Gymnothorax ypsilon Hatooka & Randall, 1992

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 : 162

Gymnothorax ypsilon Hatooka & Randall, 1992

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Gymnothorax ypsil on Hatooka & Randall, 1992:183, figs. 1–2 (type locality: Uotsurijima Island, Senkaku Islands, Japan). Chen, 2004:29; Loh et al., in press:table 1.

Gymnothorax punctatofasciatus (not of Bleeker, 1863): Okada, 1938:154; Chen, 1956:80; Chen & Weng, 1967:24; Chen, 1969:127; Shen, 1984a:108; Chen & Yu, 1986:248.

Remarks. This rare species is found in relatively deep coral reef regions around Taiwan. It was confused with G. punctatofasciatus by previous authors. The records of G. punctatofasciatus in Taiwan refers to this species.