Biology:Key worm eel
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Short description: Species of fish
| Key worm eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Actinopterygii |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Anguilliformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Ophichthidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Ahlia D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1892 |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">A. egmontis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ahlia egmontis (D. S. Jordan, 1884)
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Leptocephalus crenatus | |
The key worm eel (Ahlia egmontis) 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 from Canada through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean islands to Brazil in reef environments.
References
- ↑ McCosker, J. (2015). "Ahlia egmontis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN) 2015: e.T199311A2581219. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T199311A2581219.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/199311/0. Retrieved 23 December 2017.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Ahlia egmontis" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
External links
- Photos of Key worm eel on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q2683904 entry
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