Key worm eel
Species of fish
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The key worm eel (Ahlia egmontis) is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the western Atlantic Ocean from Canada through the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean islands to Brazil in reef environments.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrophinae |
| Genus: | Ahlia D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1892 |
| Species: | A. egmontis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ahlia egmontis (D. S. Jordan, 1884) | |
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