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Issue: Vol. 4060 No. 1: 24 Dec. 2015
Type: Article
Published: 2015-12-24
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.14
Page range: 121–130
Abstract views: 43
PDF downloaded: 37

Saurenchelys gigas sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific

Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Peining Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan.
Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746, U.S.A.
Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica, 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nankang, Taipei 115, Taiwan.
Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Peining Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan. Center of Excellence for the Oceans, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Peining Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan.
Pisces new species taxonomy Nettastomatidae large Pacific

Abstract

Some large Saurenchelys specimens collected from Daxi, Yilan, NE Taiwan, and Da Nang, Vietnam, by bottom trawl at depths of 100–200 m, are described as Saurenchelys gigas new species. They differ from all known adult Saurenchelys species by predorsal length 40.9–46.8, head length 36.8–39.3in % of preanal length, 38–40 preanal vertebrae, 63–70 precaudal vertebrae, 38–42 preanal lateral-line pores, 56–63 preanal dorsal fin rays, and larger size (the maximum size 1155 mm TL).