Haptenchelys texis
No common name
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Taxonomic Hierarchy
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned Fishes)
Anguilliformes (True Eels)
Synaphobranchidae (Cutthroat Eels)
Haptenchelys
Haptenchelys texis
Description
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Characters
Body shape: eel-like.
Distribution
E and W Atlantic.
Habitat Associations
Marine. bathydemersal. depth range 2121-4086 m.
Biology
To 55 cm.
IUCN Red List Status: Least Concern (LC), assessed 2011-10-20. Resilience: Low (Assuming tmax>10).
Commercial or Environmental Importance
Fisheries: of no interest.
References
Sulak, K.J. and Y.N. Shcherbachev (1997) Zoogeography and systematics of six deep-living genera of synaphobranchid eels, with a key to taxa and description of two new species of Ilyophis. Bull. Mar. Sci. 60(3):1158-1194.
Fricke, R., M. Kulbicki and L. Wantiez (2011) Checklist of the fishes of New Caledonia, and their distribution in the Southwest Pacific Ocean (Pisces). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde A, Neue Serie 4:341-463.
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