Nettastomatidae
Creators
Description
NETTASTOMATIDAE
Facciolella karrerae Klausewitz 1995
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Klausewitz 1995), Saudi Arabia (Klausewitz 1995).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.
Facciolella saurencheloides D'Ancona 1928
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Yemen (D'Ancona 1928, as Leptocephalus saurencheloides).
General distribution: Red Sea, northwestern Indian Ocean: Gulf of Aden.
*Nettenchelys bellottii (D'Ancona 1928)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Saudi Arabia (D'Ancona 1928, as Leptocephalus bellottii).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
* Saurenchelys lateromaculata (D'Ancona 1928)
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Eritrea (D'Ancona 1928, as Leptocephalus lateromaculatus and Leptocephalus bellottii). General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
* Saurenchelys meteori Klausewitz & Zajonz 2000
Gulf of Suez: ¯
Gulf of Aqaba: ¯
Red Sea main basin: Sudan (Klausewitz & Zajonz 2000).
General distribution: Red Sea endemic.
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Additional details
Identifiers
Biodiversity
- Family
- Nettastomatidae
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Taxon rank
- family
References
- Klausewitz, W. (1995) Tiefenwasser- und Tiefseefische aus dem Roten Meer. XIX. Description of a new species of the deepsea eel genus Facciolella (Pisces: Osteichthyes: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae). Senckenbergiana Maritima, 26 (1 - 2), 45 - 50.
- Klausewitz, W. & Zajonz, U. (2000) Saurenchelys meteori n. sp. from the deep Red Sea and redescriptions of the type specimens of Saurenchelys cancrivora Peters, 1865, Chlopsis fierasfer Jordan & Snyder, 1901 and Nettastoma elongatum Kotthaus, 1968 (Pisces: Nettastomatidae). Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 18, 337 - 355.