Longtailed shortfaced eel
Appearance
Longtailed shortfaced eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Heterenchelyidae |
Genus: | Pythonichthys |
Species: | P. macrurus
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Binomial name | |
Pythonichthys macrurus (Regan, 1912)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The longtailed shortfaced eel[2] (Pythonichthys macrurus) is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels).[3] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912, originally under the genus Heterenchelys.[1] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from coastal waters ranging from Sierra Leone to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 centimetres.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Synonyms of Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.