Biology:Robinsia
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Robinsia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Chlopsidae |
| Genus: | Robinsia J. E. Böhlke & D. G. Smith, 1967 |
| Species: | R. catherinae
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| Binomial name | |
| Robinsia catherinae J. E. Böhlke & D. G. Smith, 1967
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Robinsia caterinae Böhlke & Smith, 1967 | |
Robinsia is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae. The sole species is Robinsia catherinae, which inhabits tropical waters around Kenya in the western Indian Ocean, as well as off Panama and Brazil . It dwells at a depth range of 140 to 243 metres (459 to 797 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.8 centimetres (7.8 in).[2]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Robinsia catherinae at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Robinsia catherinae" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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