Slender sorcerer

Slender sorcerer
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]
  • Nettastoma elongatum Kotthaus, 1968

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

  1. Synonyms of Saurenchelys cancrivora at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Saurenchelys cancrivora at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Saurenchelys cancrivora at www.fishbase.org.
  4. 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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