taxonID	type	description	language	source
18413193106B53A7A7FA19E42BC30545.taxon	description	English common name: four-pore slender giant moray Korean common name: 네눈가는곰치 Fig. 2	en	Sohn, Min-Soo, Kwun, Hyuck-Joon, Kim, Jin-Koo (2025): First record of the four-pore slender giant moray, Strophidon tetraporus (Actinopterygii, Anguilliformes, Muraenidae), from Sinan, Korea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 55: 413-417, DOI: 10.3897/aiep.55.174404
18413193106B53A7A7FA19E42BC30545.taxon	description	Description. Meristic and morphometric characters summarized in Table 1. Total vertebrae 195, including 8 predorsal and 79 preanal vertebrae. Dorsal fin consisting of 498 rays; anal fin consisting of 339 rays; both fins continuous with caudal fin. Body extremely elongate and cylindrical along anterior half, becoming slightly compressed from behind anus to tail tip. Body depth (BD) 22.4 in TL; at gill opening 26.5 in TL; at anus 26.5 in TL. Anus situated slightly anterior to midbody, preanal length 2.3 in TL. Head moderately long, 9.8 in TL, with gently convex dorsal profile. Snout blunt and short, 3.0 in HL. Eye small, diameter 23.8 in HL, located in anterior half of upper jaw cleft. Interorbital space broad, 11.3 in HL. Mouth large and terminal, upper and lower jaws nearly equal in length (2.9 and 3.0 in HL, respectively). Both jaws bearing biserial teeth, inner row with larger conical teeth, outer row with smaller pointed teeth. Anterior nostril tubular, positioned at tip of snout, directed forward. Posterior nostril forming small pore above anterior margin of eye, opening posteriorly. Cephalic sensory-pore pattern including three supraorbital pores, four infraorbital pores (including distinct posterior fourth pore), and six preoperculo-mandibular pores. Four branchial pores situated dorsally above gill opening (Fig. 3). Gill opening slightly posterior to origin of dorsal fin. Skin from head to gill opening slightly wrinkled, becoming smooth along remainder of body. Dorsal fin originating above first branchial pore; anal fin beginning immediately behind anus.	en	Sohn, Min-Soo, Kwun, Hyuck-Joon, Kim, Jin-Koo (2025): First record of the four-pore slender giant moray, Strophidon tetraporus (Actinopterygii, Anguilliformes, Muraenidae), from Sinan, Korea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 55: 413-417, DOI: 10.3897/aiep.55.174404
18413193106B53A7A7FA19E42BC30545.taxon	distribution	Distribution. Korea (Present study), Taiwan (Type locality), Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia (Huang et al. 2020), and Japan (Koreeda and Motomura 2025)	en	Sohn, Min-Soo, Kwun, Hyuck-Joon, Kim, Jin-Koo (2025): First record of the four-pore slender giant moray, Strophidon tetraporus (Actinopterygii, Anguilliformes, Muraenidae), from Sinan, Korea. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 55: 413-417, DOI: 10.3897/aiep.55.174404
