Typová lokalita
Kalamukku Fishing Harbour [deep-see trawl], off Kerala coast, Arabian Sea, 9°59'02"N, 76°14'08"E, depth around 400 meters.
Původní popis
Kodeeswaran, P., Mohapatra, A. & Kumar, T. T. P. A. 2023. A new species of deep-water snake eel, Ophichthus nigroventralis (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the Arabian Sea, southwest coast of India. Ichthyological Research First online: [1-8].
Použitá literatura
Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). 2024. Eschmeyer's catalog of fishes: Genera, species, references. World Wide Web.