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Cyema atrum Günther, 1878

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251. [Also a partial separate, pp. 1-24.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Saccopharyngiformes
family
Cyematidae
genus
Cyema
species
Cyema atrum

Name

Homonyms
Cyema atrum Günther, 1878
Common names
Arrow Eel in English
Black Bobtail Eel in English
Bobtail Snipe Eel in English
Dybhavssneppeål in Danish
Korthalet ål in Danish
Korthalet ål in Danish
Nuoliankerias in Finnish
Nuoliankerias in Finnish
Yabaneunagi in Japanese
anguila de profundidad in Spanish
bobtail Eel in English
bobtail Eel in English
deepwater eel in English
deepwater eel in English
tupoocaska tmavá in Czech
Тупохвостка in Russian
ヤバネウナギ in Japanese
ヤバネウナギ in Japanese
月尾鰻 in Chinese
月尾鳗 in language.
Bobtail Eel in English
ヤバネウナギ in Japanese
Arrow Eel in English
Bobtail Snipe Eel in English
Deepwater Eel in English
bobtail Eel in English
ヤバネウナギ in Japanese

Bibliographic References

  1. Böhlke, E. B., J. E. Böhlke, M. M. Leiby, J. E. McCosker, et al. / Böhlke, Eugenia B., ed., 1989: Orders Anguilliformes and Saccopharyngiformes. Fishes of the Western North Atlantic, no. 1, pt. 9, vol. 1. xvii + 1-656.
  2. Craddock & Mead 1970, Pequeño 1989, Knudsen 2015.
  3. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  4. Günther, A. (1878). Preliminary notices of deep-sea fishes collected during the voyage of H. M. S. `Challenger. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 5).</em> 2 (nos 7/8/9)(art. 2/22/28): 17-28, 179-187, 248-251.
  5. King, C.M.; Roberts, C.D.; Bell, B.D.; Fordyce, R.E.; Nicoll, R.S.; Worthy, T.H.; Paulin, C.D.; Hitchmough, R.A.; Keyes, I.W.; Baker, A.N.; Stewart, A.L.; Hiller, N.; McDowall, R.M.; Holdaway, R.N.; McPhee, R.P.; Schwarzhans, W.W.; Tennyson, A.J.D.; Rust, S.; Macadie, I. (2009). Phylum Chordata: lancelets, fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 1. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> pp. 431-554.
  6. Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
  7. Shiino, Sueo M., 1976: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations. Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4. 262.
  8. Smith, D. G. / Carpenter, Kent E., and Volker H. Niem, eds., 1999: Cyematidae: Bobtail eels. FAO species identification guide for fishery purposes: The living marine resources of the Western Central Pacific, vol. 3: Batoid fishes, chimaeras and Bony fishes, part 1 (Elopidae to Linophrynidae). 1693.
  9. van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374
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