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Phaenomonas pinnata Myers & Wade, 1941

Elastic eel
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Mexico country information

Common names: Elastic eel, Tieso elástico, Tieso elástico
Occurrence: native
Salinity: marine
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Gulf of California and southern tip of Baja California (Ref. 96339).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/mx.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: McCosker, J.E. and R.H. Rosenblatt, 1995
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Anguilliformes (Eels and morays) > Ophichthidae (Snake eels) > Ophichthinae
Etymology: Phaenomonas: Greek, phaino = to shine + Greek, monas = alone.
  More on authors: Myers & Wade.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; demersal; depth range 1 - 50 m (Ref. 96339).   Tropical; 27°N - 1°S

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