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Overview |
Main identification features
- snout overhanging, underneath without groove
- d: origin on head
- tail tip hard, finless
- nape to snout: dense papillae
- head pores raised
- no pectorals
LEUROPHARUS
SNAKE-EELS
Elongate, compressed; snout and nape with numerous papillae; dorsal and anal fins present; tip of tail a hard, finless point; dorsal fin origin on nape; no pectoral fins; snout pointed, overhanging, without groove at front of underside; eye small; front nostril tubular; rear nostril a slit in top lip that opens in mouth; gill openings on underside, converging forward.
The genus contains only one species which is endemic to the tropical eastern Pacific.
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References |
- Fischer , W. , Krup , F. , Schneider , W. , Sommer , C. , Carpenter , K. E. and Niem, V. H., 1995., Guia FAO para la Identificacion de Especies de para los fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Volumen III. Vertebrados - Parte 2., FAO3:1201-1813.
- Rosenblatt , R.H. and McCosker, J.E., 1970., A key to the genera of the ophichthid eels, with descriptions of two new genera and three new species from the eastern Pacific., Pac. Sci., 24:494-505.
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I thank Ashley MacDonald and John Pickering, University of Georgia, for technical support in building this page.
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