Chlopsis longidens
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Chlopsidae |
| Genus: | Chlopsis |
| Species: | C. longidens
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| Binomial name | |
| Chlopsis longidens (Garman, 1899)
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Chlopsis longidens is an eel in the family Chlopsidae.[2] It was described by Samuel Garman in 1899, originally under the genus Atopichthys.[3] It is known from a single leptocephalus specimen collected from between Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands, in the central eastern Pacific Ocean. From that specimen. the species is known to dwell in a tropical, marine climate at a maximum depth of 3,184 m.[2] The specimen may possibly be a larval bicolor false moray (Chlopsis bicollaris).[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Synonyms of Chlopsis longidens at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Chlopsis longidens Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Garman, S., 1899 (Dec.) [ref. 1540] See ref. at BHL The Fishes. In: Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and South America, and off the Galapagos Islands ... by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross," during 1891 ... No. XXVI. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology v. 24: Text: 1-431, Atlas: Pls. 1-85 + A-M.
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