FISH ATLASGLOBAL FISH ENCYCLOPEDIA

Real photoREAL PHOTO

Photo not available

← Back to catalog

Heterenchelyidae

Slender shortfaced eel

Panturichthys longus

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Marine fish
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Africa
  • Anguilliform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish
Maximum length
149 cm
Water
Marine
Body shape
anguilliform
Distribution
Eastern Atlantic: Gulf of Guinea from Benin to Angola.
Conservation status
LCLeast Concern
Report a correction

RELATED SPECIES

Fowler's Mud Eel (Panturichthys fowleri) Fowler's Mud EelPanturichthys fowleri Slender Mud EelPanturichthys isognathus Mauritanian shortface eelPanturichthys mauritanicus Pacific mud eel (Pythonichthys asodes) Pacific mud eelPythonichthys asodes Longtailed shortfaced eel (Pythonichthys macrurus) Longtailed shortfaced eelPythonichthys macrurus Caribbean Mud Eel (Pythonichthys sanguineus) Caribbean Mud EelPythonichthys sanguineus Shorttailed shortfaced eelPythonichthys microphthalmus Starry triggerfish (Abalistes stellatus) Starry triggerfishAbalistes stellatus

Generating…