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 text Zootaxa 2015 4060 1 140 189 journal article 39196 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16 768fe284-66d4-4c37-a492-e20e6e5b61c8 1175-5326 243651 E57EEA21-F6D3-4032-B7B4-8FAEAD74D574 * Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015 +αRAEª Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015:73 , figs. 1–3. ( type locality: Dong-gang, southwestern Taiwan ). Remarks. Some specimens of this species were previously misidentified as Myrophis microchir , which indicates the similarity between these two groups. This is a deepwater species, occasionally collected by bottom trawl off northeastern and southwestern Taiwan .