Aprognathodon
Appearance
Aprognathodon | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
Genus: | Aprognathodon J. E. Böhlke, 1967 |
Species: | A. platyventris
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Binomial name | |
Aprognathodon platyventris J. E. Böhlke, 1967
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The stripe eel (Aprognathodon platyventris) is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of the genus Aprognathodon . It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Florida Keys through the Caribbean islands to Venezuela in reef environments.
References
[edit]- ^ McCosker, J. (2015). "Aprognathodon platyventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T198996A2548270. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T198996A2548270.en. Retrieved 11 November 2024.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aprognathodon platyventris". FishBase. June 2011 version.