A rare species of Uropterygius (Anguilliformes, Muraenidae) found in the stomach content of a Yellow-lipped Sea Krait from Japan

A single muraenid specimen (genus Uropterygius), recovered from the stomach of a live Yellowlipped Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina (Schneider, 1799), captured at Iriomote Island, Japan, was found to possess intermediate traits between 2 rare species, Uropterygius xenodontus McCosker & Smith, 1997...

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Published inCheck list (Luís Felipe Toledo) Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 163 - 166
Main Authors Tashiro, Fumihito, Tabata, Runa, Nishizawa, Hideaki, Mitamura, Hidemichi
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Sofia Pensoft Publishers 19.01.2018
Subjects
Eels
Japan
Laticauda colubrina
Rare species
Stomach
Uropterygius
Uropterygius xenodontus
Japan
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ISSN1809-127X
1809-127X
DOI10.15560/14.1.163

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Summary:A single muraenid specimen (genus Uropterygius), recovered from the stomach of a live Yellowlipped Sea Krait, Laticauda colubrina (Schneider, 1799), captured at Iriomote Island, Japan, was found to possess intermediate traits between 2 rare species, Uropterygius xenodontus McCosker & Smith, 1997 and Uropterygius golanii McCosker & Smith, 1997. The specimen is provisionally identified as U. xenodontus and is described below with its morphs, as an important addition to material of rare specimens of the genus in the western North Pacific.
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ISSN:1809-127X
1809-127X
DOI:10.15560/14.1.163