Rhynchoconger smithi

Rhynchoconger smithi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Congridae
Genus:	Rhynchoconger
Species:	R. smithi
Binomial name
	Rhynchoconger smithi; Mohapatra, Ho, Acharya, Ray & Mishra, 2022

Rhynchoconger smithi is an eel in the family Congridae (conger/garden eels).^[1]

Etymology

The eel is named in honor of the “renowned” American ichthyologist David G. Smith, of the National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., for his contribution to eel systematics. ^[2]

References

^ Mohapatra, A., Ho, H.-C., Acharya, S., Ray, D., & Mishra, S. S. (2022). A new Congrid eel, Rhynchoconger smithi sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. Journal of Fish Biology, 100(6), 1335–1344. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15031
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CONGRIDAE Kaup 1856 (Conger Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

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[1] Mohapatra, A., Ho, H.-C., Acharya, S., Ray, D., & Mishra, S. S. (2022). A new Congrid eel, Rhynchoconger smithi sp. nov. (Anguilliformes: Congridae), from the Bay of Bengal, India. Journal of Fish Biology, 100(6), 1335–1344. https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15031

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family CONGRIDAE Kaup 1856 (Conger Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 February 2024.

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