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Aplatophis chauliodus, the fangtooth snake-eel, also known as the tusky eel in Cuba and the United States, [1] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. [2] It was described by James Erwin Böhlke in 1956. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including the Gulf of Mexico and French Guiana.
This anguillid species can be found from East Africa to French Polynesia and as far north as southern Japan. [2] [3] [5] In Africa, it may be found within Mozambique and the lower Zambezi River. [2] The giant mottled eel has the widest distribution of all the Anguilla eels. [3] [6] It is usually found in tropical climates between 24°N to 33°S ...
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Based on collections of their small leptocephalus larvae, the American conger eel has been found to spawn in the southwestern Sargasso Sea, close to the spawning areas of the Atlantic freshwater eels. "Conger" or "conger eel" is sometimes included in the common names of species of the family Congridae, including members of this genus.
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Beach at about 16:30 GMT on Tuesday. Coral Smith, marine awareness engagement officer for the trust, said conger eels were "very common" along Devon's coastline and were found dead on beaches ...
The giant leptocephalus (Coloconger giganteus) is a species of eel in the family Notacanthidae (spiny eels). [1] It was first described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1959. [ 2 ] [ a ] It is a marine , deep-water dwelling eel which is distributed worldwide.
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