Nettenchelys inion Smith & Bohlke 1981
- Dataset
- The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae)
- Rank
- SPECIES
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Actinopterygii
- order
- Anguilliformes
- family
- Nettastomatidae
- genus
- Nettenchelys
- species
- Nettenchelys inion
diagnosis
Diagnosis. Anterior vomerine teeth not uniserial; posterior nostril on head just anterior to supratemporal canal; median ST pore present. See Table 1 for additional characters.
distribution
Distribution. Straits of Florida, western Atlantic. Larvae of either this species or N. exoria have also been collected in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, the Greater Antilles, and in the Gulf Stream and Sargasso Sea area of the western Atlantic.
materials_examined
Material. Known only from the holotype.