Sooty Eel
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| Scientific name | Bascanichthys bascanium |
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| Phylum | Chordata |
| Order | Eel |
| Rank | Species |
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| ID | 2308945 |
About Sooty Eel
The sooty eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by David Starr Jordan in 1884, originally under the genus Caecula. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina and Florida, USA, and the Gulf of Mexico.