''Benthenchelys indicus'' is an

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in the family

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,''Benthenchelys indicus''
at www.fishbase.org. described by

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in 1972, originally as a subspecies of ''

Benthenchelys cartieri ''Benthenchelys cartieri'' is an eel in the family Ophichthidae.''Benthenchelys ...

''.Castle, P. H. J., 1972

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''The eel genus Benthenchelys (Fam. Ophichthidae) in the Indo-Pacific.'' Dana Report No. 82: 1-32. It is a

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, deep-water-dwelling eel known only from its

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in the eastern

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. It inhabits the

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References

Ophichthidae Fish described in 1972 {{Ophichthidae-stub