Journal Article
Monopterus ichthyophoides, a new species of scaled swamp eel (Teleostei: Synbranchiformes: Synbranchidae) from Mizoram, India
Britz, R., Lalremsanga, H.T., Lalrotluanga and Lalramliana
Record Number:
4425
Year:
2011
Journal:
Zootaxa
Pages:
51-58
Volume:
2936
Abstract:
Monopterus ichthyophoides is described from specimens collected from the Sawleng River and a public well at Luangmual,
both in the Barak River drainage in Mizoram, India. The new species differs from all other synbranchids in having
only two, instead of five or six branchiostegal rays. It belongs to the Amphipnous species group characterized by possession
of scales on the body and can be readily distinguished from all other species of this group by the lower number of
vertebrae (114–117 vs 126–188).
Times Cited:
6
Relevent Species:
Typhlosynbranchus boueti Pellegrin 1922Rakthamichthys digressus (Gopi 2002) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys roseni (Bailey and Gans 1998) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys rongsaw (Britz, Sykes, Gower and Kamei 2018) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Typhlosynbranchus luticolus (Britz, Doherty-Bone, Kouete, Sykes and Gower 2016) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar and Raghavan 2020Rakthamichthys indicus (Eapen 1963) Britz, Dahanukar, Standing, Philip, Kumar, and Raghavan 2020