The longtailed shortfaced eelCommon names for ''Pythonichthys macrurus''
at www.fishbase.org. (''Pythonichthys macrurus'') is an eel in the family

Heterenchelyidae The Heterenchelyidae or mud eels are a small family of eels native to the Atlantic, Mediterranean, and eastern Pacific. Heterenchelyids are bottom-dwelling fish adapted to burrowing into soft mud. They have large mouths and no pectoral fin F ...

(mud eels).''Pythonichthys macrurus''
at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912, originally under the genus '' Heterenchelys''. It is a tropical,

marine Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean. Marine or marines may refer to: Ocean * Maritime (disambiguation) * Marine art * Marine biology * Marine debris * Marine habitats * Marine life * Marine pollution Military * ...

eel which is known from coastal waters ranging from Sierra Leone to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 80 centimetres.

References

Heterenchelyidae Fish described in 1912 {{Anguilliformes-stub