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European finless eel (Apterichtus caecus)
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Ecological Illustration of European finless eel (Apterichtus caecus)
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Ophichthidae

European finless eel

Apterichtus caecus

Sixty Centimeters Eel of the Atlantic Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

European finless eel is known from Eastern Atlantic as a marine fish. It occurs in marine waters.

Class
Teleosts
Order
True Eels
Family
Ophichthidae
Genus
Apterichtus
Water type
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
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