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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Gordiichthys |
Species: | G. irretitus
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Binomial name | |
Gordiichthys irretitus Jordan & Davis, 1891
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The Horsehair eel [1] (Gordiichthys irretitus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Bradley Moore Davis in 1891. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA, the Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico. It dwells at a depth range of 90 to 200 meters (300 to 660 ft), and inhabits sand and mud substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 76 centimeters (30 in). [2]
Horsehair eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Gordiichthys |
Species: | G. irretitus
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Binomial name | |
Gordiichthys irretitus Jordan & Davis, 1891
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The Horsehair eel [1] (Gordiichthys irretitus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Bradley Moore Davis in 1891. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA, the Gulf of Mexico and Puerto Rico. It dwells at a depth range of 90 to 200 meters (300 to 660 ft), and inhabits sand and mud substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 76 centimeters (30 in). [2]