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Checklist of eels of Taiwan (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes): An update
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Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Tighe, Kenneth A., Hibino, Yusuke, Mccosker, John E. (2018): Checklist of eels of Taiwan (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes): An update. Zootaxa 4454 (1): 5-17, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4454.1.3
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