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Snake-eels of the genus Xyrias (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae)
Date de parution: février 1998
Volume: 22
Number: 1
Pagination: 007-013
Editeur: Société Française d'Ichtyologie
doi: https://doi.org/10.26028/cybium/1998-221-001
Résumé
The rare and heretofore monotypic snake-eel genus Xyrias (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) is expanded to include X. revulsus Jordan & Snyder (1901), Ophichthus multiserialis Norman (1939) and Ophisurus guineensis Blache (1975). A key to the species, and diagnoses and distributional data are provided, including the first records of X. multiserialis from Somalia and X. revulsus from the Philippines and South Africa.
Mots-clés: New distributions - Ophichthidae - Ophichthus multiserialis - Ophisurus guineensis - Taxonomy - Xyrias - Xyrias revulsus
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