Bascanichthys kabeyawan

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Congroidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Congroidei

Type locality: ca. 22°03'42.3"N 120°42'23.6"E, mouth of Shi-Chong River, Pingtung, southwestern Taiwan

Diagnosis: An extremely elongate species of Bascanichthys with the following combination of characters: head 4.6% TL; tail 52.3% TL; body depth at gill opening 1.1% TL; predorsal-fin length 58.4% HL; snout length 10.9% HL; body bicolored, head without bands; lateral-line pores anterior to anus 104; vertebral formula 4-103-224; and dorsal-fin origin slightly behind middle of head and above fourth lateral-line pore.

Etymology: The scientific name kabeyawan (Taiwanese: ku-piah-uan), used as a noun, is an old name of the type locality Checheng, a territory of aboriginal Paiwan people documented in the Dutch occupation period (1624‒1662).

English: Kabeyawan Sand Eel
中文: 龜壁灣褐蛇鰻

Hibino, Y., K. Yamashita, Y. Sakurai and H.-C. Ho. 2022. Two new species of the snake eel genus Bascanichthys (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) from the northwestern Pacific. Zootaxa 5189 (no. 1): 103-113.