RESUMO

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.

Assuntos

Animais , Enguias/classificação , Colômbia , Enguias/anatomia & histologia , Oceano Pacífico