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Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Description

With arched jaws that touch only at their tips when mouth is closed (Ref. 26938).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Anguilliformes

Family: Muraenidae

Genus: Enchelycore

Species: Enchelycore nigricans (Bonnaterre, 1788)

Climate Zone

  • Subtropical

    • Location

  • Western Atlantic: Bermuda, southern Florida (USA) and the Bahamas to northern South America, including the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean (Ref. 3255). Eastern Atlantic: Cape Verde and from Senegal to Gabon; including St. Paul's Rocks (Ref. 13121) and the islands of Bay of Biafra (Ref. 4450). Also southern Atlantic islands (Ref. 26938).

    • Biology

    A benthic and solitary species (Ref. 26340) common on shallow reefs and along rocky shores. Caught incidentally and consumed fresh or salted in some localities (Ref. 3255).

    Habitat

    associated

    Conservation Status

    Least Concern

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless