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Ophichthidae
sooty eel
Bascanichthys bascanium
Eel from the Atlantic Ocean
- Brown
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Marine fish
- Atlantic Ocean
- North America
- Anguilliform
- Large
- Tropical fish
Brown
Tropical
Regional distribution
Anguilliform
Largesooty eel is a marine fish of Western Atlantic. The species occupies marine waters. The largest recorded length is 70 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- True Eels
- Family
- Ophichthidae
- Genus
- Bascanichthys
- Maximum length
- 70 cm
- Water
- Marine
- Body shape
- anguilliform
- Distribution
- Western Atlantic: North Carolina to northeastern Florida in USA and northern Gulf of Mexico.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
