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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.
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.
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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Long Island Sound is a large marine estuary in the Northeastern United States. It forms the maritime border between the states of New York and Connecticut.It is diverse and serves as a breeding ground to many different types of marine animal species; the following is a list of said species by scientific and/or common name.
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Growing presence nearer to New York City. [19] Sand tiger shark (Carcharias taurus) New York Harbor is an important nursery for the babies. [citation needed] Scalloped hammerhead (Sphyrna lewini). Mature females grow to about 13 feet long. This species is rarely aggressive and mostly bites out of fear.