Ahlia egmontis

Ahlia egmontis
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.

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