Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878), Gunther, 1878

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2015, Annotated checklist of eels (orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes) from Taiwan, Zootaxa 4060 (1), pp. 140-189 : 164

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.16

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E57EEA21-F6D3-4032-B7B4-8FAEAD74D574

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5296139

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03E987BE-FF96-BA7F-BDDA-FB54AA4F1E2F

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Plazi

scientific name

Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878)
status

 

Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878) View in CoL

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Nemichthys infans Günther, 1878:251 View in CoL (type locality: Mid-Atlantic, 5°48'N, 14°20'W, 2500 fathoms [4572 m]).

Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878) View in CoL : Chen & Yu, 1986:261 (based on Nielsen & Smith, 1978). Shao et al., 2008:239.

Remarks. A common species collected by midwater trawl or bottom trawl off northeastern and southwestern Taiwan. It is easily confused with Nemichthys scolopaceus but can be distinguished by the dark body color, the anus well behind the pectoral fin, and the non-filamentous tail.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Actinopterygii

Order

Anguilliformes

Family

Nemichthyidae

Genus

Avocettina

Loc

Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878)

Ho, Hsuan-Ching, Smith, David G., Mccosker, John E., Hibino, Yusuke, Loh, Kar-Hoe, Tighe, Kenneth A. & Shao, Kwang-Tsao 2015
2015
Loc

Nemichthys infans Günther, 1878:251

Gunther 1878: 251
1878
Loc

Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878)

Gunther 1878
1878
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