Nettastoma is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
Nettastoma | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Nettastomatidae |
Genus: | Nettastoma Rafinesque, 1810 |
Type species | |
Nettastoma melanura Rafinesque, 1810
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Species | |
See text. |
Species
editThere are currently five recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985
- Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810 (Blackfin sorcerer)
- Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877 (Duck-billed eel) (syn. N. denticulatus)
- Nettastoma solitarium Castle & D. G. Smith, 1981 (Solitary duck-billed eel)
- Nettastoma syntresis D. G. Smith & J. E. Böhlke, 1981
Formerly Included Species
edit- Nettastoma elongatum Kotthaus, 1968 (slender sorcerer) - valid as Saurenchelys cancrivora
References
edit- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nettastoma". FishBase. December 2012 version.