Atractodenchelys phrix
Appearance
Atractodenchelys phrix | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
Genus: | Atractodenchelys |
Species: | A. phrix
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Binomial name | |
Atractodenchelys phrix C. R. Robins & C. H. Robins, 1970
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Atractodenchelys phrix, known under the common name "arrowtooth eel"[1] is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[2] It was described by Catherine H. Robins and Charles Richard Robins in 1970.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from its type locality in the eastern Caribbean, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 385–425 metres.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Common names for Atractodenchelys phrix at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Atractodenchelys phrix at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Robins, C. H., and C. R. Robins, 1970 (31 Dec.) [ref. 3783] The eel family Dysommidae (including the Dysomminidae and Nettodaridae), its osteology and composition, including a new genus and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 122 (no. 6): 293-335.