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Spotted spoon-nose eel

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Spotted spoon-nose eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Ophichthidae
Genus:
Echiophis
Species:
E. intertinctus
Binomial name
Echiophis intertinctus
(Richardson, 1848)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophisurus intertinctus Richardson, 1848
  • Mystriophis interstinctus (Richardson, 1848)
  • Leptocephalus caudomaculatus Eigenmann & Kennedy, 1902

The Spotted spoon-nose eel[2] (Echiophis intertinctus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by John Richardson in 1848. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina, USA, the northern Gulf of Mexico, and Brazil. It is known to dwell at a depth of 100 metres (330 ft), and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 180 centimetres (71 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 150 centimetres (59 in).[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Echiophis intertinctus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Echiophis intertinctus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Echiophis intertinctus at www.fishbase.org.
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