Facciolella castlei
| Facciolella castlei | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Facciolella |
| Species: | F. castlei |
| Binomial name | |
| Facciolella castlei Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985 | |
Facciolella castlei is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[1] It was described by Nikolai Vasilyevich Parin and Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1985.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Chile, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The type specimen was retrieved from a depth of 230 metres.[1]
References
- 1 2 Facciolella castlei at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Parin, N. V. and E. S. Karmovskaya, 1985 [ref. 17259] Two new species of nettastomid eels (Nettastomatidae, Anguilliformes) from submarine mountains of the south-eastern Pacific. Zoologicheskii Zhurnal v. 64 (no. 10): 1524-1530.
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