Nettenchelys erroriensis

Nettenchelys erroriensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Nettenchelys
Species:
N. erroriensis
Binomial name
Nettenchelys erroriensis

Nettenchelys erroriensis is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1994. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Error Seamount (from which its species epithet is derived), in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 395 to 420 metres (1,296 to 1,378 ft). Females can reach a maximum total length of 33.5 centimetres (13.2 in).

References

  1. ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Nettenchelys erroriensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T199284A2578513. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199284A2578513.en. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nettenchelys erroriensis". FishBase.
  3. ↑ Karmovskaya, E. S., 1994 [ref. 22030] Nettenchelys erroriensis sp. nova (Nettastomatidae, Anguilliformes), a new species from the Error Seamount in the northwestern Indian Ocean. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 34 (no. 3): 408-410.