''Monognathus ahlstromi'', the paddletail onejaw, is an
ocean
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-dwelling
eel
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found in the North
Pacific Ocean
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off of the coast of the
United States
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. It is found up to a depth of 2,000 m.
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Retrieved March 10, 2010 It does not provide parental care.
Little information is currently known about its habits or full distribution.
Description
The
dorsal
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* Dorsal (anatomy), an anatomical term of location referring to the back or upper side of an organism or parts of an organism
* Dorsal, positioned on top of an aircraft's fuselage
* Dorsal c ...
and
anal fins of ''Monognathus ahlstromi'' lack bony supports.
Monognathus ahlstromi (Paddletail onejaw)
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References
Further reading
GBIF.org
Catalogue of Life
Aquatab.net
* Raju, N. S. (1974). ''Three new species of the genus Monognathus and the leptocephali of the order Saccopharyngiformes''. United States National Marine Fisheries Service Fishery Bulletin v. 72 (no. 2): 547–562.
* Bogutskaya, N.G. (2007). Preliminary assignment of coordinates to type localities in the Catalog of Fishes.
* Eschmeyer, W.N., E.S. Herald and H. Hammann (1983). A field guide to Pacific coast fishes of North America.
* Hubbs, C.L., W.I. Follett and L.J. Dempster (1979). List of the fishes of California.
* Bertelsen, E. and J.G. Nielsen (1987). The deep sea eel family Monognathidae (Pisces, Anguilliformes).
* Hanel, L. and J. Novák (2001). Ceské názvy živocichu V. Ryby a rybovití obratlovci (Pisces) II., nozdratí (Sarcopterygii), paprskoploutví (Actinopterygii) hrupavcití (Chondrostei), kostnatí (Neopterygii): kostlíni (Semionotiformes) – bezostní (Clupeiformes)
Monognathidae
Fish described in 1974
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