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String eel
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 (Gordiichthys leibyi) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and James Erwin Böhlke in 1984. 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 meters (121 to 236 ft), and inhabits mud and sand sediments.

References

  1. McCosker, J. (2015). "Gordiichthys leibyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199157A2564932. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199157A2564932.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  2. Common names of Gordiichthys leibyi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Gordiichthys leibyi at www.fishbase.org.
  4. McCosker, J. E. and J. E. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) 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.
Taxon identifiers
Gordiichthys leibyi


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