Benthenchelys pacificus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae,[2] described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1972, originally as a subspecies of Benthenchelys cartieri.[3] It is a marine, deep-water-dwelling eel known only from its type locality in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the pelagic zone.[2]
Benthenchelys pacificus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Benthenchelys |
Species: | B. pacificus
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Binomial name | |
Benthenchelys pacificus Castle, 1972
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Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ Synonyms of Benthenchelys pacificus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Benthenchelys pacificus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Castle, P. H. J., 1972 [ref. 6968] The eel genus Benthenchelys (Fam. Ophichthidae) in the Indo-Pacific. Dana Report No. 82: 1-32.