Gordiichthys combibus, a new species of eastern Pacific sand-eel (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae).
A new species of bascanichthyin ophichthid, Gordiichthys combibus, is described from shallow water along the Pacific coast of Colombia. It is the first known eastern Pacific species of Gordiichthys and is very similar to G. randalli from Puerto Rico. It differs from its other western Atlantic congeners in vertebral number and other characters. A key to the genus is provided.
McCosker
J E
JE
California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, California 94118, USA. jmccosker@calacademy.org
Lavenberg
R J
RJ
D000818:Animals; D003105:Colombia; D004524:Eels / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000145:classification*; D010140:Pacific Ocean