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GBIF·5213059speciesAnimalia75 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderAnguilliformes
  4. ›familyNemichthyidae
  5. ›genusAvocettina
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Lowcount Snipe Eel

Avocettina paucipora Nielsen & Smith, 1978

Also calledKuroshigiunagimodoki (jpn) · úhořovka jihopacifická (ces) · クロシギウナギモドキ (jpn)

First described in: Nielsen, J. G.; Smith, D. G. (1978). The eel family Nemichthyidae (Pisces: Anguilliformes). <em>Dana Report.</em> No. 88: 1-71, Pls. 1-2.

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Avocettina paucipora

Study Material - A. paucipora ZBK : DZUFRJ 2818, 2820, 2847; three specimens; preanal myomeres 159; total myomeres ca 182; 23.3-64.0 mm SL.

Leptocephali collected off the eastern coast of Brazil (12 ° – 23 ° S).

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5213059.