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Avocettina bowersii (Garman, 1899)

Description

Common Names

  • Úhořovka bowersova , Czech , Czechia
  • Smalleye snipe eel , Efik , USA
  • Bowersi nokkangerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • 鮑氏喙吻鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 鲍氏喙吻鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Nemichthyidae

    Genus: Avocettina

    Species: Avocettina bowersii (Garman, 1899)

    Climate Zone

  • bathypelagic

    • Location

  • Eastern Central Pacific: California, USA to Peru (Ref. 32364), extending to Chile (Ref. 9068).

    • Biology

    Type specimen taken from a depth of 2,692 m (Ref. 33021). Oviparous, with planktonic leptocephali (Ref. 32364). Degenerative changes in males and females suggest semelparity (Ref. 32364).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic