Biology:Dana duckbill eel
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| Kingdom: | Animalia
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| Order: | Anguilliformes
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| Species: | N. danae
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| Nessorhamphus danae E.J.Schmidt, 1931
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The Dana duckbill eel (Nessorhamphus danae) is an eel in the family Derichthyidae (longneck eels).[1] It was described by Johannes Schmidt in 1931.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean, including Australia , Brazil , Benin, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cambodia, China , Ghana, Pakistan , Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, India , Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Kenya, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Philippines , Somalia, South Africa , Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, the Hawaiian Islands, United States ; Yemen, and Vietnam.[3] Males can reach a maximum total length of 30 centimetres.[1]
Due to the widespread distribution of the Dana duckbill eel, as well as its deep-water nature and the subsequent perceived lack of threats, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Nessorhamphus danae at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Schmidt, J., 1931 [ref. 21814] Oceanographic expedition of the Dana, 1928-1930. Nature (London) No. 127: 444-446, 487-490.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Nessorhamphus danae at the IUCN redlist.
Wikidata ☰ Q2169161 entry
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