Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Craniata
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: Anguilloidei
Familia: Chlopsidae
Genus: Robinsia
Species (1): R. catherinae
Name
Robinsia Böhlke & Smith, 1967: 2.
Gender: feminine.
Type species: Robinsia catherinae Böhlke & Smith, 1967.
Fixation: type by original designation (also monotypic).
Etymology: C. Richard Robins, U.S. ichthyologist.
References
Primary references
Böhlke, J.E. & Smith, D.G. 1967. A new xenocongrid eel from the western Indian and western Atlantic oceans. Notulae Naturae, 408: 1–6. GoogleBooks
Links
Robinsia Böhlke and Smith, 1967 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Robinsia and its species (including synonyms) in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2021. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
Robinsia species list in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2021.
Robinsia is a genus of eels in the family Chlopsidae. The sole species is Robinsia catherinae, which inhabits tropical waters around Kenya in the western Indian Ocean, as well as off Panama and Brazil. It dwells at a depth range of 140 to 243 metres (459 to 797 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 19.8 centimetres (7.8 in).[2]
References
Synonyms of Robinsia catherinae at www.fishbase.org.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Robinsia catherinae" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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