Avocettina

Genus of fishes

Avocettina
Avocet snipe-eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nemichthyidae
Genus: Avocettina
D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891
Species

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Avocettina is a genus of eels in the snipe-eel family Nemichthyidae. It currently contains the following species:

  • Avocettina acuticeps (Regan, 1916) (Southern snipe-eel)
  • Avocettina bowersii (Garman, 1899)
  • Avocettina infans (Günther, 1878) (Avocet snipe-eel)
  • Avocettina paucipora J. G. Nielsen & D. G. Smith, 1978

References

  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Avocettina". FishBase. June 2011 version.
Taxon identifiers
Avocettina


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