Lin James, Smith David G, Shao Kwang-Tsao, Chen Hong-Ming
Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, 2 Peining Road, Keelung 20224, Taiwan.; Email:
Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, 4210 Silver Hill Road, Suitland, MD 20746, U.S.A.; Email:
Zootaxa. 2015 Dec 24;4060:121-30. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.14.
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).
一些通过底拖网在台湾东北部宜兰大溪以及越南岘港100 - 200米深处采集到的大型索伦七鳃鳗标本，被描述为新物种——巨型索伦七鳃鳗。它们与所有已知的成年索伦七鳃鳗物种的区别在于：背鳍前长度占肛前长度的40.9 - 46.8%，头长占肛前长度的36.8 - 39.3%，有38 - 40枚肛前椎骨，63 - 70枚尾前椎骨，38 - 42个肛前侧线孔，56 - 63根肛前背鳍鳍条，并且体型更大（最大全长1155毫米）。
