Description

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Vertebrae: 148 - 152. Absence of raised platform between tubular anterior nostrils and median crease of the snout's underside. No teeth on anterior intermaxillary and vomerine. Anal fin present (Ref. 27478).

Common Names

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Hadař širokobřichý , Czech , Czechia

Onestripe eel , English , Bahamas

Stripe Eel , English , Cuba

Stripe eel , English , USA

Stripe eel , English , Global

Triipangerjas , Estonian , Estonia

Tieso picuo , Spanish , Venezuela

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Aprognathodon

Species: Aprognathodon platyventris Böhlke, 1967

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Central Atlantic: Florida Keys, USA and Bahamas to Venezuela.

Biology

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Found over shallow sandy bottoms with clear water (Ref. 5217).

Habitat

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associated