Coelorinchus hubbsi Matsubara, 1936

Coelorhynchus hubbsi Matsubara, 1936:358 (holotype, FAKU. Owase, Mie-ken, Japan, 100–200 fm [about 183–366 m]).— Okamura in Okamura et al., 1982:166 (photograph of fresh specimen), 169 (comparison with C. matsubarai).

Coelorinchus hubbsi: Okamura in Masuda et al., 1984:96, pl. 82–L (photograph).— Shen et al., 1993:169.— Shao et al., 2008: table 2 (2 spec., NET, 100–400 m).

Caelorinchus hubbsi: Chiou et al., 2004b:37, 47 (in key, list).

MATERIAL EXAMINED (2 spec.).— NET: ASIZP 63189 (1, 260 TL), Diao-yu-tai; ASIZP 64536 (1, 162 TL), Diao-yu-tai.

DISTINGUISHING FEATURES.— 1D II, 8–10; P i15–i18; GR-I (inner) 8–10 total; scales below midbase 1D 4.0–4.5, below 2D 5.5–6.5; pyl.caeca 20–28. Snout produced and sharply pointed, length 38–45% HL, 1.26–1.65 times orbit; anterolateral margin of snout incompletely supported by bone; orbit 26–32% HL, upper jaw 22–27% HL. Nasal fossa scaled ventrally; underside of head naked except for overlapping scales on anterolateral snout margin; body scales with slender, sharp spinules, arranged in slightly divergent to subparallel rows. Light organ long, extending forward nearly to isthmus, Group IV of Iwamoto (1990). Rays of 2D well developed, about equal to opposites of anal fin. Ground color grayish, silvery on sides of head and trunk; three dark longitudinal streaks on side of body; underside of head and abdomen densely peppered; fins blackish to light dusky; mouth and gill cavities blackish. Attains at least 260 mm TL.

DISTRIBUTIONs.— Known from s. Japan to ne. Taiwan; restricted in Taiwan to off a small island called “Fishing Island [Uotsuri-shima of the Senkaku Shoto],” at depths less than 400 m.

REMARKS.— This species has an apparently restricted distribution; it was not captured during the Japanese expeditions off the Kyushu-Palau Ridge (Okamura et al. 1982) and the Okinawa Trough (Okamura and Kitajima 1984). The prominent body stripes on this species distinguish it from all other Taiwan Coelorinchus .