The sooty eelCommon names of Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org. (Bascanichthys bascanium) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org. It was described by David Starr Jordan in 1884, originally under the genus Caecula.Jordan, D. S., 1884 (22 Apr.) [ref. 10442] List of fishes from Egmont Key, Florida, in the Museum of Yale College, with description of two new species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 36: 42-46. It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from the western Atlantic Ocean, including North Carolina and Florida, USA, and the Gulf of Mexico. It dwells at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
The sooty eel is preyed on by the Atlantic tripletail.Organisms Preying on Bascanichthys bascanium at www.fishbase.org.
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