Dana duckbill eel

The Dana duckbill eel (Nessorhamphus danae) is an eel in the family Derichthyidae (longneck eels).[1] It was described by Johannes Schmidt in 1931.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from throughout the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Ocean, including Australia, Brazil, Benin, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Cambodia, China, Ghana, Pakistan, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, India, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Kenya, Mauritania, Myanmar, Nigeria, Papua New Guinea, Senegal, Sierra Leone, the Philippines, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Togo, the Hawaiian Islands, USA; Yemen, and Vietnam.[3] Males can reach a maximum total length of 30 centimetres.[1]

Dana duckbill eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Derichthyidae
Genus:
Nessorhamphus
Species:
N. danae
Binomial name
Nessorhamphus danae

Due to the widespread distribution of the Dana duckbill eel, as well as its deep-water nature and the subsequent perceived lack of threats, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern.[3]

References
  1. Nessorhamphus danae Archived 2013-06-20 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Schmidt, J., 1931 [ref. 21814] Oceanographic expedition of the Dana, 1928-1930. Nature (London) No. 127: 444-446, 487-490.
  3. Nessorhamphus danae at the IUCN redlist.


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