Muraenesocidae

Gavialiceps taiwanensis

Gavialiceps taiwanensis

Muraenesocid Fish of Japanese Waters

• Northern Hemisphere
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Pacific Ocean
• East Asia
• Anguilliform
• Large

Gavialiceps taiwanensis is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers). It was described by Johnson T. F. Chen and Herman Ting-Chen Weng in 1967, originally under the genus Chlopsis. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the northwestern Pacific Ocean, including Taiwan (from which its species epithet is derived) and Okinawa, Japan.