DNA barcoding adjudicate two different morphs of Bascanichthys deraniyagalai (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): re-description and first record from Chilika lagoon, India

DNA barcoding adjudicate two different morphs of Bascanichthys deraniyagalai (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae): re-description and first record from Chilika lagoon, India

Morphological characters and distribution pattern of the snake eel, Bascanichthys deraniyagalai is debatable during the past half-century. Thus, the species is re-described herewith by morphometry, vertebrae, and molecular data. In recent Chilika expedition in India, we have collected 10 specimens a...

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Main Authors: Anil Mohapatra, Shantanu Kundu, Swarup R. Mohanty, Subhrendu Sekhar Mishra, Vikas Kumar, Basudev Tripathy, Kailash Chandra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019-01-01
Series:Mitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources
Subjects:
snake eels
morphology
vertebrae
dna barcoding
phylogeny
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23802359.2019.1598298

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