Panturichthys fowleri

Panturichthys fowleri
Conservation status
	; Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Heterenchelyidae
Genus:	Panturichthys
Species:	P. fowleri
Binomial name
	Panturichthys fowleri; (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
Synonyms[2]
	Lophenchelys fowleri Ben-Tuvia, 1953;

Panturichthys fowleri, commonly known as Fowler's shortfaced eel,[1] is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels).[2] It was described by Adam Ben-Tuvia in 1953, originally under the genus Lophenchelys.[3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from a single specimen collected from Israel, in the Mediterranean Sea. The holotype specimen was discovered dwelling at a depth range of 27–55 metres.[2]

The fishes name is in honor of Henry Weed Fowler (1878-1965), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, for his help in determining the identity of two other undescribed fishes from Israel.[4]

References

Smith, D.G. (2014). "Panturichthys fowleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194814A49080381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194814A49080381.en. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Panturichthys fowleri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
Ben-Tuvia, A., 1953 (Aug.) [ref. 257] Mediterranean fishes of Israel. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa No. 8: 1-40.
Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.

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[IUCN-1] Smith, D.G. (2014). "Panturichthys fowleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2014: e.T194814A49080381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-3.RLTS.T194814A49080381.en. Retrieved 23 August 2023.

[Fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Panturichthys fowleri" in FishBase. April 2013 version.

[Ben-Tuvia,_1953-3] Ben-Tuvia, A., 1953 (Aug.) [ref. 257] Mediterranean fishes of Israel. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa No. 8: 1-40.

[ETYFish-4] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.