Sooty eel
| Sooty eel | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Bascanichthys |
| Species: | B. bascanium |
| Binomial name | |
| Bascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Sooty eel[2] (Bascanichthys bascanium) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan in 1884, originally under the genus Caecula.[4] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina and Florida, USA, and the Gulf of Mexico. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 27 metres (0 to 89 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (28 in).[3]
The Sooty eel is preyed on by the Atlantic tripletail.[5]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Jordan, D. S., 1884 (22 Apr.) [ref. 10442] List of fishes from Egmont Key, Florida, in the Museum of Yale College, with description of two new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 36: 42-46.
- ↑ Organisms Preying on Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
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