Facciolella is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
Facciolella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Nettastomatidae |
Genus: | Facciolella Whitley, 1938 |
Type species | |
Nettastomella physonima Facciolà 1914
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Species | |
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Synonyms | |
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Species
editThere are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Facciolella castlei Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985
- Facciolella equatorialis (C. H. Gilbert, 1891) (Dogface witch eel)
- Facciolella karreri Klausewitz, 1995
- Facciolella oxyrhynchus (Bellotti, 1883) (Facciola's sorcerer)
- Facciolella saurencheloides (D'Ancona, 1928)
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Facciolella". FishBase. December 2012 version.