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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>0366-5232</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Caldasia]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Caldasia]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>0366-5232</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Facultad de Ciencias-Universidad Nacional de Colombia]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S0366-52322018000200394</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.15446/caldasia.v40n2.71673</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Primer registro para América del Sur de la anguila de fango del Pacífico, Pythonichthys asodes (Angulliformes: Heterenchelyidae)]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[First South American record of the Pacific mud eel, Pythonichthys asodes (Angulliformes: Heterenchelyidae)]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Aroca]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ana Karina]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Tavera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[José]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acero P]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Arturo]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Valle  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Cali ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Nacional de Colombia  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Marta ]]></addr-line>
<country>Colombia</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>40</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>394</fpage>
<lpage>398</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S0366-52322018000200394&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S0366-52322018000200394&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S0366-52322018000200394&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN La familia Heterenchelyidae agrupa a las llamadas anguilas de fango, peces altamente modificados que viven enterrados. Entre estos, se encuentra Pythonichthys asodes, una especie que, entre otros aspectos, tiene una longitud cabeza-tronco que representa entre 22 % y 27 % de la longitud total. Esta especie, fue descrita a partir de 23 individuos encontrados en el Golfo de Panamá. Posteriormente, registrada en aguas de El Salvador y Costa Rica y años más tarde encontrada en la costa central de Sinaloa en México. Esta nota revela el primer registro para Colombia y el Pacífico suramericano con base en cinco individuos colectados en Bahía Málaga (Valle del Cauca).]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The family Heterenchelyidae groups the so-called mud eels, highly modified fishes that live buried. The Pacific mud eel Pythonichthys asodes, the only Pacific member of its family, is characterized for having a head-trunk length 22-27 % of total length. The species was described from on the basis of 23 individuals collected in the Gulf of Panamá. It was later reported from for the northern Central American waters (El Salvador and Costa Rica) as well as from the central Sinaloa coast in Mexico. Therefore, this is the first report from the South American (Colombia) coast, based on five specimens collected in Bahía Málaga.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Ictiofauna]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[anguila del fango]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[fondos blandos]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Suramérica]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[Bahía Málaga]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ichthyofauna]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mud eel]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[soft bottoms]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[South America]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Malaga Bay]]></kwd>
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