Indifferent eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ethadophis |
Species: | E. akkistikos
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Binomial name | |
Ethadophis akkistikos McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
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The Indifferent eel [2] (Ethadophis akkistikos) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Panama, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Texas, USA. [1] It dwells at a depth range of 55 to 58 meters (180 to 190 ft). [3]
The Indifferent eel is currently listed as Data Deficient at the IUCN redlist, due to there being few known specimens, and thereby a lack of certain information on the extent of its distribution and possible threats. [1]
Indifferent eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ethadophis |
Species: | E. akkistikos
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Binomial name | |
Ethadophis akkistikos McCosker & Böhlke, 1984
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The Indifferent eel [2] (Ethadophis akkistikos) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean, including Panama, Nicaragua, Suriname, and Texas, USA. [1] It dwells at a depth range of 55 to 58 meters (180 to 190 ft). [3]
The Indifferent eel is currently listed as Data Deficient at the IUCN redlist, due to there being few known specimens, and thereby a lack of certain information on the extent of its distribution and possible threats. [1]