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On the Species Composition of Eels of the Genus Ariosoma (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Nha Trang and Van Phong Bays (South China Sea, Central Vietnam)

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In the coastal waters of Central Vietnam, the genus Ariosoma Swainson is represented by three known species (A. anago (Temminck et Schlegel), A. meeki (Jordan et Snyder), and A. megalops Fowler) and by a new species described recently A. dolichopterum Karmovskaya). The brief descriptions of three former species and the maps of their distribution (adult individuals and larval forms) in the South China Sea and waters of the Western Pacific, from Japan to Australia, are presented.

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Notes

  1. According to Reid (1934), the intermaxillary teeth are slightly enlarged in A. selenops.

  2. Based on our data on the presence of myorhabdoi in the radiograph of the holotype A. multivertebratum.

  3. Catches of leptocephali: without stars, A. megalops; *A. scheelei; **joint catches of A. megalops and A. scheelei.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

I am grateful to the colleagues for the possibility of the investigation of congrid eel collections and for support and invaluable help in this study: A.M. Prokofiev (Severtsov Institute of Ecology and Evolution, Russian Academy of Sciences), N.R. Merrett (BMNH), J. Nielsen (ZMUC), D.G. Smith (USNM), J. Paxton and M. McGrouther (AMS), P. Last, A. Graham, and J. Pogonoski (CSIRO), M. Gomon (NMV), and M. van Oijen and R. de Ruiter (RMNH, NCBnaturalis).This work was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, project no. 16-04-00365.

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Karmovskaya, E.S. On the Species Composition of Eels of the Genus Ariosoma (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Nha Trang and Van Phong Bays (South China Sea, Central Vietnam). J. Ichthyol. 58, 455–472 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0032945218040070

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