Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya 1999

Smith, David G., Lin, James, Chen, Hong-Ming & Pogonoski, John J., 2015, The eels of the genus Nettenchelys, with description of a new species from Taiwan (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Nettastomatidae), Zootaxa 4060 (1), pp. 105-120 : 113-114

Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya 1999

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Nettenchelys paxtoni Karmovskaya 1999:833 , fig. 1 (western Pacific, Vanuatu, 17°46'S, 168°15'W). Holotype. AMS I.34589- 0 0 2 (male, 248 mm).

Material. Known only from the holotype.

Diagnosis. Anterior vomerine teeth not uniserial; posterior nostril just behind head, closer to supratemporal canal than to dorsal-fin origin, approximately over second LL pore; median ST pore absent; 12 POM pores; PDV 5; PAV 39. See Table 1 for additional characters.

Distribution. Off Efate Island, Vanuatu ( New Hebrides), western Pacific.

Remarks. The specimen was taken from the stomach of a sea snake, suggesting that it may have come from relatively shallow water.

Figures

FIGURE 1. Position of the posterior nostrils in nine species of the genus Nettenchelys (modified after Karmovskaya, 1999). (a) N. pygmaea, N. proxima; (b) N. gephyra and N. dionisi; (c) N. inion; (d) N. paxtoni; (e) N. exoria; (f) N. erroriensis; and (g) N. taylori.