Acromycter alcocki
Appearance
Acromycter alcocki | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Acromycter |
Species: | A. alcocki
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Binomial name | |
Acromycter alcocki (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
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Acromycter alcocki is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Promyllantor.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 388–640 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 25.3 centimetres.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Acromycter alcocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199371A2588283. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199371A2588283.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
- ^ Synonyms of Acromycter alcocki at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Acromycter alcocki at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Gilbert, C. H. and F. Cramer, 1897 (5 Feb.) [ref. 1635] Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48.