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New Record of Ariosoma meeki (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Korea  

Yeo, Sooeun (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
Kim, Jin-Koo (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
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Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.28, no.2, 2016 , pp. 121-124 More about this Journal
Abstract
A single specimen of Ariosoma meeki, belonging to the family Congridae, was collected for the first time from Jinhae-gu, Changwon-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, Korea, on June 10, 2015. Ariosoma meeki is characterized by an absence of scales on its whole body, dorsal and anal fin connected to the caudal fin, blackish margins of the dorsal and anal fin, posterior nostrils not covered with a dermal flap, 60 preanal lateral-line pores, 15 pectoral fin rays, no cephalic sensory pore between the interorbital region and dorsal fin origin, and two dark brown dots behind the eyes. We described it as the new Korean record, and proposed the Korean name "nun-te-bung-jang-eo" for this species A. meeki.
Keywords
New record; Ariosoma meeki; Congridae; Korea;
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