Open AccessAdditional description on morphology of the Misol snake eel from Taiwan, with four verified barcodes of life sequences
Author(s) -
Yung-Chieh Chiu,
HongMing Chen,
KWANG-TSAO SHAO
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
zootaxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.621
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1175-5334
pISSN - 1175-5326
DOI - 10.11646/zootaxa.5189.1.13
Subject(s) - biology , morphology (biology) , zoology , fishery
An additional description of the Misol snake eel Yirrkala misolensis (Günther, 1872) is reported on the basis of 9 specimens collected from Dong-gang and Ke-tzu-liao, southwestern Taiwan. The species was previously reported from Indonesia and Australia and then extends northward to Taiwan and Japan, and was lacking adequate characterization on morphology. A detail description, fine condition of fresh photographs and 4 partial CO1 sequences are provided for the first time.