Atractodenchelys robinsorum

Atractodenchelys robinsorum

Data Deficient Synaphobranchid Fish in the Record

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Pacific Ocean
Anguilliform

Atractodenchelys robinsorum is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 2003. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Chesterfield Islands in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Atractodenchelys
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Southwestern Pacific: Bellona Plateau, Chesterfield Is., 19°43'S, 158°48'E.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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