One-jaw eels
| One-jaw eels | ||||||||||||
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Monognathus sp. |
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| Monognathidae | ||||||||||||
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| Monognathus | ||||||||||||
| Bertin, 1936 |
The monognathus ( Monognathus ( Gr. , Monos = single, gnathos live in the pine =)) Atlantic and in the Pacific , mostly at depths below 2,000 meters. It is characteristic of the genus that they lack the maxilla and premaxillary bones . The fish also have no pectoral fins , and dorsal and anal fins have no bony supports. One-jaw eels are transparent and grow to be 5 to 15 centimeters long. In the jaw there is a poisonous tooth connected to glands.
species
There are 15 types:
- Monognathus ahlstromi Raju, 1974 .
- Monognathus berteli Nielsen & Hartel, 1996 .
- Monognathus bertini Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987 .
- Monognathus boehlkei Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987 .
- Monognathus bruuni Bertin, 1936 .
- Monognathus herringi Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987 .
- Monognathus isaacsi Raju, 1974 .
- Monognathus jesperseni Bertin, 1936 .
- Monognathus jesse Raju, 1974 .
- Monognathus nigeli Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987 .
- Monognathus ozawai Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987 .
- Monognathus rajui Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987 .
- Monognathus rosenblatti Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987 .
- Monognathus smithi Bertelsen & Nielsen, 1987 .
- Monognathus taningi Bertin, 1936 .
literature
- Joseph S. Nelson : Fishes of the World . John Wiley & Sons, 2006, ISBN 0-471-25031-7 .
- Kurt Fiedler: Textbook of Special Zoology, Volume II, Part 2: Fish . Gustav Fischer Verlag Jena, 1991, ISBN 3-334-00339-6 .
Web links
Commons : Einkiefer Eels - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- One-jaw eels on Fishbase.org (English)