Hoplunnis schmidti

Hoplunnis schmidti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nettastomatidae
Genus: Hoplunnis
Species:
H. schmidti
Binomial name
Hoplunnis schmidti
Kaup, 1860
Synonyms[1]
  • Hoplunnis schmidtii Kaup, 1859

Hoplunnis schmidti is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1860.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Venezuela, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.[2]

Due to a lack of known major threats to H. schmidti, the IUCN redlist currently lists it as Least Concern.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Synonyms of Hoplunnis schmidti". fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hoplunnis schmidti". FishBase.
  3. ↑ Kaup, J. J. (1859). "Neue aalaehnliche Fische des Hamburger Museums, beschriebén und abgebildet". Abhandlungen aus dem Gebiete der Naturwissenschaften (in German). 4 (2). Hamburg: Naturwissenschaftlichen Verein: 1-29 + suppl. 1-4, Pls. 1-5.
  4. ↑ Cite error: The named reference iucnredlist was invoked but never defined (see the help page).