Xenomystax austrinus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[1] It was described by David G. Smith and Robert H. Kanazawa in 1989.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 458 to 732 meters (1,503 to 2,402 ft).[1]
Xenomystax austrinus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Congridae |
Genus: | Xenomystax |
Species: | X. austrinus
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Binomial name | |
Xenomystax austrinus D. G. Smith & Kanazawa, 1989
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References
edit- ^ a b Xenomystax austrinus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Smith, D. G., 1989 [ref. 13285] [Various eel families] In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (part 9).