Slender sorcerer
| Slender sorcerer | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Nettastomatidae |
| Genus: | Saurenchelys |
| Species: | S. cancrivora |
| Binomial name | |
| Saurenchelys cancrivora Peters, 1864 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The slender sorcerer[2] (Saurenchelys cancrivora) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).[3] It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1864.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic and Indian Ocean, including the River Congo and the Mediterranean. It dwells at a depth range of 185 to 700 metres (607 to 2,297 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 65 centimetres (26 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Saurenchelys cancrivora at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Saurenchelys cancrivora at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Saurenchelys cancrivora at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Peters, W. (C. H.), 1864 [ref. 3437] Über einige neue Säugethiere ... Amphibien ... und Fische ... Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 381-399.
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