Specimen catalog of pieces collection of National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium transferred from Tunghai University. (II) Order Anguilliformes

Abstract

本系列研究根據最新的分類學進展，重新檢視自東海大學轉移至國立海洋生物博物館的鰻形目魚類標本之學名有效性，並重新編號歸類。檢視所有的240筆618尾鰻形目魚類標本，計鑑定出9科35屬59種。其中確認陳及翁(1967)描述的短突糯鰻(Rhynchoconger brevirostris (=Macrocephenchelys brevirostris))、陳氏油鰻(Myrophis cheni (=”Neenchelys” cheni))、台灣絲尾海鰻(Chlopsis taiwanensis (=Gavialiceps taiwanensis))及黑尾前肛鰻(Dysomma melanurum)之模式標本，四魚種並另立選模。此外，亦確定及描述蠕鰻(Echelus uropterus)、微鰭新鰻(Neenchelys parvipectoralis)及葉鼻鰻(Phyllophichthus xenodontus)等三個台灣新記錄種。本文提供該批鰻形目魚類標本之新舊編號對照目錄。The aim of the serial study was to revise the species validity in accordance with the current taxonomic progresses and subsequently recatalogue the Anguilliformes collection transferred from the Pieces collection of Tunghai University (THUP) into that of National Museum of Marine Biology and Aquarium (NMMBP). A total of 240 lots with 618 specimens were reidentified as 59 species and 35 genera in 9 families. Type series of the four species described by Chen and Weng (1967) were confirmed and the lectotype for each species was designated, namely Rhynchoconger brevirostris (=Macrocephenchelys brevirostris), Myrophis cheni (”Neenchelys” cheni), Chlopsis taiwanensis (=Gavialiceps taiwanensis), and Dysomma melanurum. In addition, three newly recorded species, Echelus uropterus, Neenchelys parvipectoralis, and Phyllophichthus xenodontus, in Taiwan were recognized and described. A catalog denoted of the original THUP and the new registered NMMBP codes was provided.