Echelus pachyrhynchus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Echelus |
Species: | E. pachyrhynchus
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Binomial name | |
Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Echelus pachyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Léon Vaillant in 1888. [3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Morocco, Angola, Cape Verde, and Namibia. It dwells at a depth range of 200–500 metres, and inhabits burrows in mud or sand on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 48.5 centimetres. [2]
Echelus pachyrhynchus feeds primarily on bony fish. [4]