Journal of Taiwan Fisheries Research
Species Identification of the Leptocephalus Larva in the Adjacent Waters of Taiwan
- Date：2009-12-31
- Volume：17
- No：2
- Page：25-45
- Auther：Shr-Lung Tsai et al.
In order to identify the species of leptocephali, a total of 203 sampling hauls was taken during the 6 cruises of “R/V Fishery Researcher I” in the eastern waters of Taiwan from 2003 to October 2004. The 488 leptocephali, were collected and identified into 20 species, 9 families and 2 orders. Among them, only one species belonged to family Cyematidae, order Saccopharyngiformes; others were order Anguilliforms. There were 7 species in Congridae, 4 species in Ophichthyidae, 2 species in each family of Muraenidae and Muraenesocidae, and 1 species for each Derichthyidae, Nemichthyidae, Nettastomatidae and Cyematidae. The species in families Synaphobranchidae, Derichthyidae, Muraenesocidae, Nemichthyidae and Synaphobranchidae were newly recorded.
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