National Museum of Marine Biology Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan 2Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan 3Australian Museum, Sydney, Australia (Research Associate).
Department of Aquaculture, National Taiwan Ocean University, Keelung, Taiwan .
Zootaxa. 2021 Aug 5;5016(2):271-282. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5016.2.7.
A new species of Coloconger is described from a large female collected off eastern Taiwan. It can be distinguished from congeners by having a large black blotch on rear portion of tail; posterior end of tail white; and combination of characters: head small 15.7% TL; 4 supratemporal pores, middle 2 in pair; 7 supraorbital pores, 2 pores over posterior nostril; 12 or 14 infraorbital pores; 14 preoperculomandibular pores; 226 dorsal-fin rays and 122 anal-fin rays; preanal vertebrae 77 and total vertebrae 145; rictus through a vertical of posterior margin of pupil; snout shorter than eye diameter; distance between origins of pectoral and dorsal fins 69.4% pectoral-fin length; and body brownish gray dorsally, light gray ventrally, and dorsal fin dark gray. Data and variations of Coloconger japonicus found in Taiwan are provided and discussed.
一种新的丛氏海龙被描述来自于台湾东部采集到的一条大型雌性个体。它可以通过尾部后端的大黑斑、尾部白色后端以及以下特征与同属物种区分开来：头部小，占体长的 15.7%；有 4 个颅顶孔，中间 2 个成一对；7 个眶上孔，后鼻孔上方有 2 个孔；12 或 14 个眶下孔；14 个前鳃盖骨颌骨孔；226 个背鳍鳍条和 122 个臀鳍鳍条；前肛椎 77 个，总椎骨 145 个；口裂通过瞳孔后缘的垂直线；吻部短于眼径；胸鳍和背鳍起点之间的距离为胸鳍长度的 69.4%；身体背部呈棕灰色，腹部呈浅灰色，背鳍呈深灰色。本文提供并讨论了在台湾发现的日本丛氏海龙的数据和变异。
