Arrowtooth Eel

Atractodenchelys phrix

Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
Anguilliform

Atractodenchelys phrix, known under the common name "arrowtooth eel" is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels). It was described by Catherine H. Robins and Charles Richard Robins in 1970. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from its type locality in the eastern Caribbean, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Synaphobranchidae
Genus: Atractodenchelys
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: known from the type locality, East Caribbean, 11°36'N, 62°52'W.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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