Nettenchelys paxtoni

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: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Nettenchelys

Species: Nettenchelys paxtoni

Name

Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya, 1999

• Holotype (unique): AMS I.34589002.

Type locality: Pomgo Point Villa, Efate Island, the Vanuatu, 17°46'S, 168°15'W (stomach content of a sea snake [AMS 345400]).

References

• Karmovskaya, E.S. 1999. Nettenchelys paxtoni sp. nova (Nettastomatidae, Anguilliformes): a new species from the southwestern Pacific Ocean (Vanuatu). Voprosy Ikhtiologii 39(6): 833–836. [In Russian. English translation in Journal of Ichthyology 39(9):795-798.] Reference page. 
• Smith, D.G., Lin, J., Chen, H.-M. & Pogonoski, J.J. (2015): The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Zootaxa 4060(1): 105–120. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4060.1.13. Preview (PDF) Full article (PDF) Reference page.