blacktail pikeconger
Hoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
The blacktail pike-conger (Hoplunnis diomediana) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1896. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a maximum depth of 203 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 36.6 centimeters.
Wikipedia contributors, Blacktail pike-conger; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T07:46:35.025755+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Hoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896
- Name authority
- Goode & Bean, 1896
- Common name
- blacktail pikeconger
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Nettastomatidae
- Genus
- Hoplunnis
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: yes · Freshwater: no · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderAnguilliformes
- familyNettastomatidae Kaup, 1859
- genusHoplunnis Kaup, 1859
- speciesHoplunnis diomediana Goode & Bean, 1896
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Hoplunnis. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| spotted pike-congerHoplunnis tenuis Ginsburg, 1951 | NettastomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| freckled pikecongerHoplunnis macrura Ginsburg, 1951 | NettastomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplunnis megista Smith & Kanazawa, 1989 | NettastomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| silver pikecongerHoplunnis pacifica Lane & Stewart, 1968 | NettastomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplunnis punctata Regan, 1915 | NettastomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplunnis schmidti Kaup, 1859 | NettastomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplunnis sicarius (Garman, 1899) | NettastomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Hoplunnis similis Smith, 1989 | NettastomatidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Hoplunnis diomedianus Goode & Bean, 1896 Goode & Bean, 1896 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Goode, G. B., & Bean, T. H. (1896). Oceanic Ichthyology, a treatise on the deep-sea and pelagic fishes of the world, based chiefly upon the collections made by the steamers Blake, Albatross, and Fish Hawk in the northwestern Atlantic, with an atlas containing 417 figures. Spec. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., Text: 2: i–xxxv + 1–26 + 1–553. Atlas: i–xxiii, 1–26. Pls. 123. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.48521 Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3MNFT. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.