Whip eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. scuticaris
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean, 1880)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The whip eel (Bascanichthys scuticaris, also known as the sooty eel [2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1880. [4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States and the Gulf of Mexico. It inhabits reefs and coastal waters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 76 centimetres (30 in). [3]
Whip eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Bascanichthys |
Species: | B. scuticaris
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Binomial name | |
Bascanichthys scuticaris (Goode & Bean, 1880)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The whip eel (Bascanichthys scuticaris, also known as the sooty eel [2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by George Brown Goode and Tarleton Hoffman Bean in 1880. [4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the United States and the Gulf of Mexico. It inhabits reefs and coastal waters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 76 centimetres (30 in). [3]