Key worm eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ahlia D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1892 |
Species: | A. egmontis
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Binomial name | |
Ahlia egmontis (D. S. Jordan, 1884)
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Synonyms | |
Leptocephalus crenatus |
The key worm eel (Ahlia egmontis) is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Canada through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean islands to Brazil in reef environments.