A new worm eel Neenchelys mccoskeri (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from Taiwan and Japan

作者：Hibino Yusuke; Ho Hsuan Ching; Kimura Seishi^*

来源：Ichthyological Research, 2012, 59(4): 342-346.

DOI：10.1007/s10228-012-0297-8

• Ophichthidae
• Myrophinae
• Neenchelys mccoskeri sp nov.
• Taiwan
• Japan

The myrophine ophichthid eel Neenchelys mccoskeri sp. nov. is described from the holotype and 47 paratypes, 266-522 mm in total length (TL), collected from Taiwan and Japan. The species is characterized by having a small head (6.4-7.7 % TL), a slender body (body depth at gill opening 1.5-3.2 % TL), its dorsal-fin origin located at mid trunk, and a mean vertebral formula of 36.9-65.0-178.7. Neenchelys mccoskeri is similar to Neenchelys daedalus McCosker 1982, but is clearly distinguished from the latter by its shorter tail length (57-63 % TL vs. 73-74 %), the location of its dorsal-fin origin (distance from dorsal-fin origin to a vertical through the anus 46-59 % of trunk length vs. 60-68 %; predorsal length 21-26 % TL vs. 15 %), shorter pectoral fins (1.5-4.3 % of head length vs. 22-23 %), and fewer total vertebrae (172-184 vs. 225-235).

• 出版日期2012-11
• 单位东华大学