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
Maximum length: 50 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Atlantic Ocean: rarely known from the islands of St. Helena and Ascension and Brazil (Ref. 54133 ); also in Ghana, Senegal and Cape Verde (Ref. 94547 ).
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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