| Citation | Lin, J., D.G. Smith, K.-T. Shao and H.-M. Chen, 2015, Saurenchelys gigas sp. nov., a new nettastomatid eel (Teleostei, Anguilliformes, Nettastomatidae) from the western central Pacific.. Zootaxa 4060(1):121-130. |
| Ref. | Lin, J., D.G. Smith, K.-T. Shao and H.-M. Chen, 2015 |
| Page | 122;fig,1-6;tab,1-2 |
| Named Used as Valid | Saurenchelys gigas |
| Comment | |
| Locality | Northeastern Taiwan, Yilan, Daxi, TOU-AE 6530. |
| Distribution | Northwestern Pacific: Taiwan. |
| Quote | Large, adult specimens from northeastern Taiwan; smaller, sub-adult specimen from central western Vietnam; and the leptocephali specimens Saurenchelys sp. E and Saurenchelys sp. 1 recorded from the Java Sea and East China Sea. |