Three new records of the conger eels (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Taiwan and the Dongsha Islands

Three newly recorded species of conger eels were recently discovered in Taiwanese waters and the South China Sea. These are Heteroconger polyzona Bleeker, 1868; Parabathymyrus philippinensis Ho, Smith & Shao, 2015; and Congriscus maldivensis (Norman, 1939). A brief description of the Taiwanese collections is provided in this paper.

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Zootaxa
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2024-12-10
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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5550.1.15
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Ichthyology and Marine Biology
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Three new records of the conger eels (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Taiwan and the Dongsha Islands

Tin‐Yam Chan, JIAN-FU HUANG, Hong‐Ming Chen
Zootaxa
Ichthyology and Marine Biology
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Three new records of the conger eels (Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Taiwan and the Dongsha Islands

Tin‐Yam Chan, JIAN-FU HUANG, Hong‐Ming Chen
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Abstract

Three newly recorded species of conger eels were recently discovered in Taiwanese waters and the South China Sea. These are Heteroconger polyzona Bleeker, 1868; Parabathymyrus philippinensis Ho, Smith & Shao, 2015; and Congriscus maldivensis (Norman, 1939). A brief description of the Taiwanese collections is provided in this paper.

ZootaxaVol. 5550(1)
National Taiwan Ocean University (TW), Keelung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital (TW)
Openalex Percentile: Top 79%
Ichthyology and Marine Biology
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