Fowler's Mud Eel

Panturichthys fowleri

Eel from the Mediterranean Sea

Tropical
Local endemic species
Restricted distribution
Marine fish
Anguilliform
Tropical fish

Panturichthys fowleri, commonly known as Fowler's shortfaced eel, is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels). It was described by Adam Ben-Tuvia in 1953, originally under the genus Lophenchelys. It is a subtropical, marine eel which is known from a single specimen collected from Israel, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Heterenchelyidae
Genus: Panturichthys
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Mediterranean endemic; known from the Levant and Aegean Sea.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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