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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. leibyi
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Binomial name | |
Gordiichthys leibyi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
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The String eel [1] (Gordiichthys leibyi) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984. [3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central and northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA; Puerto Rico, and Canada. It dwells at a depth range of 37 to 72 meters (121 to 236 ft), and inhabits mud and sand sediments. [2]
String 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. leibyi
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Binomial name | |
Gordiichthys leibyi McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
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The String eel [1] (Gordiichthys leibyi) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984. [3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central and northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA; Puerto Rico, and Canada. It dwells at a depth range of 37 to 72 meters (121 to 236 ft), and inhabits mud and sand sediments. [2]