Bridge duckbill eel

Bridge duckbill eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Nettenchelys
Species:
N. gephyra
Binomial name
Nettenchelys gephyra
Castle & Smith, 1981

The bridge duckbill eel (Nettenchelys gephyra) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Peter Henry John Castle and David G. Smith in 1981. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean, including New Caledonia, the Philippines, and Indonesia. It dwells at a depth range of 400–412 metres (1,312–1,352 ft). Females can reach a maximum total length of 43.1 centimetres (17.0 in).

The species epithet "gephyra" means "bridge" in Ancient Greek, and refers to the link the species provides between the species Nettenchelys pygmaeus and Nettenchelys inion.

References

  1. ↑ McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G. & Tighe, K. (2022). "Nettenchelys gephyra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022 e.T199402A2591693. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199402A2591693.en. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nettenchelys gephyra". FishBase.
  3. ↑ Smith, D. G., J. E. Böhlke and P. H. J. Castle, 1981 (20 July) [ref. 6158] A revision of the nettastomatid eel genera Nettastoma and Nettenchelys (Pisces: Anguilliformes), with descriptions of six new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington v. 94 (no. 2): 533–560.