Blacktail pike-conger

Blacktail pike-conger
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Hoplunnis
Species: H. diomediana
Binomial name
Hoplunnis diomediana
Goode & Bean, 1896
Synonyms[1]
  • Hoplunnis diomedianus Goode & Bean, 1896

The blacktail pike-conger (Hoplunnis diomediana) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[2] It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896.[3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 203 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 36.6 centimetres.[2]

References

  1. Synonyms of Hoplunnis diomediana at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Hoplunnis diomediana at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Goode, G. B. and T. H. Bean, 1896 (23 Aug.) [ref. 1848] Oceanic ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Special Bulletin U. S. National Museum No. 2: Text: i–xxxv + 1–26 + 1–553, Atlas: i–xxiii, 1–26, 123 pls.
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