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Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878)

Avocet snipe eel
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Argentina country information

Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: questionable
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from the Patagonian region (Ref. 27363). Outside distributional range, occurrence needs verification.
National Checklist: Argentina
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/ar.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Nakamura, I., T. Inada, M. Takeda and H. Hatanaka, 1986
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Closespine snipe eel, Korthalet sneppeål, 北线鳗, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Nemichthyidae (Snipe eels)
Etymology: infans: Named after Theodore Gill, U.S. ichthyologist (Ref. 6885).
  More on author: Günther.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; bathypelagic; depth range 785 - 4580 m (Ref. 58302), usually 1200 - 2000 m (Ref. 32364).   Deep-water; 55°N - 20°S, 180°W - 180°E

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