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View Mode View All Pictures Species Avocettina acuticeps (Regan 1916)    Avocettina acuticeps was originally described as Leptocephalus acuticeps by Regan in 1916. It belongs to the family Nemichthyidae. It is commonly known as Southern snipe eel and is known in Australia as Southern snipe eel , in South Africa as Southern Snipe Eel. more common names It is found in Salt water and its distribution is Southern Hemisphere, except eastern Pacific.   Species Species   Higher Taxa Higher Taxa   Original Original   Subspecies Subspecies   Current Current   General General   Name History Name History   Related Pages Related Pages   Species of this Genus Species of this Genus   Species   acuticeps AuthorWI   Regan [C. T.] AuthorNI   Regan Qualification   --- Year   1916 Status   Valid Class   Osteichthyes Osteichthyes Order   Anguilliformes Anguilliformes Family   Nemichthyidae Subfamily   --- --- Genus   Avocettina Subgenus   --- Class   Osteichthyes Order   Anguilliformes Family   Nemichthyidae Genus   Avocettina Original Name   Leptocephalus         Taxon Name   acuticeps Original Combination   Leptocephalus acuticeps Original Genus   Leptocephalus Original Genus Species   Leptocephalus acuticeps OriginalSubGenus   Leptocephalus Original Author   Regan Original AuthorWI   Regan [C. T.] Original Qualification   --- Original Year   1916 Original Family   Congridae Original SubFamily   --- Original Level   species Type Locality   South Atlantic off Brazil, 21°00'S, 37°50'W at surface. Primary Code   Holotype (unique) Primary Type   BMNH 1916.3.20.106 [or 100] Page   140 Illustrations   Fig. 5 SubSpecies AuthorWI   --- Qualification SS   --- Original QualificationSS   --- Current Subspecies AuthorWI   --- Current Genus Species   Avocettina acuticeps Current Species   acuticeps Current Genus   Avocettina Current AuthorWI   Regan [C. T.] Current AuthorNI   Regan Current Year   1916 Current Family   Nemichthyidae Current Subfamily   --- --- Habitat bathypelagic         Water Salt water Depth Range From 0 to 2000 meters.     Distribution Southern Hemisphere, except eastern Pacific. Current Summary   Valid as Avocettina acuticeps  (Regan 1916). Nemichthyidae.   Name History   • Valid as Avocettina acuticeps  (Regan 1916) -- (Castle 1986:193 [ref. 5644], Paxton et al. 1989:134 [ref. 12442], Smith & Nielsen 1989:448 [ref. 13290], Smith 1990:199 [ref. 13759], Trunov 1999:461 [ref. 24579] as cf. acuticeps, Smith 1999:1679 [ref. 24661], Menezes et al. in Menezes et al. 2003:36 [ref. 27192], Paxton et al. 2006:285 [ref. 28995], Smith 2008:170 [ref. 30621], Melo et al. 2009:8 [ref. 30460]). Common Names  Common Names Picture Places  Places Hierarchy  Hierarchy Pictures  Pictures First Publication  First Publication Collections  Collections Species Links  Species Links Name Combinations  Name Combinations References  References Page 1 of 1 (14 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Drag a column header here to group by that column Species   Genus Species   Authorship   Status   acuticeps Leptocephalus acuticeps Regan [C. T.] 1916 Synonym bowersi Avocettina bowersi (Garman [S.] 1899) Spelling bowersii Avocettina bowersii (Garman [S.] 1899) Valid elongata Avocettina elongata (Gill [T. N.] & Ryder [J. A.] 1883) Synonym elongatus Avocettina elongatus (Gill [T. N.] & Ryder [J. A.] 1883) Synonym exophthalma Avocettina exophthalma Parr [A. E.] 1932 Synonym gilli Avocettina gilli (Bean [T. H.] 1890) Synonym infans Avocettina infans (Günther [A.] 1878) Valid major Avocettina major (Karmovskaya [E. S.] 1977) Synonym normani Avocettina normani (Bertin [L.] 1947) Synonym oxycephalus Avocettina oxycephalus (Pappenheim [P.] 1914) Synonym paucipora Avocettina paucipora Nielsen [J. G.] & Smith [D. G.] 1978 Valid scapularostris Avocettina scapularostris Borodin [N. A.] 1929 Synonym schmidti Avocettina schmidti (Roule [L.] & Bertin [L.] 1924) Synonym Begins with Contains Doesn't contain Ends with Equals Doesn't equal Is less than Is less than or equal to Is greater than Is greater than or equal to Like ('%', '_') Page 1 of 1 (14 items). Click on a column heading to sort data. [1] Page size: 25 50 100 Create Filter   Loading…