The longtailed shortfaced eel[2] (Pythonichthys macrurus) is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels).[3] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912, originally under the genus Heterenchelys.[1] It is a tropical, marine 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.[3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Heterenchelyidae |
| Genus: | Pythonichthys |
| Species: | P. macrurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Pythonichthys macrurus (Regan, 1912)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ a b Synonyms of Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Pythonichthys macrurus at www.fishbase.org.
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