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Issue: Vol. 4060 No. 1: 24 Dec. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.8
Page range: 52–55
Abstract views: 52
PDF downloaded: 18

A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan

National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan
Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Pisces Anguilliformes Ophichthidae Myrophinae Taiwan

Abstract

A new ophichthid worm-eel, Neenchelys gracilis sp. nov., is described from a specimen collected from southwestern Taiwan. It differs from its congeners by having: a minute pectoral fin, many filamentous cirri on the anterior nostril rim; a very slender body; a very small gill opening; and a vertebral formula of 30-78-200.