Channomuraena vittata (Richardson, 1845)

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4060 (1), pp. 140-189 : 152

Channomuraena vittata (Richardson, 1845)

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Ichthyophis vittatus Richardson, 1845a : pl. 53, figs. 7–9 (type locality uncertain, brought from China). Channomuraena vittata (Richardson, 1845) : Loh et al., in press:table 1.

Remarks. A very rare species only represented by a few specimens collected from southeastern Taiwan.

* Cirrimaxilla Chen & Shao, 1995

Cirrimaxilla Chen & Shao, 1995:328 (Type species. Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995 , by monotypy). Loh et al., 2008:138; Séret et al., 2008:192; Ho & Shao, 2011:21.

* Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995 a *3R

Cirrimaxilla formosa Chen & Shao, 1995:330 , fig. 1 (Type locality: Nanwan, southern tip of Taiwan, Ping-tung County). Shao et al., 2008:238; Ho & Shao, 2011:21 , tale 1; Loh et al., 2008:138; Loh et al., in press:table 1.

Remarks. This species was tentatively synonymized with Channomuraena bauchotae from the Indian Ocean by Böhlke & Smith (2002), but this needs to be confirmed. At any rate, neither of these species belongs in Channomuraena , which has quite different dentition. Cirrimaxilla formosa was recently found to be common in stomach contents of sea snakes in New Caledonia ( Séret et al., 2008).