Shorttailed shortfaced eel

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

The shorttailed shortfaced eel[2] (Pythonichthys microphthalmus) is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels).[3] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912, originally under the genus Heterenchelys.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mauritania to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It typically dwells at a depth range of 40–150 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 50.5 centimetres.[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Pythonichthys micropthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Pythonichthys microphthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Pythonichthys microphthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Regan, C. T., 1912 (1 Sept.) [ref. 3647] Description of two new eels from West Africa, belonging to a new genus and family. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 10 (no. 57): 323-324.


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