Shortfin spiny eel
Notacanthus bonaparte Risso, 1840
Also calledAnguila de Bonaparte (spa) · Bonapart piggål (nno) · Bonapartes pigål (dan) · Bonaparts piggål (nob) · Poisson-tapir clair (fra) · Smábroddabakur (isl) · bonapartepiggål (nob) · Αγκαθωτό χέλι (ell) · bonapartepiggål (nno)
First described in: Risso, A. (1840). Observations sur quelques poissons de la mer de Nice. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> v. 6 (pt. 1): 376-393, Pl. 10.
The shortfin spiny eel (Notacanthus bonaparte), also called Bonaparte's spiny eel, is a member of the family Notacanthidae, the deep-sea spiny eels, which are not true eels (Anguilliformes).
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution. Northeastern Atlantic, Mediterranean; depth range 478 – 2000 m.
A checklist of the deep sea fishes of the Levant Sea, Mediterranean Sea
materials_examined
The occurrence of this species is reported off the Azores, in the PECS area (113 NM and 152 NM WNW of Freen Trough), MAR-ECO, No. 4768, 29.5359 º W, 42.9329 º N, 2004.07.09; MAR-ECO, No. 6241, 28.5520 º W, 43.0340 º N, 2004.
Updated checklist of marine fishes (Chordata: Craniata) from Portugal and the proposed extension of the Portuguese continental shelf
From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Notacanthus bonaparte is grey or pink in colour and has a maximum length of 26 cm (10 in). It has a short snout, long head, mouth on the underside. Its dorsal fin has up to nine spines, while the anal fin is long and has up to fourteen spines. Males are smaller and have enlarged nasal rosettes.
Range & habitat
The shortfin spiny eel lives in the Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea; it has been found in the Adriatic Sea. It lives in the bathypelagic zone at depths of 487–2,000 m (1,598–6,562 ft).
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2405529.