* Gavialiceps taiwanensis (Chen & Weng, 1967)

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Chlopsis taiwanensis Chen & Weng, 1967:81, fig. 61 (Type locality: Tungkang, southwestern Taiwan). Chen, 1969:134; Shen, 1984a:114; Chen & Yu, 1986:255; Shen et al., 1993:115.

Gavialiceps taiwanensis (Chen & Weng, 1967): Karmovskaya, 1994:84; Smith in Randall & Lim, 2000:586; Shao et al., 2008:239; Ho et al., 2010:25; Ho & Shao, 2011:24, table1; Lin et al., 2013:167.

Gavialiceps taeniola (not of Alcock, 1889): Shao et al., 2008:239.

Remarks. The assignment of this species to the Muraenesocidae is provisional. This is the most abundant eel species found in bycatch of midwater trawls in Taiwan.