Panturichthys fowleri
Panturichthys fowleri is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels).[2] It was described by Adam Ben-Tuvia in 1953, originally under the genus Lophenchelys.[3] It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from a single specimen collected from Israel, in the Mediterranean Sea. The holotype specimen was discovered dwelling at a depth range of 27–55 metres.[2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Heterenchelyidae |
| Genus: | Panturichthys |
| Species: | P. fowleri |
| Binomial name | |
| Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953) | |
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The fishes name is in honor of Henry Weed Fowler (1878-1965), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, for his help in determining the identity of two other undescribed fishes from Israel.[4]
References
- Synonyms of Panturichthys fowleri at www.fishbase.org.
- Panturichthys fowleri Archived 2013-04-12 at archive.today at www.fishbase.org.
- Ben-Tuvia, A., 1953 (Aug.) [ref. 257] Mediterranean fishes of Israel. Bulletin, Ministry of Agriculture, Department of Fisheries, Sea Fisheries Research Station Haifa No. 8: 1-40.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Families PROTANGUILLIDAE, SYNAPHOBRANCHIDAE, HETERENCHELYIDAE, MYROCONGRIDAE, MURAENIDAE, CHLOPSIDAE and DERICHTHYIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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