A NEW SPECIES OF SAND EEL GENUS BASCANICHTHYS (ANGUILLIFORMES: OPHICHTHIDAE) FROM THE CARIBBEAN

Authors

  • Fabián Moreno Universidad Santo Tomás Villavicencio, Ciencias Básicas, Villavicencio, Colombia
  • Arturo Acero P. Universidad Nacional de Colombia Sede Caribe, Cecimar, El Rodadero, Santa Marta, Colombia
  • Marcela Grijalba Bendeck Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano, Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Ingeniería, Programa de Biología Marina, Grupo de Investigación Dinámica y Manejo de Ecosistemas Marino Costeros (DIMARCO), Mundo Marino, El Rodadero, Santa Marta, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25268/bimc.invemar.2016.45.1.627

Keywords:

Endemic sand eel, Anguilliformes, Ophichthidae, Colombia, Southern Caribbean

Abstract

A new species of the sand eel genus Bascanichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) is described from specimens found inside the stomachs of mature female numbfish Narcine bancroftii. These rays were collected as bycatch in local fisheries, using beach seines in shallow waters (5 to 10 m) in Gaira Bay (Santa Marta, Colombian Caribbean). Bascanichthys gaira n.sp., is described from three specimens and can be distinguished from other species of the genus by its minute pectoral-fin base (12.3- 24.7% of gill-opening length) and its vertebral number (189).

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Published

2016-01-01

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 1 (2016)

Section

Research Articles

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A NEW SPECIES OF SAND EEL GENUS BASCANICHTHYS (ANGUILLIFORMES: OPHICHTHIDAE) FROM THE CARIBBEAN. Bol. Investig. Mar. Costeras [Internet]. 2016 Jan. 1 [cited 2026 Jun. 10];45(1). Available from: https://boletin.invemar.org.co/index.php/boletin/article/view/627