Acromycter alcocki

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Acromycter alcocki
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Acromycter
Species:
A. alcocki
Binomial name
Acromycter alcocki
Synonyms [2]
  • Promyllantor alcockiGilbert & Cramer, 1897

Acromycter alcocki is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [3] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Promyllantor . [4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 388–640 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 25.3 centimetres. [3]

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References

  1. Tighe, K.; Smith, D.G.; McCosker, J. (2019). "Acromycter alcocki". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2019: e.T199371A2588283. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-1.RLTS.T199371A2588283.en . Retrieved 6 January 2022.
  2. Synonyms of Acromycter alcocki at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Acromycter alcocki at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Gilbert, C. H. and F. Cramer, 1897 (5 Feb.) [ref. 1635] Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48.