Animal cells and systems
- Volume 1 Issue 4
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- Pages.549-552
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- 1997
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- 1976-8354(pISSN)
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- 2151-2485(eISSN)
A New Ophichthid Eel, Ophichthus rotundus(Ophichthidae, Anguilliformes) from Korea
- Lee, Chung-Lyul (Department of Biology, College of Natural Science, Kunsan National University) ;
- Hirotoshi Asano (Department of Fisheries, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki University)
- Published : 1997.12.01
Abstract
A new species of Korean ophichthid eel, Ophichthus rotundus, is described on the basis of specimens collected from Kyehwado, Chollabuk-do, Korea. 0, rotundus is characterized by small eye, elongated and slender body, short head and trunk, small eye, long tail, low dorsal and anal fins, many vertebrae, and no spotted pattern on body and fins.
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