A new species of the worm-eel genus Neenchelys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from southern Taiwan

Ho HC 1 , Loh KH 2

Affiliations 

  • 1 National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung, Taiwan Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung, Taiwan; Email: [email protected]
  • 2 Institute of Ocean and Earth Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.; Email: unknown
Zootaxa, 2015;4060:52-5.
PMID: 26701590 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.8

Abstract

A new ophichthid worm-eel, Neenchelys gracilis sp. nov., is described from a specimen collected from southwestern Taiwan. It differs from its congeners by having: a minute pectoral fin, many filamentous cirri on the anterior nostril rim; a very slender body; a very small gill opening; and a vertebral formula of 30-78-200.

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