Aprognathodon
Appearance
Aprognathodon platyventris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Aprognathodon J. E. Böhlke, 1967 |
Species: | A. platyventris
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Binomial name | |
Aprognathodon platyventris J. E. Böhlke, 1967
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The stripe eel (Aprognathodon platyventris) is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of the genus Aprognathodon . It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from the Florida Keys through the Caribbean islands to Venezuela in reef environments.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Aprognathodon platyventris". FishBase. June 2011 version.