Benthenchelys pacificus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae,[2] described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1972, originally as a subspecies of Benthenchelys cartieri.[3] It is a marine, deep-water-dwelling eel known only from its type locality in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the pelagic zone.[2]
Benthenchelys pacificus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae, described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1972, originally as a subspecies of Benthenchelys cartieri. It is a marine, deep-water-dwelling eel known only from its type locality in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It inhabits the pelagic zone.
