Pylorobranchus hoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Familia: Ophichthidae
Subfamilia: Myrophinae
Genus: Pylorobranchus
Species: Pylorobranchus hoi

Name

Pylorobranchus hoi McCosker, Loh & Lin (2013)

• Holotype: TOU-AE 5574.
• Paratypes: TOU-AE 5525 (1); CAS 233704 (formerly TOU-AE 5575).

Type locality: Changbin, 23°18'N, 121°29'E [1], Taitung County, Taiwan, at 300 m in depth.

Etymology: Named in honor of Hsuan-Ching Ho, friend of the authors and colleague who has studied the eels and many other fishes of Taiwan.

References

• McCosker, J. E., Loh, K. H., Lin, J. & Chen, H. M.; 2013: Pylorobranchus hoi, a New Genus and Species of Myrophine Worm-eel from Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Zoological Studies, 51 (7) [2012]: 1188–1194. PDF