Yano's snipe eel

Yano's snipe eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nemichthyidae
Genus: Labichthys
Species: L. yanoi
Binomial name
Labichthys yanoi
(Mead & Rubinoff, 1966)
Synonyms[1]
  • Avocettinops yanoi Mead & Rubinoff, 1966

The Yano's snipe eel[2] (Labichthys yanoi) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels).[3] It was described by Giles Willis Mead and Ira Rubinoff in 1966, originally under the genus Avocettinops.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Zealand, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.[3]

References

  1. Synonyms of Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Mead, G. W. and I. Rubinoff, 1966 (25 Feb.) [ref. 9044] Avocettinops yanoi, a new nemichthyid eel from the southern Indian Ocean. Breviora No. 241: 1-6.
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