Distribution
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المقدمة من EOL authors
Northeast coast of India eastward to Hong Kong and the Philippines, southward to Papua New Guinea and off the north coast of Australia.
Habitat
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المقدمة من EOL authors
This species inhabits muddy bottoms from almost 17 m to over 183 m in depth.
Trophic Strategy
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المقدمة من EOL authors
The fang-like teeth suggest that this species is carnivorous, and a radiograph of one specimen (AMS I.16753-024) revealed the presence of an elongate fish in the stomach.
Diagnostic Description
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المقدمة من EOL authors
A genus of Amblyopinae with prominent canine teeth in both jaws; head, cheek and opercle with scale patches; and, typically, 19 caudal vertebrae. Pelvic fins with innermost rays joined for one-third to one-half their length.
Holotype
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المقدمة من EOL authors
Amblyopus arctocephalus Alcock, 1890:432 (type locality, off Orissa and Vizagapatam, India). The current status of Alcock’s type at the Zoological Survey of India is unknown.
Synonyms
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المقدمة من EOL authors
Amblyotrypauchen fraseri Hora, 1924:160, fig. 4a (type locality, off the mouth of the Hugli River, India)
