Panturichthys
Sign in to savePanturichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters along the west coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to Morocco with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Israel. It contains the following described species:
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderAnguilliformes
- FamilyHeterenchelyidae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 17
- Family
- Heterenchelyidae
- Collections
- NHMUK, ZMUC
- Recorded in
- Western Sahara, Mauritania, N/A
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- Parent taxon
- Heterenchelyidae
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- taxon name
- Panturichthys
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Panturichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters along the west coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to Morocco with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Israel. It contains the following described species: Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953) Panturichthys isognathus Poll, 1953 Panturichthys longus (Ehrenbaum, 1915) Panturichthys mauritanicus Pellegrin, 1913 (Mauritanian shortface eel)
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