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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAnguilliformes
  4. ›familySynaphobranchidae
  5. ›genusAtractodenchelys
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Arrowtooth Eel

Atractodenchelys phrix Robins & Robins, 1970

Also calledtupohlavec karibský (ces)

First described in: Robins, C. H.; Robins, C. R. (1970). The eel family Dysommidae (including the Dysomminidae and Nettodaridae), its osteology and composition, including a new genus and species. <em>Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 122 (6): 293-335.

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

distribution

Distribution. Atractodenchelys phrix is being reported by the first time in the WSA. It was described from the eastern Caribbean (11 º 36 ’ N, 62 º 52 ’ W) and is also known from the western Caribbean Sea, the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico to the coast of Florida (Robins & Robins 1989).

The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S

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Material examined. One specimen, 300.0 mm TL: MNRJ 26829 (1, 300.0 mm), T, E- 534.

The deep-sea Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes (Teleostei: Elopomorpha) collected on the Brazilian continental slope, between 11 and 23 S

Atractodenchelys phrix Robins & Robins 1970

Atractodenchelys phrix Robins & Robins, 1970 Atractodenchelys phrix Robins & Robins, 1970: 297, Fig. 1A. Holotype: ANSP 114437. Type locality: eastern Caribbean , 11° 36’ N, 62° 52’ W, 385–425 m.

Redescription of the eel Ilyophis arx Robins, 1976 (Anguilliformes: Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) with a description of a new species of Ilyophis, and a taxonomic synopsis of the Ilyophinae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2402876.