RESEARCH ARTICLE
New records and new information on four eel species from Oman
(Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae, Muraenesocidae)
David G. Smith, Laith A.
Jawad & L.H. Al-Kharusi
Abstract
Four species of marine eels
are reported for the first time from waters of Oman
in the western Arabian Sea. Conger macrocephalus
Kanazawa, 1958 (Congridae) was known previously only
from the Philippines and Taiwan. We report one specimen
from Oman.Congromuraena musteliceps
Alcock, 1894 (Congridae), a species of uncertain generic
classification, was previously known only from the
type series collected in the Bay of Bengal. We report
two specimens from Oman and provide an extended description
of the species and comment on its relationships.
Xenomystax trucidans Alcock, 1894 (Congridae)
has been known only from the holotype collected in
the Bay of Bengal. We redescribe the species on the
basis of three specimens from Oman and provide a key
to the known species of the genus. Sauromuraenesox
vorax Alcock, 1889 (Muraenesocidae) was known
previously from the Bay of Bengal. We report three
specimens from Oman and one from the eastern Arabian
Sea.
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CITATION:
Smith, D.G., Jawad, L. &
Al-Kharusi, L.H. (2017) New records and new information
on four eel species from Oman (Teleostei: Anguilliformes:
Congridae, Muraenesocidae). Journal of the Ocean
Science Foundation, 28, 34-46.
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.996846
publication date: 2 October
2017
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