Solitary duckbill eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Nettastomatidae |
Genus: | Nettastoma |
Species: | N. solitarium
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Binomial name | |
Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith, 1981
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The solitary duckbill eel [1] (Nettastoma solitarium) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). [2] It was described by Peter H. J. Castle and David G. Smith in 1981. [3] It is a marine, deep-water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Kyushu–Palau Ridge, the Philippines, Australia, and the Hawaiian Islands. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 415 to 610 metres (1,362 to 2,001 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 46.5 centimetres (18.3 in). [2]
The species epithet "solitarium", meaning "solitary" in Latin, refers to the species' wide and isolated distribution in the Pacific. [2]