Finless Snake-eels of the Genus Cirricaecula (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the Description of C. macdowelli from Taiwan

Abstract

A new finless snake-eel, Cirricaecula macdowelli, is described on the basis of a specimen trawled at 30-50m from the Formosa Straits. It is distinguished from its only congener, C. johnsoni from the Marshall Islands, by having more vertebrae and fewer labial cirri.