Heterenchelyidae

Mauritanian shortface eel

Panturichthys mauritanicus

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Marine fish
• Atlantic Ocean
• Africa
• Anguilliform
• Large
• Tropical fish

The Mauritanian shortface eel (Panturichthys mauritanicus) is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels). It was described by Jacques Pellegrin in 1913. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic Ocean, where it is distributed from Morocco to Guinea (including Mauritania, from which its species epithet and common name are derived).