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Longtailed shortfaced eel

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Longtailed shortfaced eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Heterenchelyidae
Genus: Pythonichthys
Species:
P. macrurus
Binomial name
Pythonichthys macrurus
(Regan, 1912)
Synonyms[1]
  • Heterenchelys macrurus Regan, 1912

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

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  1. ^ a b Synonyms of Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.