‘living fossil’ eel (Anguilliformes: Protanguillidae, fam. nov.) from an undersea cave in Palau

We report the discovery of an enigmatic, small eel-like fish from a 35 m-deep fringing-reef cave in the western Pacific Ocean Republic of Palau that exhibits an unusual suite of morphological characters. Many of these uniquely characterize the Recent members of the 19 families comprising the elopomo...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences Biological sciences, 2012-03, Vol.279 (1730), p.934-943
Hauptverfasser:	Johnson, G. David, Ida, Hitoshi, Sakaue, Jiro, Sado, Tetsuya, Asahida, Takashi, Miya, Masaki
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Anguilliformes Animal Fins - anatomy & histology Animal morphology Animals Bones Caves Divergence Time Eel Eels Eels - anatomy & histology Eels - classification Female fins Fossils Gills - anatomy & histology Marine fishes Materials Morphology new family New Species, Genus And Family Palau Phylogenetics Phylogeny Research universities Taxa
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