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Acromycter alcocki
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Acromycter
Species:	A. alcocki
Binomial name
Acromycter alcocki (C. H. Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Synonyms
Promyllantor alcocki Gilbert & Cramer, 1897

Acromycter alcocki is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Promyllantor. 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.

References

1. 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.
2. Synonyms of Acromycter alcocki at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Acromycter alcocki at www.fishbase.org.
4. Gilbert, C. H. and F. Cramer, 1897 (5 Feb.) 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.

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