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bobtail Eel (Cyema atrum)
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Cyematidae

bobtail Eel

Cyema atrum

Fifteen Centimeters Eel

  • Southern Hemisphere
  • Transcontinental
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Indian Ocean
  • Pacific Ocean
  • Africa
  • Central America and the Caribbean
  • North America
  • Oceania
  • South America
  • Anguilliform
  • Medium

bobtail Eel is a marine fish from Circumglobal in all oceans. It inhabits marine waters. Records give a maximum length of 15 cm.

Genus
Cyema
Maximum length
15 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Circumglobal in all oceans. Eastern Atlantic: Gibraltar to the Azores and Madeira; South Africa (Ref. 6593 ). Eastern Indian Ocean: Australia (Ref. 7300 ). Southwest Pacific: New Zealand (Ref. 5755 ). Eastern Pacific: Oregon, USA to Panama (Ref. 35598 ), and Chile (Ref. 9068 ).
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern

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