Overview
Family : Duckbill eels ; The young are sometimes found in caves, larger specimens caught deeper. Feeds mainly on decapod natantia (Ref. 4776).
Common Names
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Common Names in Croatian:
Carobni Patkokljunic, Čarobni Patkokljunić
Common Names in Czech:
ŠtÃhlohlavec Messinský, Å tÃhlohlavec Messinský, Štíhlohlavec Messinský
Common Names in English:
Facciola Sorcerer, Facciola´s Sorcerer, Facciola's Sorcerer
Common Names in German:
Facciola-Hexenaal
Common Names in Italian:
Facciola, Facciolella
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
小鴨嘴鰻, 尖吻小鴨嘴鰻
Description
Family Nettastomatidae
Distribution: Atlantic, Indian and Pacific. Tropical and warm temperate . Elongated and narrow head and snout. Mouth large. Tail sharply tapering. Adults usually without pectoral fin (present only in Hoplunnis). Vertebrae usually 190-280. Maximum length about 100 cm.The family Nettastomatidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Anguilliformes. It contains 6 genera and 30 species. It may be found in Marine environments and is primarily Marine. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are nonguarders. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is anguilliform . Members of this family have been dated back to the middle Eocene epoch of the Tertiary period. Etymology of this family name : Greek, netta, nessa = duck + Greek, stoma = mouth
Habitat
Typically found in water with a depth of 0 to -1,902 meters (0 to -6,240 feet).Mean = -162.600 meters (-533.465 feet), Standard Deviation = 534.720 based on 15 observations. Ocean depth information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre.
Biome: Saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Elopomorpha
()
- Greenwood Et Al., 1966
- Order:
Anguilliformes
()
- Suborder:
Congroidei
()
- Family:
Nettastomatidae
()
- Duckbill Eels
- Genus:
Facciolella
()
- (D'Ancona, 1928)
- Specific name:
oxyrhyncha
- (Bellotti, 1883)
- Scientific name: - Facciolella oxyrhyncha (Bellotti, 1883)
- Specific name:
oxyrhyncha
- (Bellotti, 1883)
- Genus:
Facciolella
(
- Family:
Nettastomatidae
(
- Suborder:
Congroidei
(
- Order:
Anguilliformes
(
- Cohort:
Elopomorpha
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Ambiguous Synonyms
- Nettastoma melanurum Rafinesque, 1810
- Saurenchelys cancrivora Peters, 1864
Unambiguous Synonyms
- Facciolella oxyrhyncha (Bellotti, 1883)
- Facciolella oxyrhynchus
- Facciolella oxyrhynchus (Bellotti 1883)
- Facciolella physonema (Facciolà, 1914)
- Facciolella physonima (Facciolà, 1914)
- Leptocephalus oxyrhynchus Bellotti, 1883
- Nettastomella physonima Facciolà, 1914
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Data last modified by FishBase 22-Sep-1997
Similar Species
Members of the genus Facciolella
There are approximately 7 species in this genus:
F. castlei · F. equatorialis (Dogface Witch Eel) · F. gilbertii (Dogface Witch-Eel) · F. karreri · F. oxyrhyncha (Facciola's Sorcerer) · F. oxyrhynchus · F. saurencheloides
Bibliography
- Eschmeyer, William N., ed. 1998. Catalog of Fishes. Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3. California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco, California, USA. 2905. ISBN: 0-940228-47-5.
- Saldanha, L. (1986). Nettastomatidae. p. 562-566. In P.J.P. Whitehead, M.-L. Bauchot, J.-C. Hureau, J. Nielsen and E. Tortonese (eds.) Fishes of the north-eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean. UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 2.
- Smith, D.G. (1990). Nettastomatidae. p. 172-175. In J.C. Quero, J.C. Hureau, C. Karrer, A. Post and L. Saldanha (eds.) Check-list of the fishes of the eastern tropical Atlantic (CLOFETA). JNICT, Lisbon; SEI; Paris; and UNESCO, Paris. Vol. 1.
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Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- FishBase 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed May 31, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
- MBLWHOI Library: Universal Biological Index and Organizer. uBio.org accessed July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 12, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- The Swedish Museum of Natural History
- , Fishes
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2492555
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-27284
- Fishbase Species ID: 9071
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13524513
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 635744
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 110676
