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Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Echelus

Species: Echelus pachyrhynchus (Vaillant, 1888)

Climate Zone

  • bathydemersal

    • Location

  • Eastern Atlantic: Morocco to Angola, including Cape Verde. Recorded from central Namibia (Ref. 27121).

    • Biology

    Burrows in sand or mud on the continental shelf (Ref. 4455).

    Habitat

    bathydemersal

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless