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Anguilla tenuirostris DeKay, 1842

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Considered a synonym of Anguilla rostrata (Lesueur, 1817)

  • Ege, V.. 1939. "A revision of the genus Anguilla Shaw. A systematic, phylogenetic and geographical study". Dana Report. (16):1-257 (ffm04550)

Original description as Anguilla tenuirostris:

  • DeKay, James E. 1842. "Zoology of New-York, or the New-York fauna, comprising detailed descriptions of all the animals hitherto observed within the State of New York, with notices of those occasionally found near its borders and accompanied by appropriate illustrations". W. & A. White & J. Visscher, Albany. 1-415 (ffm04558)