Ophichthus asakusae

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 : 171

Ophichthus asakusae Jordan & Snyder, 1901

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Ophichthus asakusae Jordan & Snyder, 1901:872, fig. 18 (Type locality Bay of Tokyo, near Misaki, Japan). Chiu et al., 2013:206; McCosker & Ho, 2015:73.

Remarks. Chiu et al. (2013) included this species in their key but did not provide a voucher. It has only been collected from a few localities in Taiwan; most specimens collected from shallow water off Ke-tzu-liao, southwestern Taiwan.