Strophidon sathete (Hamilton, 1822)

Vijayan, Suruliyandi & Selvamurugan, Selvaraj, 2024, New state record of Strophidon sathete Hamilton, 1822 (Family: Muraenidae) from Odisha, India, Species (e 12 s 1639) 25 (75), pp. 1-4 : 2-3

Material

One specimen, 179-191 cm in total length (TL), Bay of Bengal of Astaranga (Odisha), 12 December 2023 by Dr. S. Vijayan.

3. DESCRIPTION

Body very elongated, cylindrical, slightly compressed behind anus; head long with pores typical, three superorbital pores, four infraobital pores ( Figure 1 ), six mandibular pores; mouth moderately; snout blunt and short (two times of eye diameter); anterior nostril with a short tube; posterior nostril above eye; lower jaw projecting slightly than upper jaw; in upper jaw, 5-6 intermaxillary teeth on each side, 5 median teeth ( Figure 1 ); maxillary teeth biserial, an outer row of 14 short triangular teeth and an inner row of 5 tall depressible teeth; vomerine teeth uniserial 5 in number in lower jaw; dentary teeth biserial, an anterior inner row of 4-5 large teeth and an outer row of 23 smaller teeth; the origin of dorsal fin far at behind the pectoral pore; dorsal and anal fins confluent with caudal fin; pectoral and pelvic fins absent; anus located before midbody; tail much longer than preanal length.

Coloration

When fresh, body uniformly brown head, body and fins with unpattern coloration; dorsal, anal and caudal fin dark brown.

Distributions

Australia to Taiwan, India, Indo-West Pacific, Japan, Red Sea, South Africa and Bay of Bengal (Present study).

Conservation status

Least Concern (LC) in IUCN red list category (Accessed on 27-03-2024).

Strophidon sathete (Hamilton, 1822)

( Figure 1 & 2 ) India, Muraenophis sathete Hamilton, 1822 : (type locality: near Calcutta, India). Strophidon sathete Chen et al., (1994) : (Taiwan) Strophidon sathete Bohlke, (1997) : (Indo-Pacific) Strophidon sathete Bohlke, (2000) : (Western Central Pacific) Strophidon sathete Myers, (1999) : ( Micronesia) Strophidon sathete Randall et al., (1990) : (South China) Strophidon sathete Hatooka, (2013) : ( Japan).

Figures

Figure 1 Dorso lateral view of Strophidon sathete snout muscular bodies with skin pigmentation dark

Figure 2 A slender giant moray Strophidon sathete, position of infraorbital sensory pores, six mandibular pores and 179-191 cm in total length (TL), Bay of Bengal of Astaranga (Odisha).