Facciolella equatorialis: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Anguilliformes
- Family
- Nettastomatidae
- Genus
- Facciolella
- Species
- Facciolella equatorialis
- Scientific Name
- Facciolella equatorialis
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Dogface witch eel
The dogface witch eel (Facciolella equatorialis) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels). It was described by Charles Henry Gilbert in 1891. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including Point Conception, California; Panama, Guadalupe, and the Galapagos Islands. The fish is known to dwell at an approximate depth of 734 meters. Males can reach a maximum total length of 90 centimetres.
The color is uniformly brown.
The dogface witch eel's diet consists primarily of small deep-water crustaceans. To humans, it is considered harmless.
...Facciolella equatorialis in languages:
- Czech
- štíhlohlavec ekvádorský
- English
- Dogface Witch Eel
- English
- Dogface Witch-eel
- Russian
- Фасциолелла Гильберта
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