Facciolella castlei
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Order: | Anguilliformes
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Species: | F. castlei
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Binomial name | |
Facciolella castlei Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985
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Facciolella castlei is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[1] It was described by Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin and Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1985.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Chile, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The type specimen was retrieved from a depth of 230 metres.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b Facciolella castlei at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Parin, N. V. and E. S. Karmovskaya, 1985 [ref. 17259] Two new species of nettastomid eels (Nettastomatidae, Anguilliformes) from submarine mountains of the south-eastern Pacific. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 64 (no. 10): 1524-1530.
Categories:
- Nettastomatidae
- Fish described in 1985
- Endemic fauna of Chile
- Anguilliformes stubs