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Diagnostic Description

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Brown or black head with white markings; cream-colored body and tail, with a broad mid-lateral stripe running the entire length of the body; white dorsal fin. No anal fin. Anterior nostril hole without raised rim. Suborbital pores 4 (Ref. 27478).
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Estelita Emily Capuli
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Morphology

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Vertebrae: 157 - 164
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Biology

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Taken at depth between 0-1 m over a rock tide pool and sand bottom.
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Letharchus aliculatus

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Letharchus aliculatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by John E. McCosker in 1974.[2] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Brazil in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 0 to 1 metre (0.0 to 3.3 ft), and inhabit sand sediments and rock tides. Males can reach a maximum total length of 21.5 centimetres (8.5 in).[1]

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  1. ^ a b Letharchus aliculatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ McCosker, J. E., 1974 (18 Oct.) [ref. 2933] A revision of the ophichthid eel genus Letharchus. Copeia 1974 (no. 3): 619-629.
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Letharchus aliculatus: Brief Summary

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Letharchus aliculatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker in 1974. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Brazil in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 0 to 1 metre (0.0 to 3.3 ft), and inhabit sand sediments and rock tides. Males can reach a maximum total length of 21.5 centimetres (8.5 in).

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