Caribbean Mud Eel

Pythonichthys sanguineus

Forty One Point Nine Centimeters Eel from Western Central Atlantic

Tropical
Regional distribution
Marine fish
Atlantic Ocean
Central America and the Caribbean
South America
Anguilliform
Medium
Tropical fish

Pythonichthys sanguineus is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels). It was described by Felipe Poey in 1868. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Suriname, in the western central Atlantic Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: True Eels
Family: Heterenchelyidae
Genus: Pythonichthys
Maximum length: 41.9 cm
Water: Marine
Body shape: anguilliform
Distribution: Western Central Atlantic: off Cuba, Puerto Rico, and Suriname.
Conservation status: LCLeast Concern

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