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Body length: about 2mm
Habitat: Rock covered by mosses, in a stream, high mountain

References: Damaska, A. F. & Aston, P. (2019). Leaf litter and moss-inhabiting fl ea beetles of Hong Kong
(Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae: Alticini). Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae, 59(1), 151-161.

on 假蘋婆 Sterculia lanceolata MALVACEAE 錦葵科

photo on:

20240127 x 7

20240202 x 3

20240203 x 9

20240206 x 4

20240210 x 4

20240212 x 4

20240219 x 2

20240221 x 5 (prepupa)

20240222 x 2

20240223 x 3 (pupa)

20240225 x 2

20240228 x 1

20230229 x 2

20240301 x 9 (adult)

Glass eel. Tail pattern, shown in picture 5, fits that of A. bicolor pacifica, based on figure 4 of (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nico-Leander/publication/233945182_Species_Composition_and_Seasonal_Occurrence_of_Recruiting_Glass_Eels_Anguilla_spp_in_the_Hsiukuluan_River_Eastern_Taiwan/links/0fcfd512b26cc06685000000/Species-Composition-and-Seasonal-Occurrence-of-Recruiting-Glass-Eels-Anguilla-spp-in-the-Hsiukuluan-River-Eastern-Taiwan.pdf?origin=publication_detail&_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoicHVibGljYXRpb25Eb3dubG9hZCIsInByZXZpb3VzUGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QifX0)

The dorsal fin is short and starts at where the black and red arrow is pointing at in photo 6,7, meaning this is a shortfin eel. No dorsal fin occurs in front of this point, as shown in photo 3, 8 and 9.
Can refer to photo 1 and 2 for dorsal fin length in proportion to body.

Same dorsal and anal fin starting point.

This is A. bicolor pacifica, if I am not wrong. A Hong Kong first record.