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Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859)

Description

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Ophichthidae

Genus: Echiophis

Species: Echiophis punctifer (Kaup, 1859)

Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Gulf of Mexico (Florida to Texas in USA) to Cuba; northern South America (Ref. 5217). Eastern Atlantic: Senegal to Angola (Ref. 4455).

    • Biology

    Burrows in sand or mud in shallow water of the continental shelf near bays and lagoons (Ref. 4455).

    Habitat

    associated