Böhlke E B
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103-1195, USA.
Rev Biol Trop. 2001 Jul;49 Suppl 1:1-5.
A new species of moray eel from deep water in the Gulf of California is described. It is dark brownish-black with an overall pattern of pale irregular blotches; a short, broad head; wide, triangular jaws; deeply serrate and partially biserial teeth; dorsal-fin origin above and behind gill opening; and 10 predorsal, 66 preanal, and 134 total vertebrae. This combination of characters is not shared by any other moray species.
描述了一种来自加利福尼亚湾深水区的新海鳝物种。它呈深棕黑色,有整体不规则浅色斑块的图案;头部短而宽;颌宽且呈三角形;牙齿深深锯齿状且部分为双列;背鳍起点在鳃孔上方和后方;有10个背前椎骨、66个肛前椎骨和总共134个椎骨。这种特征组合在其他任何海鳝物种中都不存在。