Acromycter alcocki

Acromycter alcocki is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).[2] It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert and Frank Cramer in 1897, originally under the genus Promyllantor.[3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Hawaii, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 388–640 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 25.3 centimetres.[2]

Acromycter alcocki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Congridae
Genus: Acromycter
Species:
A. alcocki
Binomial name
Acromycter alcocki
(Gilbert & Cramer, 1897)
Synonyms[1]
  • Promyllantor alcocki Gilbert & Cramer, 1897

References

  1. Synonyms of Acromycter alcocki at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Acromycter alcocki at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Gilbert, C. H. and F. Cramer, 1897 (5 Feb.) [ref. 1635] Report on the fishes dredged in deep water near the Hawaiian Islands, with descriptions and figures of twenty-three new species. Proceedings of the United States National Museum v. 19 (no. 1114): 403-435, Pls. 36-48.


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