Nemichthys
Appearance
Nemichthys | |
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Slender Snipe Eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Nemichthyidae |
Genus: | Nemichthys Richardson, 1848[1] |
Type species | |
Nemichthys scolopaceus Richardson, 1848[1]
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Species | |
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Synonyms[1] | |
Nemichthys is a genus of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Nemichthys curvirostris (Strömman, 1896) (boxer snipe-eel)
- Nemichthys larseni J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978
- Nemichthys scolopaceus J. Richardson, 1848 (slender snipe-eel)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Nemichthyidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nemichthys". FishBase. June 2011 version.