Rhynchoconger guppyi

Rhynchoconger guppyi
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Rhynchoconger
Species:	R. guppyi
Binomial name
Rhynchoconger guppyi (Norman, 1925)
Synonyms [2]
Congromuraena guppyiNorman, 1925 Hildebrandia guppyi(Norman, 1925)

Rhynchoconger guppyi is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). ^[3] It was described by John Roxborough Norman in 1925, originally under the genus Congromuraena . ^[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, northern South America and southern Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of 137 to 458 metres (449 to 1,503 ft), and inhabits the continental slope. Males can reach a maximum total length of 95 centimetres (37 in). ^[3]

Etymology

The eel is named in honor of naturalist Plantagenet Lechmere Guppy (1871–1934), the son of the civil engineer who discovered the Guppy, Poecilia reticulata , and who collected the holotype and sent it to the British Museum. ^[5]

References

1. Smith, D.G. (2015). "Rhynchoconger guppyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2015 e.T190096A1940531. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T190096A1940531.en . Retrieved 7 January 2022.
2. Synonyms of Rhynchoconger guppyi at www.fishbase.org.
3. Rhynchoconger guppyi Archived 2013-07-02 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
4. Norman, J. R., 1925 (1 Feb.) [ref. 15555] A new eel of the genus Congromuraena from Tobago, with notes on C. balearica and C. opisthophthalmus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 9) v. 15 (no. 86): 313-314.
5. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CONGRIDAE Kaup 1856 (Conger Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 February 2024.