identifier	taxonID	type	CVterm	format	language	title	description	additionalInformationURL	UsageTerms	rights	Owner	contributor	creator	bibliographicCitation
498D81F1E9A55CA3B6811604318DC1E1.text	498D81F1E9A55CA3B6811604318DC1E1.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Aplatophis chauliodus Bohlke 1956	<div><p>Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke, 1956</p><p>English common name: fangtooth snake eel Spanish common name: Culebra colmilluda Fig. 1; Table 1</p><p>Aplatophis chauliodus Böhlke, 1956. — Böhlke (1956): 3 (Type locality: Mayagüez pier, Puerto Rico).</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>CIFI- 2391, 1 specimen (499 mm TL); ca. 8.5 km to the North of Barra de Sontecomapan, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-94.97723&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.632778" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -94.97723/lat 18.632778)">Catemaco</a>, Veracruz, Mexico; 18 ° 37 ′ 58 ′′ N, 094 ° 58 ′ 38 ′′ W (Fig. 2); 15 Sep. 2023; Armando Campos Pérez leg.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Morphometric data presented in Table 1. Body elongated, cylindrical, without scales. Head length 10.6 % of TL, its dorsal margin concave towards snout region; mouth large, with opening angle&gt; 90 degrees; tongue black and fleshy; lower jaw length 40.6 % of HL; both jaws thin and elongated, bearing large canines; lower jaw with three anterior teeth; upper jaw with four on each side, vomer with one tooth, maxillary teeth in two rows. Snout short and pointed, length 11.7 % of HL. Eyes small with diameter 2.9 % of HL. Nostrils together, with anterior one tubular, situated in front and below eyes; posterior one elliptical. Trunk large and robust, length 37.5 % of TL, with its tail rigid, length 47.8 % of TL. Pectoral fin small, length 14.8 % of HL, slightly larger than gill slit. Cephalic pores: preoperculomandibular 6 + 2, infraorbital 4 + 2, supraorbital 1 + 2. Total vertebrae 108, predorsal vertebrae 15, preanal vertebrae 54.</p><p>Mexico = this study, Western Atlantic (for Aplatophis chauliodus) = McCosker et al. (1989), Venezuela = Cervigón (1991), Brazil = Sampaio et al. (2017), Western Atlantic (for Ophichthus hyposagmatus) = McCosker and Böhlke (1984); McCosker et al. (1989).</p><p>Coloration (fresh).</p><p>Mottled whitish brown, with stronger tonality in dorsal and cephalic region, while more whitish in ventral region. Oral cavity, tongue, and lower jaw dark. In distal portion edges of dorsal and anal fins black.</p><p>Genus Ophichthus Ahl, 1789</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/498D81F1E9A55CA3B6811604318DC1E1	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Del Moral-Flores, Luis Fernando;Wakida-Kusunoki, Armando T.;Ramos-Hernández, Rafael;George-Zamora, Arturo	Del Moral-Flores, Luis Fernando, Wakida-Kusunoki, Armando T., Ramos-Hernández, Rafael, George-Zamora, Arturo (2024): First records of two species of snake eels, Aplatophis chauliodus and Ophichthus hyposagmatus (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from Mexico. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 54: 103-108, DOI: 10.3897/aiep.54.119085
AC082913CB3155568E8BB4D03F901C85.text	AC082913CB3155568E8BB4D03F901C85.taxon	http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text	http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#GeneralDescription	text/html	en	Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Bohlke 1984	<div><p>Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984</p><p>English common name: faintsaddled snake eel Spanish common name: Lairón menor Fig. 3; Table 1</p><p>Ophichthus hyposagmatus McCosker et Böhlke, 1984. — McCosker and Böhlke (1984): 24 (Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, South of Destin, Florida.)</p><p>Material examined.</p><p>CIFI- 1909, 1 specimen (486 mm TL); ca. 8.1 km to the North of El Carrizal, <a href="https://tb.plazi.org/GgServer/search?materialsCitation.longitude=-94.91694&amp;materialsCitation.latitude=18.621" title="Search Plazi for locations around (long -94.91694/lat 18.621)">Catemaco</a>, Veracruz; Mexico; 18 ° 37 ′ 15.6 ′′ N, 094 ° 55 ′ 01.0 ′′ W (Fig. 4); 7 Oct. 2021; Armando Campos Pérez leg.</p><p>Description.</p><p>Morphometric data presented in Table 1. Elongated body, without scales and cylindrical body on transverse axis; trunk shorter than tail region (34.6 % of TL); tail length 55.1 % of TL. Head length moderate, 10.6 % of TL; snout conical, length 20.5 % of HL, larger than eye diameter; eyes large, length 12.0 % of HL; interorbital region flat, its width 15.1 % of HL. Two nostrils, with anterior nostril tubular and posterior nostril covered by a flap. Mouth inferior, upper jaw slightly larger than snout, length 43.9 % of HL; both jaws with two rows of subequal conical teeth; series of vomerine teeth. Dorsal-fin origin above posterior part of pectoral fins, predorsal distance 13.3 % of TL; pectoral fins elongated and larger than eye, length 27.7 % of HL. Cephalic pores: preoperculomandibular 6 + 3, infraorbital 4 + 2, supraorbital 1 + 3. Total vertebrae 138, predorsal vertebral 12, preanal vertebral 55.</p><p>Coloration (fresh).</p><p>Body yellowish brown, with whitish shades in ventral region and with greater intensity on dorsum; 16 brown bars that contrast as saddles on dorsum; dorsal region of snout and interorbital space dark brown. Pectoral and dorsal fins translucent, with light brownish shades.</p></div>	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/AC082913CB3155568E8BB4D03F901C85	Public Domain	No known copyright restrictions apply. See Agosti, D., Egloff, W., 2009. Taxonomic information exchange and copyright: the Plazi approach. BMC Research Notes 2009, 2:53 for further explanation.		Pensoft via Plazi	Del Moral-Flores, Luis Fernando;Wakida-Kusunoki, Armando T.;Ramos-Hernández, Rafael;George-Zamora, Arturo	Del Moral-Flores, Luis Fernando, Wakida-Kusunoki, Armando T., Ramos-Hernández, Rafael, George-Zamora, Arturo (2024): First records of two species of snake eels, Aplatophis chauliodus and Ophichthus hyposagmatus (Actinopterygii: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), from Mexico. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 54: 103-108, DOI: 10.3897/aiep.54.119085
