Atractodenchelys robinsorum
Appearance
Atractodenchelys robinsorum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Synaphobranchidae |
Genus: | Atractodenchelys |
Species: | A. robinsorum
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Binomial name | |
Atractodenchelys robinsorum Karmovskaya, 2003
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Atractodenchelys robinsorum is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).[1] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2003.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Chesterfield Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 710 metres.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Atractodenchelys robinsorum at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Karmovskaya, E. S., 2003 New records of synaphobranchid eels (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) collected off New Caledonia and adjacent regions, with description of a new species of Atractodenchelys. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 43 (no. 4): 437-446.