A Review of the Muraenid Eels (Family Muraenidae) from Taiwan with Descriptions of Twelve New Records

臺灣海域產鯙科魚類兼記其十二新記錄種

陳鴻鳴(Hong-Ming Chen) ； 邵廣昭(Kwang-Tsao Shao) ； 陳哲聰(Che-Tsung Chen)

《Zoological Studies》 33卷1期 (1994/01) Pp. 44-64

摘要

本研究報導臺灣產的鯙科魚類，共分為Uropterygiinae及Muraeninae二亞科九屬四十二種。其中EncheIycore bikiniensis，Gymnothorax brunneus，G. javanicus，G. margaritophorus，G. melatremus G.nudivomer, G. reevesii, G. zonipectis, Strophidon sathete，U. macrocephalus，U. micropterus及Uropterygius tigrinus等共12種為臺灣之新記錄。此外Enchelycore　lichenosa，E. schismatorhynchus，Gymnothorax buroensis，G. hepaticus，G. meleagris，G. richardsoni和Siderea thyrsoidea等共7種鯙類，為過去會有記載但仍欠缺標本者，如今在本報告中亦因已採獲標本而獲證實。臺灣過去文獻中亦有甚多鯙類種名鑑定錯誤或採用無效異名，在本文中已獲訂正。兩種過去會記錄的鯙類Gymnothorax polyuranodon及G. monostigmus在本文中未描述，因標本現已難尋。本文中除備有鯙類亞科、屬及各種之檢索表、異名錄、特徵描述、備註外，並附各種之齒式圖及彩色標本照以利學者參考。

關鍵字

海鰻 ； 魚類分類 ； 魚類相 ； 鰻目

並列摘要

A total of 42 species belonging to 9 genera and 2 subfamilies of the family Muraenidae are indigenous to Taiwan. The 12 species: Enchelycore bikiniensis, Gymnothorax brunneus, G. javanicus, G. margaritophorus, G. melatremus, G. nudivomer, G. reevesii, G. zonipectis, Strophidon sathete, Uropterygius macrocephalus, U. micropterus, and U. tigrinus are first reported in this paper. The 7 species: Enchelycore lichenosa, E. schismatorhynchus, Gymnothorax buroensis, G. hepaticus, G. meleagris, G. richardsoni and Siderea thyrsoidea whose Taiwan existence was doubted or lacked specimens in the past are also recorded. Additionly, many species misidentifications or improper use of junior synonyms in previously literature stand corrected in this paper. Two previously recorded species Gymnothorax monostigmus and G. polyuranodon are, lacking Taiwan specimens, excluded. Color photographs, dentition patterns, synopsis, key, diagnosis, and remarks for all 42 species are provided in this paper.

並列關鍵字

Moray eels ； Fish taxonomy ； Fish fauna ； Anguilliformes