The slender shortfaced eel[2] (Panturichthys longus) is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels).[3] It was described by Ernst Ehrenbaum in 1915, originally under the genus Heterenchelys.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Benin to Angola in the Gulf of Guinea, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 149 centimetres.[3]
| Slender shortfaced eel | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Heterenchelyidae |
| Genus: | Panturichthys |
| Species: | P. longus |
| Binomial name | |
| Panturichthys longus (Ehrenbaum, 1915) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
| |
References
.jpg){kind=small}
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
