| Sooty eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Bascanichthys |
| Species: | B. bascanium |
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| Bascanichthys bascanium (Jordan, 1884) | |
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The sooty eel (Bascanichthys bascanium) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). 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. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 27 metres (0 to 89 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 70 centimetres (2.3 ft).
The sooty eel is preyed on by the Atlantic tripletail.
References
- Synonyms of Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names of Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
- Jordan, D. S., 1884 (22 Apr.) List of fishes from Egmont Key, Florida, in the Museum of Yale College, with description of two new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 36: 42-46.
- Organisms Preying on Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
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| Bascanichthys bascanium | |
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