The shorttailed shortfaced eelCommon names for Pythonichthys microphthalmus at www.fishbase.org. (Pythonichthys microphthalmus) is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae (mud eels).Pythonichthys microphthalmus at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1912, originally under the genus Heterenchelys.Regan, C. T., 1912 (1 Sept.) [ref. 3647] Description of two new eels from West Africa, belonging to a new genus and family. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 8) v. 10 (no. 57): 323-324. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mauritania to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It typically dwells at a depth range of 40–150 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 50.5 centimetres.
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