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String eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Gordiichthys
Species:
G. leibyi
Binomial name
Gordiichthys leibyi

The String eel[2] (Gordiichthys leibyi) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984.[4] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central and northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA; Puerto Rico, and Canada. It dwells at a depth range of 37 to 72 meters (121 to 236 ft), and inhabits mud and sand sediments.[3]

References

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  1. ^ McCosker, J. (2015). "Gordiichthys leibyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199157A2564932. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199157A2564932.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. ^ Common names of Gordiichthys leibyi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Gordiichthys leibyi at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ McCosker, J. E. and J. E. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) [ref. 5316] A review of the snake eel genera Gordiichthys and Ethadophis, with descriptions of new species and comments on related Atlantic bascanichthyins (Pisces: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 136: 32-44.