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First Records of the Rare Snake Eel Ophichthus exourus (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Northern Hemisphere

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  • 1. Maizuru Fisheries Research Station, Field Science Education and Research Center, Kyoto University, Nagahama, Maizuru, Kyoto 625-0086, Japan, E-mail: fumihito.tashiro@gmail.com & Corresponding author
  • 2. Fisheries Research Laboratory, Mie University, 4190-172 Wagu, Shima-cho, Shima, Mie 517-0703, Japan & Present address: Laboratory of Fisheries Biology, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyushu University, 6-10-1 Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka 812-8581, Japan
  • 3. Okinawa Churashima Foundation, 888 Ishikawa, Motobu, Kunigami, Okinawa 905-0206, Japan

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Tashiro, Fumihito, Hibino, Yusuke, Miyamoto, Kei (2017): First Records of the Rare Snake Eel Ophichthus exourus (Pisces: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Northern Hemisphere. Species Diversity 22: 213-217, DOI: 10.12782/sd.22_213

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