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Nettastoma solitarium Castle & Smith, 1981

Solitary duckbill eel
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Museum: MNHN 1979-187 (holotype, female).
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Smith, D.G., J.E. Böhlke and P.H.J. Castle, 1981
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Common names from other countries

Erak-partangerjas, 前鼻丝鳗, Štíhlohlavec osamělý, ... more

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Nettastomatidae (Duckbill eels)
Etymology: Nettastoma: Greek, netta = duck + Greek, stoma = mouth (Ref. 45335);  solitarium: From the Latin solitarius meaning solitary, alone, lonely, in reference to the isolated and widely scattered distribution of this species in the Indo-Pacific..

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

Marine; benthopelagic; depth range 415 - 610 m (Ref. 40819).   Deep-water

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