Hoplunnis schmidti
| Hoplunnis schmidti | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Hoplunnis |
| Species: | H. schmidti |
| Binomial name | |
| Hoplunnis schmidti Kaup, 1860 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Hoplunnis schmidti is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1860.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.[2]
Due to a lack of known major threats to H. schmidti, the IUCN redlist currently lists it as Least Concern.[4]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Hoplunnis schmidti at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Hoplunnis schmidti at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Kaup, J. J., 1859 [ref. 2586] Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschriebén und abgebildet. Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften herausgegeben von dem Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein in Hamburg v. 4 (no. 2): 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5.
- ↑ Hoplunnis schmidti at www.fishbase.org.
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