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Kertomichthys

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Species of fish

Kertomichthys
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Subfamily: Ophichthinae
Genus: Kertomichthys
McCosker & J. E. Böhlke, 1982
Species: K. blastorhinos
Binomial name
Kertomichthys blastorhinos
(Kanazawa, 1963)
Synonyms
  • Mystriophis blastorhinos Kanazawa, 1963

Kertomichthys is a monospecific genus of marine ray-finned fish belonging to the family Ophichthidae, the snake eels. The only member of this genus is Kertomichthys blastorhinos, a species known only from its holotype which was collected in the Atlantic Ocean in the vicinity of French Guiana.

References

  1. ^ McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. & Smith, D.G. (2022). "Kertomichthys blastorhinos". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199253A2575036. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199253A2575036.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kertomichthys". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Kertomichthys blastorhinos". FishBase. June 2024 version.


Taxon identifiers
Kertomichthys blastorhinos
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