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Acromycter longipectoralis

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Species of fish

Acromycter longipectoralis
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Acromycter
Species: A. longipectoralis
Binomial name
Acromycter longipectoralis
Karmovskaya, 2004

Acromycter longipectoralis is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2004. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Caledonia, in the western Pacific Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 580 metres. Females can reach a total length of 21.7 centimetres.

The species epithet refers to the characteristic long pectoral fins of the species.

References

  1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Acromycter longipectoralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T199164A2565660. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199164A2565660.en. Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. ^ Acromycter longipectoralis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Karmovskaya, E. S., 2004 Benthopelagic bathyal conger eels of families Congridae and Nettastomatidae from the western tropical Pacific, with descriptions of ten new species. Journal of Ichthyology v. 44 (Suppl. 1): S1-S32.
Taxon identifiers
Acromycter longipectoralis


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