Benthenchelys pacificus
Species of fish
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Benthenchelys pacificus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae,[3] described by Peter Henry John Castle in 1972, originally as a subspecies of Benthenchelys cartieri.[4] 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.[3]
| Benthenchelys pacificus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Benthenchelys |
| Species: | B. pacificus |
| Binomial name | |
| Benthenchelys pacificus Castle, 1972 | |
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