- Title
- The Eel genera Congrina and Coloconger off Southern Mozambique and their larval forms, Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) no.6
- Creator
- Castle, P H J (Peter Henry John), Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Subject
- Bathycongrus -- Mozambique, Bathycongrus -- Larvae, Coloconger, Coloconger -- Larvae, Eels -- Mozambique
- Date
- 1969-05
- Type
- text, book
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/69597, vital:29555, Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB)) Periodicals Margaret Smith Library (South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity (SAIAB))
- Description
- Online version of original print edition of the Special Publication of the J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology; No. 6, Eight juvenile eels collected off southern Mozambique by the Galathea and identified as Congrina guttulata (Gunther, 1887) each have three well-defined, longitudinal rows of melanophores on the lateral body surface. The Dana collection of leptocephali contains many East African larvae with identical pigmentation. Their added close agreement in number of myomeres, fin-rays etc. allows such larvae to be firmly identified with Congrina Jordan & Hubbs, 1925, and specifically with C. guttulata. Leptocephalus trilineatus Castle, 1964 and L. geminus Castle, 1964, with similar pigmentation from the southwest Pacific, must therefore also belong to Congrina. Ten eels from southern Mozambique (Galathea Expedition and a commercial trawler) are identified with Coloconger scholesi Chan, 1967, otherwise known only from the South China Sea. A metamorphic lepto-cephalus of C. raniceps Alcock, 1889, from off southern India (Galathea) shows remnants of larval pigmentation, and permits the recognition for the first time of the larval characters of Coloconger.
- Format
- 12 pages, pdf
- Publisher
- Rhodes University. J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology), Castle, P.H.J. (1969) The eel genera Congrina and Coloconger off Southern Mozambique and their larval forms. Grahamstown, Rhodes University, J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology, Special publication, No. 6, Special Publication (J.L.B. Smith Institute of Ichthyology) volume number 6 1 12 May 1969 0075-2088
- Rights
- Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa, Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
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