Xenomystax bidentatus

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Xenomystax bidentatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Xenomystax
Species:
X. bidentatus
Binomial name
Xenomystax bidentatus
(Reid, 1940)
Synonyms [1]
  • Paraxenomystax bidentatusReid, 1940

Xenomystax bidentatus is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels). [2] It was described by Earl Desmond Reid in 1940. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from northern South America, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 494 to 604 meters (1,621 to 1,982 ft). [2]

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References

  1. Synonyms of Xenomystax bidentatus Archived May 25, 2014, at the Wayback Machine at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Xenomystax bidentatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Reid, E. D., 1940 (11 Mar.) [ref. 3684] A new genus and species of eel from the Puerto Rican deep. Reports on the collections obtained by the first Johnson-Smithsonian deep-sea expedition to the Puerto Rican deep. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections v. 91 (no. 31): 1-5.