name="India" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">India</collectingCountry>
east to Marquesas Islands, south to
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993E28FACC9867FAC0" box="[1045,1141,1303,1326]" name="Vanuatu" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Vanuatu</collectingCountry>
. Found on sand and mud bottoms of inshore areas and estuaries,
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0
<specimenCount id="F4F4D4E5DA02FF993850FAE09EBAFABC" box="[621,680,1339,1363]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="generic">10 m</specimenCount>
</quantity>
. Transitional water and marine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAFA599F80FA75" blockId="21.[151,1437,1410,1543]" box="[151,914,1410,1435]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA02FF993AAAFA599EBCFA75" authority="Lay &amp; Bennett, 1839" authorityName="Lay &amp; Bennett" authorityYear="1839" box="[151,686,1410,1435]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Leiuranus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="semicinctus">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAFA599EBCFA75" bold="true" box="[151,686,1410,1435]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAFA599D8FFA75" bold="true" box="[151,413,1410,1435]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Leiuranus semicinctus</emphasis>
(Lay &amp; Bennett, 1839)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Saddled snake eel
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAFA7C9E3EF9E9" blockId="21.[151,1437,1410,1543]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
STATUS AT MADANG.
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993B89FA7D9E2CFA51" bold="true" box="[436,574,1446,1471]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">New record</emphasis>
from Madang, based on WAM material (WAM P.29624-027). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian and Tuamotu islands, south to
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993ED8FA10998AFA0D" box="[1253,1432,1482,1507]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
. Sand and seagrass,
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1
<specimenCount id="F4F4D4E5DA02FF993BB6FA349DDAF9E8" box="[395,456,1519,1543]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="generic">10 m</specimenCount>
</quantity>
. Marine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAF9ED9807F9A1" blockId="21.[151,1437,1590,1795]" box="[151,1045,1590,1615]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA02FF993AAAF9ED9E7FF9A1" authority="Boddaert, 1781" authorityName="Boddaert" authorityYear="1781" box="[151,621,1590,1615]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Myrichthys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="colubrinus">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAF9ED9E7FF9A1" bold="true" box="[151,621,1590,1615]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAF9ED9D8EF9A1" bold="true" box="[151,412,1590,1615]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Myrichthys colubrinus</emphasis>
(Boddaert, 1781)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Ringed snake eel, banded snake eel
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAF9809E5AF979" blockId="21.[151,1437,1590,1795]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
STATUS AT MADANG. First record from Madang by
<bibRefCitation id="8663629DDA02FF99392CF981984BF99D" author="Parenti" box="[785,1113,1626,1651]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="Parenti, L. R. &amp; Allen, G. R. (1991) Fishes of the Gogol River and other coastal habitats, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 1, 307 - 320." type="journal article" year="1991">Parenti &amp; Allen (1991: 317)</bibRefCitation>
; confirmed by
<bibRefCitation id="8663629DDA02FF993F35F9819D8FF979" author="McCosker" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="McCosker, J. E. &amp; Rosenblatt, R. H. (1993) A revision of the snake eel genus Myrichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of a new eastern Pacific species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 48 (8), 153 - 169." type="journal article" year="1993">McCosker &amp; Rosenblatt (1993: 160)</bibRefCitation>
. CAS material.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAF9789806F8ED" blockId="21.[151,1437,1590,1795]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea and East Africa (south to Delagoa Bay,
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993E7BF97998C9F955" box="[1094,1243,1698,1723]" name="Mozambique" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Mozambique</collectingCountry>
) east to Johnston and Tuamotu (but not Hawaiian) islands, north to Ryukyu and Ogasawara islands, south to Western
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993F38F91D997EF931" box="[1285,1388,1734,1759]" name="Australia" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Australia</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF993AAAF9309D5AF8ED" box="[151,328,1770,1795]" name="New Caledonia" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">New Caledonia</collectingCountry>
. On sand patches of lagoon and seaward reefs,
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0
<specimenCount id="F4F4D4E5DA02FF993948F9309FA3F8EC" box="[885,945,1771,1795]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="generic">30 m</specimenCount>
</quantity>
. Marine.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AAE84CE7DA02FF993AAAF8E99CE8F87D" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="reference_group">
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAF8E99F65F8A5" blockId="21.[151,1436,1842,1975]" box="[151,887,1842,1867]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA02FF993AAAF8E99E5DF8A5" ID-CoL="464L4" authority="McCosker, 1982" authorityName="McCosker" authorityYear="1982" box="[151,591,1842,1867]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Neenchelys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="daedalus">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAF8E99E5DF8A5" bold="true" box="[151,591,1842,1867]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA02FF993AAAF8E99D9BF8A5" bold="true" box="[151,393,1842,1867]" italics="true" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Neenchelys daedalus</emphasis>
<bibRefCitation id="8663629DDA02FF993BADF8E99E5DF8A5" author="McCosker" box="[400,591,1842,1867]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="McCosker, J. E. (1982) A new genus and two new species of remarkable Pacific worm eels (Ophichthidae, subfamily Myrophinae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 43 (5), 59 - 66." type="journal article" year="1982">McCosker, 1982</bibRefCitation>
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—New
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF99389AF8E99EEAF8A5" box="[679,760,1842,1867]" name="Guinea-Bissau" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Guinea</collectingCountry>
serpent eel
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAF88C9CE8F87D" blockId="21.[151,1436,1842,1975]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
STATUS AT MADANG. Originally described from Madang by
<bibRefCitation id="8663629DDA02FF993948F88D98F0F881" author="McCosker" box="[885,1250,1878,1903]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" refString="McCosker, J. E. (1982) A new genus and two new species of remarkable Pacific worm eels (Ophichthidae, subfamily Myrophinae). Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, Series 4, 43 (5), 59 - 66." type="journal article" year="1982">McCosker (1982: 63, figs. 45)</bibRefCitation>
. AMS and CAS material.
</paragraph>
</subSubSection>
<subSubSection id="AAE84CE7DA02FF9A3AAAF8449F48FCB3" lastPageId="22" lastPageNumber="23" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="distribution">
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA02FF993AAAF8449837F859" blockId="21.[151,1436,1842,1975]" box="[151,1061,1950,1975]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT.
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF99381AF8449E78F858" box="[551,618,1951,1974]" name="Japan" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">Japan</collectingCountry>
;
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA02FF99384BF8449F43F859" box="[630,849,1950,1975]" name="Papua New Guinea" pageId="21" pageNumber="22">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA02FF99384BF8449EA8F858" box="[630,698,1951,1974]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Tetraodontidae" genus="Canthigaster" kingdom="Animalia" order="Tetraodontiformes" pageId="21" pageNumber="199" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="papua">Papua</taxonomicName>
New Guinea
</collectingCountry>
,
<quantity id="250AB289DA02FF993961F8459FD0F858" box="[860,962,1950,1975]" metricMagnitude="2" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.28" metricValueMax="2.56" metricValueMin="0.0" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" unit="m" value="128.0" valueMax="256.0" valueMin="0.0">
0
<specimenCount id="F4F4D4E5DA02FF993945F8459FD0F858" box="[888,962,1950,1975]" pageId="21" pageNumber="22" type="generic">256 m</specimenCount>
</quantity>
. Marine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFF4C9F73FF5E" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,320]" box="[151,865,151,176]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA01FF9A3AAAFF4C9E9BFF5E" authority="Gosline, 1951" authorityName="Gosline" authorityYear="1951" box="[151,649,151,176]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Phyllophichthus" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="xenodontus">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3AAAFF4C9E9BFF5E" bold="true" box="[151,649,151,176]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3AAAFF4C9DF0FF5E" bold="true" box="[151,482,151,176]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Phyllophichthus xenodontus</emphasis>
Gosline, 1951
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Flappy snake eel
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFF679D26FF16" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,320]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
STATUS AT MADANG.
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3BFEFF679E40FF3B" bold="true" box="[451,594,188,213]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">New record</emphasis>
from Madang, based on CAS and WAM material (CAS 65953; WAM P.30350-008).
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFEDF989AFEAE" blockId="22.[151,1437,151,320]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to Hawaiian and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A3B60FEFC9DD5FEAE" box="[349,455,295,320]" name="Australia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Australia</collectingCountry>
. Sand patches near lagoon and seaward reefs,
<quantity id="250AB289DA01FF9A39F0FEF39837FED1" box="[973,1061,296,320]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" metricValueMax="2.0" metricValueMin="0.1" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="m" value="10.5" valueMax="20.0" valueMin="1.0">
1
<specimenCount id="F4F4D4E5DA01FF9A39DBFEF39837FED1" box="[998,1061,296,320]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="generic">20 m</specimenCount>
</quantity>
. Marine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFEB49F58FE66" blockId="22.[151,1436,367,501]" box="[151,842,367,392]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA01FF9A3AAAFEB49E7AFE66" authority="Bleeker, 1857" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1857" box="[151,616,367,392]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Scolecenchelys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="gymnota">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3AAAFEB49E7AFE66" bold="true" box="[151,616,367,392]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3AAAFEB49DBDFE69" bold="true" box="[151,431,367,392]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Scolecenchelys gymnota</emphasis>
(Bleeker, 1857)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Slender worm eel
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFE4F9FFEFE1B" blockId="22.[151,1436,367,501]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
STATUS AT MADANG.
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3B89FE4F9E2CFE43" bold="true" box="[436,574,404,429]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">New record</emphasis>
from Madang, based on WAM material (WAM P.29595-023). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea and East Africa east to
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A39B6FE6C9FFDFE3E" box="[907,1007,439,464]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Marshall</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A3E19FE6C98C1FE3E" box="[1060,1235,439,464]" name="Pitcairn" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Pitcairn islands</collectingCountry>
, north to southern
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A3AAAFE069CC8FE1A" box="[151,218,477,500]" name="Japan" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Japan</collectingCountry>
, south to northern
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A3B96FE079E07FE1B" box="[427,533,476,501]" name="Australia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Australia</collectingCountry>
. Sand bottom near reefs,
<quantity id="250AB289DA01FF9A390DFE079F9BFE1A" box="[816,905,476,500]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" metricValueMax="2.0" metricValueMin="0.1" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="m" value="10.5" valueMax="20.0" valueMin="1.0">
1
<specimenCount id="F4F4D4E5DA01FF9A3977FE079F9BFE1A" box="[842,905,476,500]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="generic">20 m</specimenCount>
</quantity>
. Marine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFDFF9F46FDD3" blockId="22.[151,1436,548,680]" box="[151,852,548,573]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA01FF9A3AAAFDFF9E69FDD3" authority="Ogilby, 1897" authorityName="Ogilby" authorityYear="1897" box="[151,635,548,573]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Scolecenchelys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="laticaudata">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3AAAFDFF9E69FDD3" bold="true" box="[151,635,548,573]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3AAAFDFF9DDFFDD3" bold="true" box="[151,461,548,573]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Scolecenchelys laticaudata</emphasis>
(Ogilby, 1897)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Redfin worm eel
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFD939838FD46" blockId="22.[151,1436,548,680]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
STATUS AT MADANG.
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3B89FD9C9E2CFD8E" bold="true" box="[436,574,583,608]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">New record</emphasis>
from Madang, based on WAM material (WAM P.29595-037). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. Red Sea and East Africa east to
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A39EDFDB79826FD6B" box="[976,1076,620,645]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Marshall</collectingCountry>
and
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A3E4AFDB7993EFD6B" box="[1143,1324,620,645]" name="Pitcairn" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Pitcairn islands</collectingCountry>
, north to
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A3AAAFD549D0AFD46" box="[151,280,655,680]" name="Philippines" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Philippines</collectingCountry>
, south to northern
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A3BD4FD549E46FD46" box="[489,596,655,680]" name="Australia" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Australia</collectingCountry>
. Sand bottom near reefs,
<quantity id="250AB289DA01FF9A3952FD4B9FD5FD49" box="[879,967,656,680]" metricMagnitude="1" metricUnit="m" metricValue="1.05" metricValueMax="2.0" metricValueMin="0.1" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" unit="m" value="10.5" valueMax="20.0" valueMin="1.0">
1
<specimenCount id="F4F4D4E5DA01FF9A39B5FD4B9FD5FD49" box="[904,967,656,680]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" type="generic">20 m</specimenCount>
</quantity>
. Marine.
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFD0C9F79FD1E" blockId="22.[151,1436,727,861]" box="[151,875,727,752]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<taxonomicName id="25F264EFDA01FF9A3AAAFD0C9E9BFD1E" authority="Bleeker, 1857" authorityName="Bleeker" authorityYear="1857" box="[151,649,727,752]" class="Actinopterygii" family="Ophichthidae" genus="Scolecenchelys" kingdom="Animalia" order="Anguilliformes" pageId="22" pageNumber="23" phylum="Chordata" rank="species" species="macroptera">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3AAAFD0C9E9BFD1E" bold="true" box="[151,649,727,752]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3AAAFD0C9DC2FD01" bold="true" box="[151,464,727,752]" italics="true" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Scolecenchelys macroptera</emphasis>
(Bleeker, 1857)
</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
—Narrow worm eel
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="E24D1F6CDA01FF9A3AAAFD279F48FCB3" blockId="22.[151,1436,727,861]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">
STATUS AT MADANG.
<emphasis id="D086C37EDA01FF9A3B89FD279E2CFCFB" bold="true" box="[436,574,764,789]" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">New record</emphasis>
from Madang, based on AMS material (AMS I.16671-003). DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT. East Africa east to
<collectingCountry id="9AE55FFCDA01FF9A38C5FCC49F4EFCD6" box="[760,860,799,824]" name="Marshall Islands" pageId="22" pageNumber="23">Marshall</collectingCountry>
and Society islands, north to Ryukyu Islands, south to northern
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. Sand bottom near reefs,
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