Gavialiceps bertelseni

Gavialiceps bertelseni is an eel in the family Muraenesocidae (pike congers).[1] It was described by Emma Stanislavovna Karmovskaya in 1993.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the southwestern slope of Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 670 to 1,200 metres (2,200 to 3,940 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 84 centimetres (33 in).[1]

Gavialiceps bertelseni
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Muraenesocidae
Genus: Gavialiceps
Species:
G. bertelseni
Binomial name
Gavialiceps bertelseni
Karmovskaya, 1993

The species epithet was given in memory of ichthyologist Erik Bertelsen.[1]

Names

In Hindi the word ''Gavialiceps'' is translated as gavial and Bertelseni is named in memory of Erik Bertelsen.[3]

Description

Color is dark-black. Dorsal and anal fin are dark in the caudal sections of the body. The gill and mouth cavities are dark but does not show through the skin.[3]

Distribution

This species of eel is found in Western Indian Ocean in south-western Madagascar.[3]

References
  1. Gavialiceps bertelseni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Karmovskaya, E. S., 1993 [ref. 22018] Systematics and distribution of the eel genus Gavialiceps (Congridae) in the Indo-West Pacific. Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 33 (no. 6): 742-752.
  3. Karmovskaya, 1993. "Gavialiceps bertelseni". FishBase.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)


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