Meadia minor

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Synaphobranchoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Elopocephalai Supercohors: Elopocephala Cohors/Superordo: Elopomorpha Ordo: Anguilliformes Subordo: Synaphobranchoidei

Familia: Synaphobranchidae
Subfamilia: Ilyophinae
Genus: Meadia
Species: Meadia minor

Name

Meadia minor Vo & Ho, 2021

Holotype: OIM-E 55801.

Type locality: Off Quy Nhon, Binh Dinh, central coast of Vietnam, South China Sea, 13°44'N, 109°15'E, depth circa 100-120 meters.

Etymology: Named from the relatively small body size among congeners.

Distribution: Vietnam.

References

Primary references

• Vo, Q.V., Ho, H.-C., Dao, H.V. & Tran, H.H.T. 2021. A new arrowtooth eel of genus Meadia (Synaphobranchidae: Ilyophinae) from Vietnam, South China Sea. Zootaxa 4952(1): 181–191. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4952.1.11 Reference page. 

Links

• Meadia minor in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on October 13, 2022.