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Atractodenchelys Robins & Robins 1970

Description

Genus Atractodenchelys Robins & Robins, 1970

Diagnosis. Body entirely scaleless; pectoral fins present; anus moderately forward; trunk usually shorter, sometimes equal to or slightly longer, than head length; gill openings on the lower side of the body, well-separated from each other; lateral line well developed; no pore on supratemporal canal of the head; oval patch of teeth on intermaxillary; single row of 5–8 large compound teeth on vomer; and multiple rows of teeth on both jaws (Robins & Robins, 1970; this study).

Notes

Published as part of Vo, Quang Van & Ho, Hsuan-Ching, 2020, A new species of Atractodenchelys (Synaphobranchidae, Anguilliformes) from Vietnam, pp. 588-594 in Zootaxa 4742 (3) on page 589, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4742.3.12, http://zenodo.org/record/3677937

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Synaphobranchidae
Genus
Atractodenchelys
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Anguilliformes
Phylum
Chordata
Scientific name authorship
Robins & Robins
Taxon rank
genus
Taxonomic concept label
Atractodenchelys Robins, 1970 sec. Vo & Ho, 2020

References

  • Robins, C. H. & Robins, C. R. (1970) The eel family Dysommidae (including Dysomminidae and Nettodaridae), its osteology and composition, including a new genus and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 122 (6), 293 - 335.