Nettastoma
| Nettastoma | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Rafinesque, 1810 |
| Type species | |
| Nettastoma melanura Rafinesque, 1810 | |
| Species | |
| See text. | |
Nettastoma, from Ancient Greek νῆττα (nêtta), meaning "duck", and στόμα (stóma), meaning "mouth",[1] is a genus of eels in the duckbill eel family Nettastomatidae.
Species
There are currently five recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Nettastoma falcinaris Parin & Karmovskaya, 1985
- Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810 (Blackfin sorcerer)
- Nettastoma parviceps Günther, 1877 (Duck-billed eel) (syn. N. denticulatus)
- Nettastoma solitarium Castle & D. G. Smith, 1981 (Solitary duck-billed eel)
- Nettastoma syntresis D. G. Smith & J. E. Böhlke, 1981
Formerly Included Species
- Nettastoma elongatum Kotthaus, 1968 (slender sorcerer) - valid as Saurenchelys cancrivora
References
- ^ https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Nettastoma-melanura
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nettastoma". FishBase. December 2012 version.