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Robinsia

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Chlopsidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Rank
  
Species

Genus
  
Robinsia J. E. Böhlke & D. G. Smith, 1967

Similar
  
Collared eel, Chlopsis, Chlopsidae, Moringuidae, Ariosoma

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).

References

Robinsia Wikipedia