Biology:Caralophia

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Caralophia loxochila
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Caralophia
J. E. Böhlke, 1955
Species:
C. loxochila
Binomial name
Caralophia loxochila
J. E. Böhlke, 1955

Caralophia loxochila, the Slantlip eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean in shallow waters around the Florida Keys, Bahamas and Brazil .

References

Wikidata ☰ Q2115153 entry