Yano's snipe eel
| Yano's snipe eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nemichthyidae |
| Genus: | Labichthys |
| Species: | L. yanoi |
| Binomial name | |
| Labichthys yanoi (Mead & Rubinoff, 1966) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Yano's snipe eel[2] (Labichthys yanoi) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels).[3] It was described by Giles Willis Mead and Ira Rubinoff in 1966, originally under the genus Avocettinops.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Zealand, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Mead, G. W. and I. Rubinoff, 1966 (25 Feb.) [ref. 9044] Avocettinops yanoi, a new nemichthyid eel from the southern Indian Ocean. Breviora No. 241: 1-6.
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