Castleichthys auritus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Congroidei

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: Congroidei

Familia: Congridae
Subfamilia: Congrinae
Genus: Castleichthys

Species: Castleichthys auritus

Name

• Castleichthys auritus Smith, 2004: 144.

Holotype: CSIRO H. 2083-05, ♀, 288 mm.

Type locality: "Western Australia, northeast of Rowley Shoals, 16°53'S 120°21'E, depth 396 m, by prawn trawl, S. Morris (CSIRO), vessel “Striker”, 11 April 1989".

Etymology: L. auritus "eared, long-eared", from auris "ear".

References

Primary references

• Smith, D.G. 2004. A new genus and species of congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Western Australia. Records of the Australian Museum, 56(2): 143–146. Full text PDF

Links

• Castleichthys auritus in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Castleichthys auritus in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

Vernacular names

English: Eared conger
eesti: Kõrvukangerjas