Pylorobranchus hoi

Pylorobranchus hoi
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Pylorobranchus
Species:	P. hoi
Binomial name
	Pylorobranchus hoi; J. E. McCosker & H. M. Chen, 2012

Pylorobranchus hoi is a species of worm eel known from the waters off of eastern Taiwan. Lengths of 67.6 centimetres (26.6 in) TL for a female specimen and 56.8 centimetres (22.4 in) TL for a male specimen have been recorded.^[1]^[2]

Etymology

The species name honors Taiwanese ichthyologist Hsuan-Ching Ho of the National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung.

References

^ McCosker, J.E., Loh, K.H., Lin, J. & Chen, H.M. (2012): Pylorobranchus hoi, a New Genus and Species of Myrophine Worm-eel from Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Zoological Studies, 51 (7): 1188-1194.
^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pylorobranchus hoi" in FishBase. April 2015 version.

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[McCosker-1] McCosker, J.E., Loh, K.H., Lin, J. & Chen, H.M. (2012): Pylorobranchus hoi, a New Genus and Species of Myrophine Worm-eel from Taiwan (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae). Zoological Studies, 51 (7): 1188-1194.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Pylorobranchus hoi" in FishBase. April 2015 version.

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