Phaenomonas longissima

Phaenomonas longissima
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Phaenomonas
Species: P. longissima
Binomial name
Phaenomonas longissima
(Cadenat & Marchal, 1963)
Synonyms[1]
  • Callechelys longissimus Cadenat & Marchal, 1963
  • Bascanichthys longissimus (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963)
  • Phaenomonas longissimus (Cadenat & Marchal, 1963)
  • Sphagebranchus foresti Cadenat & Roux, 1964
  • Apterichtus foresti (Cadenat & Roux, 1964)
  • Ethadophis foresti (Cadenat & Roux, 1964)
  • Microrhynchus foresti (Cadenat & Roux, 1964)
  • Phaenomonas foresti (Cadenat & Roux, 1964)
  • Microrhynchus epinepheli Blache & Bauchot, 1972
  • Apterichtus epinepheli (Blache & Bauchot, 1972)
  • Ethadophis epinepheli (Blache & Bauchot, 1972)
  • Phaenomonas epinepheli (Blache & Bauchot, 1972)
  • Apterichtus epinephili (Blache & Bauchot, 1972)

Phaenomonas longissima, also known as the Short-maned sand eel in St. Helena,[2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Jean Cadenat and Émile Marchal in 1963, originally under the genus Callechelys.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Atlantic Ocean, including Ascension Island, St. Helena, Brazil, Senegal, Ghana, and Cape Verde. It dwells at a depth range of 25 to 35 metres (82 to 115 ft), and forms burrows in sand and mud sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 50 centimetres (20 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Phaenomonas longissima at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Phaenomonas longissima at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Phaenomonas longissima at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Cadenat, J. and E. Marchal, 1963 (Oct.) [ref. 4333] Résultats des campagnes océanographiques de la Reine-Pokou aux îles Sainte-Hélène et Ascension. Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 25 (no. 4): 1235-1315, 51 unnumbered pls.
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