Heterenchelyidae

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.