Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
Author
Smith, David G.
Author
Mccosker, John E.
Author
Hibino, Yusuke
Author
Loh, Kar-Hoe
Author
Tighe, Kenneth A.
Author
Shao, Kwang-Tsao
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Zootaxa
2015
4060
1
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journal article
39196
10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16
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Conger macrocephalus
Kanazawa, 1958
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Conger macrocephalus
Kanazawa, 1958
:254
, pl. 1, fig. M (Verde
Island
passage, Luzon
Island
,
Philippines
,
13°34'37"N
,
121°07'30"E
, ca. 180 fathoms [
329 m
]).
Conger japonicus
(not of
Bleeker, 1879
):?
Chen & Weng, 1967
:49
;?
Chen, 1969
: 132
;?
Shen 1984a
:112
;?
Shen, 1988
:15
;?
Shen
et al
., 1993
:116
;?
Chen, 2004
:32
;?Ho
et al
., 2010:table 1.
Conger wilsoni
(not of
Bloch & Schneider, 1801
):?
Chen & Yu, 1986
:252
.
Conger conger
(not of Linnaeus, 1758):?
Lee & Yang, 1966
:56
, fig. 5.
Voucher specimens: Many in ASIZP, NMMB-P and USNM.
Remarks. This is a new record for
Taiwan
. This species appears to be common in deep waters around
Taiwan
and is mainly collected by bottom trawl. Many specimens in collections were previously mis-identified as
C. japonicus
.