Leptenchelys
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Leptenchelys | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Leptenchelys G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941 |
Species: | L. vermiformis
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Binomial name | |
Leptenchelys vermiformis G. S. Myers & Wade, 1941
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Leptenchelys vermiformis, or the slender worm-eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found only in the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Costa Rica.
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Leptenchelys vermiformis" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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