Ahlia egmontis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ahlia D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1892 |
Species: | A. egmontis |
Binomial name | |
Ahlia egmontis (D. S. Jordan, 1884) |
Ahlia egmontis, or the Key worm eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of it's genus. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Canada through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean islands to Brazil occurring in reef environments.