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Published July 31, 2018 | Version v1
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Bathymyrinae Böhlke 1949

Description

Key to the genera of Bathymyrinae

1a. Opening of posterior nostril exposed in lateral view....................................................................................................................... 2 1b. Opening of posterior nostril concealed in lateral view...................................................................................................................... 5

2a. Teeth in jaws in multiserial bands............................................................................................................. Ariosoma Swainson 1838 2b. Teeth in jaws in one or two series.................................................................................................................................................... 3

3a. Upper edge of gill opening above top of pectoral-fin base, enclosing entire pectoral fin; outer row of maxillary teeth blade-like, close-set, forming a cutting edge .......................................................................................................... Paraconger Kanazawa 1961

3b. Upper edge of gill opening below top of pectoral-fin base, not enclosing entire pectoral fin; teeth variable................................ 4

4a. Intermaxillary tooth patch curved upward at end of snout, fully exposed when mouth closed; maxillary teeth mainly uniserial, forming a cutting edge; IO3 and IO4 pores present.................................................................................. Bathymyrus Alcock 1889

4b. Intermaxillary tooth patch not curved upward at end of snout, not completely exposed when mouth closed; maxillary teeth triserial, not forming a cutting edge; IO3 and IO4 pores absent ......................................................... Chiloconger Myers & Wade 1941

5a. An acute bony projection at end of snout...................................................................................................... Rostroconger gen. nov. 5b. End of snout rounded and fleshy, without a bony projection........................................................................................................... 6

6a. Posterior nostril low on side of snout near lip, covered by a flap dorsally.................................. Parabathymyrus Kamohara, 1938

6b. Posterior nostril opening through a ventrally directed tube on edge of upper lip behind labial flange....................................................................................................................................................................................... Kenyaconger Smith & Karmovskaya 2003

Notes

Published as part of Smith, David G., 2018, A new genus and species of congrid eel from the Philippines (Anguillliformes: Congridae: Bathymyrinae), pp. 78-83 in Zootaxa 4454 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.9, http://zenodo.org/record/1446729

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Congridae
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Anguilliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Böhlke
Taxon rank
subFamily
Taxonomic concept label
Bathymyrinae Böhlke, 1949 sec. Smith, 2018

References

  • Swainson, W. (1838) On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. Fol. 1. A. Spottiswoode, London, vi + 368 pp.
  • Kanazawa, R. H. (1961) Paraconger, a new genus with three new species of eels (Family Congridae). Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 113 (3450), 1 - 14. https: // doi. org / 10.5479 / si. 00963801.113 - 3450.1
  • Alcock, A. (1889) Natural history notes from H. M. ' s Indian marine survey steamer`Investigator, ' Commander Alfred Carpenter, R. N., D. S. O., commanding. No. 12. Descriptions of some new and rare species of fishes from the Bay of Bengal, obtained during the season of 1888 - 89. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, 58 (Pt 2, No. 3), 296 - 305.
  • Myers, G. S. & Wade, C. B. (1941) Four new genera and ten new species of eels from the Pacific coast of tropical America. Allan Hancock Pacific Expedition 1932 - 40, Los Angeles, 9 (4), 65 - 111
  • Kamohara, T. (1938) On the offshore bottom-fishes of Prov. Tosa, Shikoku, Japan. Maruzen Kobushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, 86 pp.
  • Smith, D. G. & Karmovskaya, E. S. (2003) A new genus and two new species of congrid eels (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from the Indo-West Pacific, with a redescription and osteology of Chiloconger dentatus. Zootaxa, 343 (1), 1 - 19. https: // doi. org / 10.11646 / zootaxa. 343.1.1