8 Species in Family Heterenchelyidae
Nominal species list for Heterenchelyidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
Panturichthys isognathus Poll, 1953
Panturichthys longus (Ehrenbaum, 1915) Slender shortfaced eel
Panturichthys mauritanicus Pellegrin, 1913 Mauritanian shortface eel
Pythonichthys asodes Rosenblatt & Rubinoff, 1972 Pacific mud eel
Pythonichthys macrurus (Regan, 1912) Longtailed shortfaced eel
Pythonichthys microphthalmus (Regan, 1912) Shorttailed shortfaced eel
Pythonichthys sanguineus Poey, 1868
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