Short-maned Sand Eel

Phaenomonas longissima

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Africa
South America
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Phaenomonas longissima, also known as the short-maned sand eel in St. Helena, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Jean Cadenat and Émile Marchal in 1963, originally under the genus Callechelys.

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