Australian Museum Journal A new genus and species of congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Western Australia
- Shortform:
- Smith, 2004, Rec. Aust. Mus. 56(2): 143–146
- Author(s):
- Smith, David G.
- Year published:
- 2004
- Title:
- A new genus and species of congrid eel (Teleostei: Anguilliformes: Congridae) from Western Australia
- Serial title:
- Records of the Australian Museum
- Volume:
- 56
- Issue:
- 2
- Start page:
- 143
- End page:
- 146
- DOI:
- 10.3853/j.0067-1975.56.2004.1416
- Language:
- English
- Date published:
- 07 July 2004
- Cover date:
- 07 July 2004
- ISSN:
- 0067-1975
- CODEN:
- RAUMAJ
- Publisher:
- The Australian Museum
- Place published:
- Sydney, Australia
- Digitized:
- 07 July 2004
- Available online:
- 07 July 2004
- Reference number:
- 1416
- EndNote package:
- EndNote file
- Title page:
- Title page (10kb PDF)
- Complete work:
- Complete work (317kb PDF)
Abstract
A new genus and species of congrid eel, Castleichthys auritus, is described from a single specimen collected from 396 m off northwestern Australia. It belongs to the subfamily Congrinae and is characterized by a slender and flexible tail, a free flange on the upper lip, no plicae or other ornamentation on skin of head, large eye, uniserial maxillary and mandibular teeth, and conspicuous black pectoral fins. The vertebral formula is 15-36-128.