Atractodenchelys Robins & Robins, 1970

Vo, Quang Van & Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2020, A new species of Atractodenchelys (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from Vietnam, Zootaxa 4742 (3), pp. 588-594 : 589

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.12
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3685000
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scientific name	Atractodenchelys Robins & Robins, 1970
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Genus Atractodenchelys Robins & Robins, 1970 View in CoL

Diagnosis. Body entirely scaleless; pectoral fins present; anus moderately forward; trunk usually shorter, sometimes equal to or slightly longer, than head length; gill openings on the lower side of the body, well-separated from each other; lateral line well developed; no pore on supratemporal canal of the head; oval patch of teeth on intermaxillary; single row of 5–8 large compound teeth on vomer; and multiple rows of teeth on both jaws ( Robins & Robins, 1970; this study).