TAXONOMY ATLAS · LEVEL 04

Heterenchelyidae

Heterenchelyidae
Genera
2
Species
8

SPECIES INDEX

Species in this family

Browse all 8 published species in Heterenchelyidae.

8 published species in this family

Longtailed shortfaced eel (Pythonichthys macrurus)

Heterenchelyidae

Longtailed shortfaced eel

Pythonichthys macrurus
  • Marine
  • Up to 80 cm

Heterenchelyidae

Shorttailed shortfaced eel

Pythonichthys microphthalmus
  • Marine
  • Up to 50.5 cm
Pacific mud eel (Pythonichthys asodes)

Heterenchelyidae

Pacific mud eel

Pythonichthys asodes
  • Marine
  • Up to 47.2 cm

Heterenchelyidae

Mauritanian shortface eel

Panturichthys mauritanicus
  • Marine
  • Up to 84 cm
Fowler's Mud Eel (Panturichthys fowleri)

Heterenchelyidae

Fowler's Mud Eel

Panturichthys fowleri
  • Marine

Heterenchelyidae

Slender Mud Eel

Panturichthys isognathus
  • Marine
  • Up to 32.5 cm
Caribbean Mud Eel (Pythonichthys sanguineus)

Heterenchelyidae

Caribbean Mud Eel

Pythonichthys sanguineus
  • Marine
  • Up to 41.9 cm

Heterenchelyidae

Slender shortfaced eel

Panturichthys longus
  • Marine
  • Up to 149 cm