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Issue: Vol. 5124 No. 4: 5 Apr. 2022
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2022-04-05
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5124.4.6
Page range: 490-492
Abstract views: 280
PDF downloaded: 185

The second known specimen of a rare duckbill eel, Nettenchelys taylori Alcock, 1898, collected from the Solomon Islands (Nettastomatidae)

National Museum of Marine Biology & Aquarium, Pingtung 944, Taiwan 2Institute of Marine Biology, National Dong Hwa University, Pingtung 944, Taiwan 3Australian Museum, Sydney 2010, Australia (Research Associate)
Smithonian Institution, Museum Support Center, Suitland, Maryland, U.S.A.
Pisces Nettastomatidae

References

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    Smith, D.G., Böhlke, J.E. & Castle, P.H.J. (1981) A revision of the nettastomatid eel genera Nettastoma and Nettenchelys (Pisces: Anguilliformes), with descriptions of six new species. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 94 (2), 535‒560.
    Smith, D.G., Lin, J., Chen, H.M. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2015) The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa, 4060 (1), 105‒120. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.13

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