Benthenchelys pacificus

Benthenchelys pacificus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae,[2] described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1972, originally as a subspecies of Benthenchelys cartieri.[3] It is a marine, deep-water-dwelling eel known only from its type locality in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the pelagic zone.[2]

Benthenchelys pacificus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Anguilliformes
Family:
Ophichthidae
Genus:
Benthenchelys
Species:
B. pacificus
Binomial name
Benthenchelys pacificus
Castle, 1972
Synonyms[1]
  • Benthenchelys cartieri pacificus Castle, 1972

References
  1. Synonyms of Benthenchelys pacificus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Benthenchelys pacificus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Castle, P. H. J., 1972 [ref. 6968] The eel genus Benthenchelys (Fam. Ophichthidae) in the Indo-Pacific. Dana Report No. 82: 1-32.


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