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Cyema atrum Günther, 1878

Description

Black in color (Ref. 6593).

Common Names

  • Tupoocaska tmavá , Czech , Czechia
  • Dybhavssneppeål , Danish , Denmark
  • Korthalet ål , Danish , Denmark
  • Arrow eel , English , Australia
  • Bobtail eel , English , UK
  • Bobtail eel , English , USA
  • Bobtail snipe eel , English , New Zealand
  • Bobtail snipe eel , English , Azores Is.
  • Bobtail snipe eel , English , Hawaii
  • Deepwater eel , English , USA
  • Tömpangerjas , Estonian , Estonia
  • Tömpneel , Estonian , Estonia
  • Nuoliankerias , Finnish , Finland
  • 月尾鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China
  • 月尾鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

    • Taxonomic Hierarchy

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Chordata

    Class: Teleostei

    Order: Saccopharyngiformes

    Family: Cyematidae

    Genus: Cyema

    Species: Cyema atrum Günther, 1878

    Climate Zone

  • bathypelagic

    • Location

  • Circumglobal in all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar to the Azores and Madeira; South Africa (Ref. 6593). Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia (Ref. 7300). Southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755). Eastern Pacific: Oregon, USA to Panama (Ref. 35598), and Chile (Ref. 9068).

    • Biology

    Meso- and bathypelagic (Ref. 58302). Found in midwater, usually greater than 610 m (Ref. 35598). Oviparous, with planktonic eggs and leptocephali (Ref. 35598). Relatively rare (Ref. 35598).

    Habitat

    bathypelagic

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless