''Promyllantor adenensis'' is an
eel in the family
Congridae (conger/garden eels).
[''Promyllantor adenensis''](_blank)
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by
Wolfgang Klausewitz
Wolfgang Klausewitz (20 July 1921 – 31 August 2018) was a German zoologist, ichthyologist, marine biologist and biohistorian.
Early life
Klausewitz was born in Berlin. He attended school in Berlin, then, in 1941, was sent as a soldier to North ...
in 1991, originally under the genus ''
Bathycongrellus''.
[Klausewitz, W., 1991 ef. 20886''A new genus and species of congrid eel from the deep sea of the Gulf of Aden.'' Fauna of Saudi Arabia v. 12: 382-387.] It is a
marine
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, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including the
Gulf of Aden
The Gulf of Aden ( ar, خليج عدن, so, Gacanka Cadmeed 𐒅𐒖𐒐𐒕𐒌 𐒋𐒖𐒆𐒗𐒒) is a deepwater gulf of the Indian Ocean between Yemen to the north, the Arabian Sea to the east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channe ...
and the
Lord Howe Seamount Chain. It is known to dwell at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum
total length of .
References
Congridae
Taxa named by Wolfgang Klausewitz
Fish described in 1991
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