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 4454 1 5 17 journal article 29277 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.3 222b7335-0d4e-45f7-87a7-f06f40902687 1175-5326 1446687 026D76B7-61B6-442F-B7D7-F38948FC4D7A + Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015 Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015 :719 (Type locality: Coastal waters of Central Vietnam). Smith et al. , 2018e : this volume. Remarks. The species was identified as Ariosoma anago by previous authors (Chen & weng, 1967; Shen, 1998 ). Smith et al. (2018d) review the genus Ariosoma in Taiwan and verified its present identification. TABLE 2. Additional records of eel species and these with changed status in Taiwan, after Ho et al. (2015b: table 2).
Original name Current status/citation
Family Congridae
Acromycter nezumi (Asano, 1958) New record
Ariosoma dolichopterum Karmovskaya, 2015 New record
A. emmae Smith & Ho , this volume New species
Bathycongrus albimarginatus Huang et al. , this volume New species
B. bimaculatus Smith & Ho , this volume New species
B. bleekeri Fowler, 1934 New record
B. brunneus Huang et al. , this volume New species
B. castlei Smith & Ho , this volume New species
B. graciliceps Smith & Ho , this volume New species
B. macroporis (Kotthaus, 1968) New record
Bathyuroconger albus Smith et al. , this volume New species; B. vicinus is a misidentification
B. dolichosomus Smith et al. , this volume New species
Conger philippinus Kanazawa, 1958 New record
Macrocephenchelys nigriventris Lin et al. , this volume New species
Uroconger sp. 1 Unidentified species
Uroconger sp. 2 Unidentified species
Uroconger sp. 3 Unidentified species
Uroconger sp. 4 Unidentified species
Family Muraenidae
Gymnothorax angusticauda (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916) New record
G. enigmaticus McCosker & Randall, 1982 Huang et al. , 2017; present study
G. pseudoprolatus Smith et al., 2018 Family Ophichthidae New species
Allips concolor McCosker, 1972 New record
Apterichtus hatookai Hibino et al. , 2014 Ho, 2016
A. moseri (Jordan & Snyder, 1901) New record
Neenchelys daedalus McCosker, 1982 New record
Ophichthus retrodorsalis Liu et al. , 2010 New record
Ophichthus sp. 1 Unidentified species
Ophichthus sp. 2 Unidentified species
Family Synaphobranchidae
Dysomma formosa Ho & Tighe , this volume New species
D. robinsorum Ho & Tighe , this volume New species; D. goslinei is a misidentification
D. brachygnathos Ho & Tighe , this volume New species
Dysomma sp. 1 Unidentified species
Dysommina orientalis Tighe et al. , this volume New species; D. rugosa is a misidentification
Synaphobranchus oligolepis Ho et al. , this volume New species
Family Nettastomatidae
Saurenchelys sp. 1 Undescribed species
Saurenchelys sp. 2 Undescribed species
Saurenchelys sp. 3 Undescribed species
Facciolella sp. 1 Undescribed species
Facciolella sp. 2 Undescribed species
TABLE 3. List of all new genera and species described in Taiwan and their current status, after Ho et al. (2015b:table 3). Original name Current status Family Anguillidae Anguilla remifera Jordan & Evermann, 1902 = Anguilla japonica Family Chlopsidae Chlopsis nanhaiensis Tighe et al. , 2015 Valid , Taiwan only Family Muraenidae Cirrimaxilla Chen & Shao, 1995 Valid Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995 Valid Gymnothorax leucostigma Jordan & Richardson, 1909 = Gymnothorax prionodon G. melanosomatus Loh et al. , 2011 Valid , Taiwan only G. neglectus Tanaka, 1911 Valid G. niphostigmus Chen et al. , 1996 Valid , Taiwan only G. pescadoris Jordan & Evermann, 1902 = Gymnothorax isingteena G. prolatus Sasaki & Amaoka, 1991 Valid G. pseudomelanosomatus Loh et al. , 2015 Valid , Taiwan only G. pseudoprolatus Smith et al., 2018 New species, Taiwan only G. shaoi Chen & Loh, 2007 Valid , Taiwan only G. taiwanensis Chen et al. , 2008 Valid , Taiwan only Uropterygius oligospondylus Chen et al. , 2008 Valid Family Synophbranchidae Dysomma brachygnathos Tighe & Ho , this volume Valid, Taiwan only D. formosa Ho & Tighe , this volume Valid, Taiwan only D. longirostrum Chen & Mok, 2001 Valid D. melanurum Chen & Weng, 1967 Valid , Taiwan only D. opisthoproctus Chen & Mok, 1995 Valid , Taiwan only D. robinsorum Ho et al. , this volume Valid, Taiwan only D. taiwanense Ho et al. , 2015 Valid ; also from Japan Dysommina orientalis Tighe et al. , this volume Valid, Taiwan only Meadia roseni Mok et al. , 1991 Valid , Taiwan only Synaphobranchus oligolepis Ho et al. , this volume Valid, Taiwan only Family Ophichthidae Pylorobranchus McCosker & Chen 2012 Valid Sympenchelys Hibino et al. , 2015 Valid , Taiwan only Brachysomophis longipinnis McCosker & Randall, 2001 Valid , Taiwan only Cirricaecula macdowelli McCosker & Randall, 1993 Valid , Taiwan only Echelus pachyrhynchus McCosker & Ho , this volume Valid, Taiwan only Lamnostoma taiwanense Chiu et al. , this volume Valid, Taiwan only Myrophis cheni Chen & Weng, 1967 Valid as Neenchelys cheni Neenchelys diaphora Ho et al. , 2015 Valid , Taiwan only N. gracilis Ho & Loh, 2015 Valid , Taiwan only N. mccoskeri Hibino et al. , 2012 Valid N. pelagica Ho et al. , 2015 Valid , Taiwan only N. similis Ho et al. , 2015 Valid ......continued on the next page