Description

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Pale tan with scattered tiny spots. Mature individuals darker, with red-brown band at back of head. Dorsal fin origin above or behind anus (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

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Hadař egmontský , Czech , Czechia

Key worm eel , English , Bahamas

Key worm eel , English , Barbados

Key Worm Eel , English , Cuba

Key worm eel , English , Puerto Rico

Key worm eel , English , USA

Key worm eel , English , Global

Worm eel , English , Cuba

Ahlia , Estonian , Estonia

大眼阿尔鳗 , Mandarin Chinese , China

大眼阿爾鰻 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Enguia , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Moréia , Portuguese (Latin) , Brazil

Safío de llave , Spanish , Cuba

Safio Deilave , Spanish , Cuba

Tieso amarillo , Spanish , Venezuela

Tieso de cayo , Spanish , Mexico

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Ahlia

Species: Ahlia egmontis (Jordan, 1884)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Atlantic: Florida (USA), Bahamas, and northern Gulf of Mexico to Brazil. Northwest Atlantic: Canada.

Biology

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Inhabits seagrass beds from bays and mangroves to offshore reefs. Adults move to open sea to spawn.

Habitat

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associated