String eel

String eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Gordiichthys
Species: G. leibyi
Binomial name
Gordiichthys leibyi
McCosker & Böhlke, 1984

The String eel[1] (Gordiichthys leibyi) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central and northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including Florida, USA; Puerto Rico, and Canada. It dwells at a depth range of 37 to 72 metres (121 to 236 ft), and inhabits mud and sand sediments.[2]

References

  1. Common names of Gordiichthys leibyi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Gordiichthys leibyi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. McCosker, J. E. and J. E. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) [ref. 5316] A review of the snake eel genera Gordiichthys and Ethadophis, with descriptions of new species and comments on related Atlantic bascanichthyins (Pisces: Ophichthidae). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 136: 32-44.
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