Myxine formosana, a new species of hagfish (Myxiniformes: Myxinidae) from the southwestern waters of Taiwan |
| |
| Authors: | Hin-Kiu Mok Chien-Hsien Kuo |
| |
| Institution: | (1) Institute of Marine Biology, National Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (e-mail: hinkiu@mail.nsysu.edu.tw), TW;(2) Department of Biology, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei, Taiwan (e-mail: hagkuo@gate.sinica.edu.tw), TW |
| |
| Abstract: | Myxine formosana, a new hagfish species, is described on the basis of the specimens from the Pacific Ocean southwest of Taiwan at depths 588–1500
m. It is five-gilled and white-headed with a three-cusp multicusp on the anterior set of cusps and a two-cusp multicusp on
the posterior set. Myxine formosana, M. circifrons, M. mccoskeri, and M. robinsi are superficially rather similar, but M. formosana has low to vestigal caudal finfolds. It is the first record of the genus Myxine from Taiwan.
Received: October 25, 2000 / Revised: March 17, 2001 / Accepted: April 21, 2001 |
| |
| Keywords: | Myxinidae Myxine formosana sp nov Taiwan |
| 本文献已被 SpringerLink 等数据库收录！ |
|
