Browse > Article
http://dx.doi.org/10.35399/ISK.32.3.9

New Record of a Moray Eel, Strophidon dorsalis(Muraenidae, Anguilliformes) from Korea  

Kang, Chung Bae (Department of Exhibition and Education, Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea)
Kim, Maeng Jin (West Fisheries Research Institute, National Institute of Fisheries Sciences)
Kim, Jin-Koo (Department of Marine Biology, Pukyong National University)
Song, Choon Bok (College of Ocean Sciences, Jeju National University)
Publication Information
Korean Journal of Ichthyology / v.32, no.3, 2020 , pp. 191-196 More about this Journal
Abstract
A single specimen of Strophidon dorsalis (1,254 mm in total length), belonging to the family Muraenidae, was firstly collected in a fish trap off the coastal waters of Jindo Island in July 2018. It was characterized by having unpatterned body coloration, thin body, slightly rounded snout, two superorbital pores, three infraorbital pores, and six mandibular pores. This species is distinguishable from a morphologically similar species, S. sathete inhabiting the Korean waters by having three infraorbital pores (vs. four in S. sathete), last infraorbital pore below an anterior part of the eye (vs. below a posterior part of the eye), body depth 3.2~4.1% in total length (vs. 1.8~3.1%), and total vertebrae 154~167 (vs. 188~200). We add S. dorsalis to the Korean fish fauna and propose a new Korean name, "Seo-mang-gom-chi" for the species.
Keywords
Strophidon dorsalis; Muraenidae; first record; Jindo Island; Korea;
Citations & Related Records
Times Cited By KSCI : 2  (Citation Analysis)
연도 인용수 순위
1 Bohlke, E.B. 1982. Vertebral formulae for type specimens of eels (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Acad. Natl. Sci. Phila., 134: 31-49.
2 Bohlke, E.B. 1989. Methods and Terminology. In: Bohlke, E.B. (ed.), Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, Part 9, Vol. 1, Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Sears Found. Mar. Res., Yale Univ. Press, New Haven, U.S.A., pp. 1-7.
3 Bohlke, E.B. 1997. Notes on the identity of elongate unpatterned Indo-Pacific morays, with description of a new species (Muraenidae, subfamily Muraeninae). Proc. Acad. Natl. Sci. Phila., 147: 89-109.
4 Bohlke, E.B. and J.E. Randall. 2000. A review of the moray eels (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions of two new species. Proc. Acad. Natl. Sci. Phila., 150: 203-278.
5 Bohlke, E.B. and D.G. Smith. 2002. Type catalogue of Indo-Pacific Muraenidae. Proc. Acad. Natl. Sci. Phila., 152: 89-172.   DOI
6 Fricke, R., W.N. Eschmeyer and R. Van der Laan (eds.). 2020. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: genera, species, references. Available at: http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp., (accessed 2 Mar. 2020).
7 Hamilton, F. 1822. An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. vii+405pp.
8 Hatooka, K. 2013. Muraenidae. In: Nakabo, T. (ed.), Fishes of Japan with pictorial keys to the species, 3rd ed. Tokai Univ. Press, Kanagawa, Japan, pp. 244-261.
9 Ho, H.C., D.G. Smith, J.E. McCosker, Y. Hibino, K.H. Loh, K.A. Tighe and K.-T. Shao. 2015. Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan. Zootaxa, 4060: 140-189. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16.   DOI
10 Hibino, Y., U. Satapoomin and S. Kimura. 2017. A new species of the genus Diaphenchely (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Thailand. Ichthyol. Res., 64: 458-463. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10228-017-0578-3.   DOI
11 Kim B.Y., S.J. Koh, M.J. Kim and C.B. Song. 2020. First record of the slender giang moray, Strophidon sathete (Muraenidae, Anguilliformes) from Korea. Korean J. Ichthyol., 32: 21-25. https://doi.org/10.35399/isk.32.1.4.   DOI
12 Kumar, S., G. Stecher and K. Tamura. 2016. MEGA7: Molecular evolutionary genetics analysis version 7.0 for bigger datasets. Mol. Biol. Evol., 33: 1870-1874.   DOI
13 Loh, K.H., K.T. Shao, H.C. Ho, P.E. Lim and H.M. Chen. 2015. A new species of moray eel (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Taiwan, with comments on related elongate unpatterned species. Zootaxa, 4060: 030-040. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.5.   DOI
14 Randall, J.E. and K.K.P. Lim. 2000. A checklist of the fishes of the South China Sea. Raffles Bull. of Zool. Natl., Suppl. 8: 569-667.
15 Loh, K.H., K.T. Shao and H.M. Chen. 2011. Gymnothorax melanosomatus, a new moray eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from southeastern Taiwan. Zootaxa, 3134: 43-52. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3134.1.2.   DOI
16 McClelland, J. 1844. Apodal fishes of Bengal. Calcutta J. Nat. Hist., 5: 151-226, Pls. 5-14.
17 Psomadakis, P.N., H.B. Osmany and M. Moazzam. 2015. Field identification guide to the living marine resources of Pakistan. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, x+386pp.
18 Yoshida, T., H. Motomura, P. Musikasinthorn and K. Matsuura. 2013. Fishes of northern Gulf of Thailand. Natl. Mus. Nat. Sci., i-viii+1-239.
19 Seale, A. 1917. New species of apodal fishes. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., 61: 79-94.
20 Tanaka, S. 1918. Two new species of Japanese fishes. Zool. Mag., 30: 51-52.
21 Ray, D. and A. Mohapatra. 2015. First record of the moray eel Gymnothorax dorsalis Seale, 1917 (Anguilliformes: Muraenidae) from Indian waters. Indian J. Fish., 62: 132-134.