<strong>Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus <em>Neenchelys</em> (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific</strong>

HSUAN-CHING HO; JOHN E. McCOSKER; DAVID G. SMITH

doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.7

Issue: Vol. 4060 No. 1: 24 Dec. 2015

Type: Article

Published: 2015-12-24

DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.7

Page range: 49–51

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**Renaming of three recently described eels of the genus Neenchelys (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the western Pacific**

HSUAN-CHING HO⁺⁻
JOHN E. McCOSKER⁺⁻
DAVID G. SMITH⁺⁻

National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung 944, Taiwan. Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University; Pingtung 944, Taiwan

California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, CA 94118, U.S.A.

Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD 20746, U.S.A.

Pisces Taiwan Anguilliformes

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Abstract

In our earlier paper (Ho et al., 2013), we described three new species of the eel genus Neenchelys Bamber, 1915. Unfortunately, the critical step of registering the work in ZooBank was omitted, thus rendering the names unavailable. In this paper, we present abbreviated descriptions of the new species in order to make these names available in accordance with the amended Article 8.5 of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.