Eurypharyngidae

Bañon, Rafael, Arronte, Juan Carlos, Rodriguez-Cabello, Cristina, Piñeiro, Carmen-Gloria, Punzon, Antonio & Serrano, Alberto, 2016, Commented checklist of marine fishes from the Galicia Bank seamount (NW Spain), Zootaxa 4067 (3), pp. 293-333 : 305

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4067.3.2
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:50B7E074-F212-4193-BFB9-84A1D0A0E03C
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5618878
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scientific name	Eurypharyngidae
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Eurypharynx pelecanoides Vaillant, 1882 —Pelican eel ( Fig. 7 View FIGURE 7 )

3 specimens between 34 and 47 cm TL were caught at depths between 780–1,674 m. Habitat and Distribution: meso- to abyssopelagic and bathypelagic. Circumglobal in tropical and temperate waters. In the Atlantic Ocean it is recorded from off Iceland (65ºN) to 48ºS. Vulnerability: DD (IUCN), MHV (FishBase).

Figures

FIGURE 7. Eurypharynx pelecanoides.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Saccopharyngiformes
Family	Eurypharyngidae
Genus	Eurypharynx

Specimens