Brachysomophis porphyreus

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4060 (1), pp. 140-189 : 167

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E57EEA21-F6D3-4032-B7B4-8FAEAD74D574

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296171

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987BE-FF95-BA7C-BDDA-FECAAAEF1AB3

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scientific name

Brachysomophis porphyreus
status

 

+ Brachysomophis porphyreus View in CoL ((Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)

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Ophisurus porphyreus Temminck & Schlegel, 1846:265 View in CoL , pl. 116 (type locality: Japan).

Brachysomophis porphyreus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846) View in CoL : McCosker & Randall 2001:25.

Voucher specimens: ASIZP 70365, NMMB-P10465 (Da-xi); ASIZP 72251 (Dong-shi).

Remarks. Although McCosker & Randall (2001) noted that this species occurs in the Taiwan Strait, no voucher was available. Recently, several specimens were collected by the first author from shallow water near a river mouth in the Taiwan Strait. It attains a large size, with total length approaching 2 m.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Anguilliformes

Family

Ophichthidae

Genus

Brachysomophis

Loc

Brachysomophis porphyreus

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao 2015
2015
Loc

Ophisurus porphyreus

Temminck & Schlegel 1846: 265
1846
Loc

Brachysomophis porphyreus

Temminck & Schlegel 1846
1846
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