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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.
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.
The giant moray is carnivorous and nocturnal, hunting its prey within the reef. It is known to engage in cooperative hunting with the roving coral grouper ( Plectropomus pessuliferus ). [ 7 ] These two fish species are complementary hunters: While the eel hunts in the reef, it may scare prey up and out of the reef, leaving them to be eaten by ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 23 December 2024. Species of fish American eel Conservation status Endangered (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Anguilliformes Family: Anguillidae Genus: Anguilla Species: A. rostrata Binomial name Anguilla rostrata ...
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Moray eel. Moray eels, or Muraenidae (/ ˈ m ɒr eɪ, m ə ˈ r eɪ /), are a family of eels whose members are found worldwide. There are approximately 200 species in 15 genera which are almost exclusively marine, but several species are regularly seen in brackish water, and a few are found in fresh water.
A nightmarish sea creature caught off New South Wales, Australia, has ignited debate after a professional angler admitted he was baffled by it.. The snake-like creature appears to be a type of ...
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