Hoplunnis schmidti
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Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Chordata
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Order: | Anguilliformes
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Species: | H. schmidti
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Binomial name | |
Hoplunnis schmidti Kaup, 1860
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Hoplunnis schmidti is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1860.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Due to a lack of known major threats to H. schmidti, the IUCN redlist currently lists it as Least Concern.[4]
References[]
- ^ Synonyms of Hoplunnis schmidti at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Hoplunnis schmidti at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Kaup, J. J., 1859 [ref. 2586] Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschriebén und abgebildet. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5.
- ^ Hoplunnis schmidti at www.fishbase.org.
Categories:
- Nettastomatidae
- Fish described in 1860
- Anguilliformes stubs