Spotted spoon-nose eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Echiophis |
Species: | E. intertinctus
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Binomial name | |
Echiophis intertinctus (
Richardson, 1848)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The spotted spoon-nose eel [3] (Echiophis intertinctus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] 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 m (330 ft), and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 150 cm (4 ft 11 in). [4]
Spotted spoon-nose eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Echiophis |
Species: | E. intertinctus
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Binomial name | |
Echiophis intertinctus (
Richardson, 1848)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The spotted spoon-nose eel [3] (Echiophis intertinctus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] 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 m (330 ft), and inhabits soft benthic sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 180 cm (5 ft 11 in), but more commonly reach a TL of 150 cm (4 ft 11 in). [4]