Rhynchoconger guppyi
| Rhynchoconger guppyi | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Congridae |
| Genus: | Rhynchoconger |
| Species: | R. guppyi |
| Binomial name | |
| Rhynchoconger guppyi (Norman, 1925) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Rhynchoconger guppyi is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1925, originally under the genus Congromuraena.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, northern South America and southern Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of 137 to 458 metres (449 to 1,503 ft), and inhabits the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 95 centimetres (37 in).[2]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Rhynchoconger guppyi at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Rhynchoconger guppyi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Norman, J. R., 1925 (1 Feb.) [ref. 15555] A new eel of the genus Congromuraena from Tobago, with notes on C. balearica and C. opisthophthalmus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 86): 313-314.
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