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Panturichthys

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Kingdom
  
Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Anguilliformes

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Heterenchelyidae, Pacific mud eel, Myroconger, Coloconger, Moringuidae

Panturichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters along the west coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to Morocco with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Israel. It contains the following described species:

  • Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
  • Panturichthys isognathus Poll, 1953
  • Panturichthys longus (Ehrenbaum, 1915)
  • Panturichthys mauritanicus Pellegrin, 1913 (Mauritanian shortface eel)
  • References

    Panturichthys Wikipedia


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