The Yano's snipe eel[2] (Labichthys yanoi) is an eel in the family Nemichthyidae (snipe eels).[3] It was described by Giles Willis Mead and Ira Rubinoff in 1966, originally under the genus Avocettinops.[4] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from New Zealand, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.[3]

Yano's snipe eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Nemichthyidae
Genus: Labichthys
Species:
L. yanoi
Binomial name
Labichthys yanoi
(Mead & Rubinoff, 1966)
Synonyms[1]
  • Avocettinops yanoi Mead & Rubinoff, 1966

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of Shigeru Yano, of Honolulu, Hawai‘i whose maintenance and operation of the nets and the associated equipment contributed to the success of the authors’ trawling expeditions.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Synonyms of Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Labichthys yanoi at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Mead, G. W. and I. Rubinoff, 1966 (25 Feb.) [ref. 9044] Avocettinops yanoi, a new nemichthyid eel from the southern Indian Ocean. Breviora No. 241: 1-6.
  5. ^ "Search ETYFish (Limited)". 7 February 2022.