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Sailfin Eels
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Sailfin Eels

Letharchus

Letharchus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:

Letharchus aliculatus McCosker, 1974

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species

American Sailfin Eel

speciesLetharchus velifer

Black Sailfin Eel

speciesLetharchus rosenblatti

Letharchus aliculatus

speciesLetharchus aliculatus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89484.