| Echelus pachyrhynchus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Echelus |
| Species: | E. pachyrhynchus |
| Binomial name | |
| Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888) | |
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Echelus pachyrhynchus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Léon Vaillant in 1888. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, including Morocco, Angola, Cape Verde, and Namibia. It dwells at a depth range of 200–500 m (660–1,640 ft), and inhabits burrows in mud or sand on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 48.5 cm (19.1 in).
Echelus pachyrhynchus feeds primarily on bony fish.
References
- Tighe, K. (2015). "Echelus pachyrhynchus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T199314A2581715. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T199314A2581715.en. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Echelus pachyrhynchus". FishBase. November 2024 version.
- Vaillant, L. L., 1888 Expéditions scientifiques du "Travailleur" et du "Talisman" pendant les années 1880, 1881, 1882, 1883. Poissons. Paris. 1-406, Pls. 1-28.
- Food items reported for Echelus pachyrhynchus at www.fishbase.org.
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