• Title/Summary/Keyword: Ophichtidae

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Checklist of the Snake Eels (Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) from Korea, with a Change of their Korean Names (한국산 바다뱀장어과(개칭)(Ophichthidae: Anguilliformes) 어류의 종 목록 및 국명 개칭)

  • Ji, Hwan-Sung;Kang, Chung-Bae;Kim, Jin-Koo
    • Korean Journal of Ichthyology
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    • v.33 no.4
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    • pp.240-251
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    • 2021
  • A checklist of snake eels (Ophichthidae) from Korea is presented including information, such as synonyms, distribution, occurrence records and key to species of 7 genera and 14 species. Also, we suggest change of the Korean names for the snake eels (Ophichthidae) "Ba-da-baem-gwa" to "Ba-da-baem-jang-eo-gwa", and it's members, because Korean names of snake eels (Ophichthidae) is similar to those of sea snake (Hydridae).