Ho Hsuan-Ching, Smith David G, Mccosker John E, Hibino Yusuke, Loh Kar-Hoe, Tighe Kenneth A, Shao Kwang-Tsao
National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan; Email: unknown.
Smithsonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, MD, U.S.A.; Email: unknown.
Zootaxa. 2015 Dec 24;4060:140-89. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16.
An annotated checklist of eels, orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes, occurring in Taiwanese waters is presented. The checklist is the result of a series of systematic studies conducted by the authors in the past few years. The eel fauna of Taiwan is one of the richest in the world with a total of 206 species in 74 genera and 13 families in Anguilliformes and a single species in Saccopharyngiformes. The most species-rich families are the Muraenidae with 71 species, followed by the Ophichthidae with 60 species, the Congridae with 29 species, and the Synaphobranchidae with 17 species. Moreover, three genera and 42 species have been described based on at least one type specimen collected from Taiwan. Of these, 36 species are recognized as valid and 23 species are known only from Taiwanese waters at present. Historical records of all Taiwanese eel species are reviewed by examining the original descriptions and figures, vouchers, as well as the recently collected specimens, where available. This represents the first detailed checklist of eels from Taiwanese waters.
本文列出了台湾海域鳗鲡目和囊咽鱼目的鳗鲡注释清单。该清单是作者在过去几年进行的一系列系统研究的成果。台湾的鳗鲡动物群是世界上最丰富的之一，鳗鲡目共有74属13科206种，囊咽鱼目有1种。物种最丰富的科是海鳝科，有71种，其次是蛇鳗科，有60种，康吉鳗科有29种，合鳃鳗科有17种。此外，基于至少一个从台湾采集的模式标本描述了3个属和42个物种。其中，36个物种被确认为有效物种，目前有23个物种仅在台湾海域被发现。通过查阅原始描述、图版、凭证以及最近采集的标本（如有），对所有台湾鳗鲡物种的历史记录进行了回顾。这是台湾海域鳗鲡的第一份详细清单。
