Cyematidae

E230957

Cyematidae is a small family of deep-sea bobtail snipe eels known for their extremely slender bodies and specialized adaptations to life in the ocean depths.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Cyematidae canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fish family ⓘ
ray-finned fish family ⓘ
taxon ⓘ
adaptation adapted to life in ocean depths ⓘ
bodyLengthRelative elongated relative to body depth ⓘ
bodyShape extremely slender ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commonName bobtail snipe eels ⓘ
containsTaxon Cyema atrum ⓘ
Neocyema erythrosoma ⓘ
depthRange mesopelagic to bathypelagic depths ⓘ
distribution worldwide oceans ⓘ
environment marine ⓘ
eyeAdaptation adapted to low light ⓘ
feedingType carnivorous ⓘ
finType reduced fins ⓘ
genusCount 2 ⓘ
habitat bathypelagic zone ⓘ
deep sea ⓘ
hasScientificNameAuthorship Regan, 1909 ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle pelagic ⓘ
namedAfter genus Cyema ⓘ
order Saccopharyngiformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
skeletonType bony fish ⓘ
tailMorphology bobtail-like short tail ⓘ
taxonRank family ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anguilliformes → includes → Cyematidae ⓘ
Saccopharyngiformes → hasMember → Cyematidae ⓘ
Cyema atrum → family → Cyematidae ⓘ
Neocyema erythrosoma → family → Cyematidae ⓘ