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Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878)

Description

Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 300; Anal spines: 0. Dorsal fin with up to 350 rays; caudal much reduced, linear; anal fin rays 265-270 or more; pectorals small (Ref. 6885). Uniform dusky brown, except jaws, pectoral fins, and lower abdomen which are paler (Ref. 6885). Strong sexual dimorphism (Ref. 3247).

Common Names

  • Úhořovka atlantská , Czech , Czechia
  • Korthalet sneppeål , Danish , Denmark
  • Avocet snipe eel , English , Australia
  • Avocet snipe eel , English , UK
  • Avocet snipe-eel , English , Azores Is.
  • Avocet snipe-eel , English , UK
  • Blackline snipe eel , English , USA
  • Closespine snipe eel , English , Canada
  • Snipe eel , English , Canada
  • Snipe eel , English , Cuba
  • Snipe eel , English , USA
  • Snipe eel , English , Alaska
  • Spaced snipe eel , English , Canada
  • Harilik nokkangerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • Nokkangerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • Schnepfenaal , German , Germany
  • Kuroshigi-unagi , Japanese , Japan
  • 北線鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 北线鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 吉氏喙吻鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 吉氏喙吻鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 喙吻鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 喙吻鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 施氏拟鹬鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 施氏擬鷸鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • Jegulja sabljarka , Slovene , Slovenia

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Anguilliformes

    Family: Nemichthyidae

    Genus: Avocettina

    Species: Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878)

    Climate Zone

  • bathypelagic

    • Location

  • Circumglobal: In tropical to temperate waters. North of about 20°S; except Mediterranean Sea and eastern Central Pacific. NorthEast Pacific: Queen Charlotte Islands, British Colombia, Canada to central Mexico, including the Gulf of California (Ref. 32364).

    • Biology

    Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Feed on crustaceans (Ref. 3247). Oviparous, with planktonic leptocephali (Ref. 32364). Degenerative changes in males and females suggest semelparity (Ref. 32364). Minimum depth reported taken from Ref. 86942.

    Habitat

    bathypelagic