Eurypharyngidae

Family Eurypharyngidae Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882 —Pelican eel (Fig. 7) 3 specimens between 34 and 47 cm TL were caught at depths between 780–1,674 m. Habitat and Distribution: meso- to abyssopelagic and bathypelagic. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters. In the Atlantic Ocean...

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Main Authors: Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio, Serrano, Alberto
Format: Other/Unknown Material
Language:unknown
Published: 2016
Subjects:
Biodiversity
Taxonomy
Animalia
Chordata
Actinopterygii
Saccopharyngiformes
Eurypharyngidae
Rodriguez
Iceland
Online Access:https://zenodo.org/record/5618878
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618878
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Summary:Family Eurypharyngidae Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882 —Pelican eel (Fig. 7) 3 specimens between 34 and 47 cm TL were caught at depths between 780–1,674 m. Habitat and Distribution: meso- to abyssopelagic and bathypelagic. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters. In the Atlantic Ocean it is recorded from off Iceland (65 ºN) to 48 ºS. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase). Published as part of Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), pp. 293-333 in Zootaxa 4067 (3) on page 305, DOI:10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2, http://zenodo.org/record/256670

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