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Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan

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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): 140-189, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16

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