Sooty Eel
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Scientific name | Bascanichthys bascanium |
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Phylum | Chordata |
Order | Eel |
Rank | Species |
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ID | 2308945 |
About Sooty Eel
The sooty eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan in 1884, originally under the genus Caecula. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina and Florida, USA, and the Gulf of Mexico.