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
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1175-5326
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Avocettina infans
(Günther, 1878)
ddª
Nemichthys infans
Günther, 1878:251
(
type
locality: Mid-Atlantic,
5°48'N
,
14°20'W
, 2500 fathoms [
4572 m
]).
Avocettina infans
(Günther, 1878)
: Chen & Yu, 1986:261 (based on Nielsen & Smith, 1978). Shao
et al
., 2008:239.
Remarks. A common species collected by midwater trawl or bottom trawl off northeastern and southwestern
Taiwan
. It is easily confused with
Nemichthys scolopaceus
but can be distinguished by the dark body color, the anus well behind the pectoral fin, and the non-filamentous tail.