单词 | gulper eel |
释义 | > as lemmasgulper eel Any of various deep-sea ray-finned fishes of the order Saccopharyngiformes, esp. Eupharynx pelecanoides, having very large jaws that open to give an enormous gape, a long, whip-like tail, a distensible stomach, and tiny eyes near the tip of the snout. Also gulper eel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > subdivision Teleostei > [noun] > order Saccopharyngiformes > member of gulper1873 pelican fish1883 1873 S. F. Baird Rep. Sea Fisheries S. Coast New Eng. 1871–2 (U.S. Comm. Fish & Fisheries) 812 Saccopharynx flagellum Mitch.—Gulper. Pelagic, in deep seas. 1896 D. S. Jordan & B. W. Evermann Fishes N. & Middle Amer. (Bull. U.S. National Mus. No. 47) i. 404 Order R. Lyomeri. (The Gulpers.) 1907 D. S. Jordan Fishes 375 Gulper-eel, Gastrostomus bairdi. 1961 E. S. Herald Living Fishes of World 110/1 Members of the genus Monognathus (family Monognathidae) are an ichthyological enigma. Their mouths are average in size, as contrasted with the tremendous mouths of the other gulpers. 1987 J. Hersey Blues (1988) 184 I wish I could see a gulper. Eurypharynx pelecanoides. 2011 Edmonton (Alberta) Jrnl. (Nexis) 29 June d9 Photographs, illustrations and videos show rarely seen creatures, including the vampire squid, hatchetfish, gulper eel and viperfish. < as lemmas |
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