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Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916)

Southern fintail snipe eel
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Classification / Names Noms communs | Synonymes | Catalog of Fishes(Genre, Espèce) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

> Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Nemichthyidae (Snipe eels)
Etymology: More on author: Regan.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Écologie

marin bathypélagique; profondeur ? - 2000 m (Ref. 4456). Deep-water

Distribution Pays | Zones FAO | Écosystèmes | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Southern region of all oceans except the Eastern Pacific.

Taille / Poids / Âge

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 77.0 cm TL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 4456)

Description synthétique Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie

Dark brown to black in color (Ref. 3248). Dorsal rays 325-436, anal rays 280-368 (Ref. 3248).

Biologie     Glossaire (ex. epibenthic)

Apparently entering the upper water column (Ref. 47377).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturities | Reproduction | Spawnings | Egg(s) | Fecundities | Larves

Référence principale Upload your references | Références | Coordinateur | Collaborateurs

Smith, D.G., 1990. Nemichthyidae. p. 199-202. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI, Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1. (Ref. 4456)

Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435)


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