diminutive worm eel

Pseudomyrophis fugesae

Temperate
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Anguilliform
Temperate fish

The Diminutive worm eel (Pseudomyrophis fugesae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Pseudomyrophis
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Atlantic.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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