Panturichthys
| Panturichthys | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Heterenchelyidae |
| Genus: | Panturichthys Pellegrin, 1913 |
Panturichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters along the west coast of Africa from the Gulf of Guinea to Morocco with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Israel. It contains the following described species:
- Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
- Panturichthys isognathus Poll, 1953
- Panturichthys longus (Ehrenbaum, 1915)
- Panturichthys mauritanicus Pellegrin, 1913 (Mauritanian shortface eel)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Panturichthys in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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