Phaenomonas longissima

Phaenomonas longissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Phaenomonas
Species:	P. longissima
Binomial name
	Phaenomonas longissima; (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963)
Synonyms
	Callechelys longissimus Cadenat & Marchal, 1963; Bascanichthys longissimus (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963); Phaenomonas longissimus (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963); Sphagebranchus foresti Cadenat & Roux, 1964; Apterichtus foresti (Cadenat & Roux, 1964); Ethadophis foresti (Cadenat & Roux, 1964); Microrhynchus foresti (Cadenat & Roux, 1964); Phaenomonas foresti (Cadenat & Roux, 1964); Microrhynchus epinepheli Blache & Bauchot, 1972; Apterichtus epinepheli (Blache & Bauchot, 1972); Ethadophis epinepheli (Blache & Bauchot, 1972); Phaenomonas epinepheli (Blache & Bauchot, 1972); Apterichtus epinephili (Blache & Bauchot, 1972);

Phaenomonas longissima, also known as the Short-maned sand eel in St. Helena,^[2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[3] It was described by Jean Cadenat and Émile Marchal in 1963, originally under the genus Callechelys.^[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Atlantic Ocean, including Ascension Island, St. Helena, Brazil, Senegal, Ghana, and Cape Verde. It dwells at a depth range of 25 to 35 metres (82 to 115 ft), and forms burrows in sand and mud sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 50 centimetres (20 in).^[3]

References

^ Synonyms of Phaenomonas longissima at www.fishbase.org.
^ Common names of Phaenomonas longissima at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Phaenomonas longissima at www.fishbase.org.
^ Cadenat, J. and E. Marchal, 1963 (Oct.) [ref. 4333] Résultats des campagnes océanographiques de la Reine-Pokou aux îles Sainte-Hélène et Ascension. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 25 (no. 4): 1235-1315, 51 unnumbered pls.

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