Sooty eel explained

The sooty eel^[1] (Bascanichthys bascanium) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan in 1884, originally under the genus Caecula.^[3] 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 0mto27mm (00feetto89feetm). Males can reach a maximum total length of 70cm (30inches).^[2]

The sooty eel is preyed on by the Atlantic tripletail.^[4]

Notes and References

1. http://www.fishbase.org/comnames/CommonNamesList.php?ID=2637&GenusName=Bascanichthys&SpeciesName=bascanium&StockCode=2833 Common names of Bascanichthys bascanium
2. http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Bascanichthys-bascanium.html Bascanichthys bascanium
3. 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.
4. http://www.fishbase.org/TrophicEco/PredatorList.php?ID=2637&GenusName=Bascanichthys&SpeciesName=bascanium Organisms Preying on Bascanichthys bascanium