Atractodenchelys brevitrunca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synaphobranchoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei

Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Atractodenchelys
Species: Atractodenchelys brevitrunca

Name

Atractodenchelys Vo & Ho, 2020

Type locality: Off Nha Trang City, southern Vietnam, western South China Sea, depth around 280 - 350 meters.

Holotype: OIM E.55743. Paratypes: NMMB, OIM.

Etymology: From the short trunk.

References

Primary references

• Vo, Q.V. & Ho, H.-C. 2020. A new species of Atractodenchelys (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from Vietnam. Zootaxa 4742(3): 588–594. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.12 Reference page. 

Links

• Atractodenchelys brevitrunca in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 12, 2022.