Checklist of eels of Taiwan (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes): An update
Author
Ho, Hsuan-Ching
Author
Smith, David G.
Author
Tighe, Kenneth A.
Author
Hibino, Yusuke
Author
Mccosker, John E.
text
Zootaxa
2018
2018-07-31
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journal article
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10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.3
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Bathyuroconger albus
Smith, Ho & Tashiro
, this volume
Bathyuroconger vicinus
(not of Vaillant):
Shao
et al.
, 2008
:239
.
Ho
et al.
, 2015b
: 146
.
Bathyuroconger albus
Smith, Ho & Tashiro, 2018c
: this volume (
type
locality:
Daxi
,
Yilan
, northeastern
Taiwan
,
northwestern Pacific Ocean
)
Remarks.
This species has long been identified as
Bathyuroconger vicinus
, which was originally described from the Atlantic Ocean. After a detailed comparison, Smith
et al.
(2018c) found four new species present in this genus, which brings the total number of species in the genus to six. Besides the two new species described from
Taiwan
, two other species are described here from
Hawaii
and the
Philippines
(the latter from the
type
series of
B. parvibranchialis
).