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.