Avocettina paucipora
| Avocettina paucipora | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nemichthyidae |
| Genus: | Avocettina |
| Species: | A. paucipora
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| Binomial name | |
| Avocettina paucipora Nielsen & Smith, 1978
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Avocettina paucipora is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels).[1] It was described by and in 1978.[2] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the southwestern Atlantic, southern Indian, and the Pacific Ocean. Male can reach a maximum total length of 55 centimetres.[1]
A. paucipora is of no commercial interest to fisheries.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Avocettina paucipora at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Nielsen, J. G. and D. G. Smith, 1978 [ref. 8901] The eel family Nemichthyidae (Pisces: Anguilliformes). Dana Report No. 88: 1-71, Pls. 1-2.
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