Panturichthys
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Panturichthys is a genus of eels of the family Heterenchelyidae that occur in tropical waters along the west coast of Africa
from the Gulf of Guinea
to Morocco
with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Isreal. It contains the following described species:
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
from the Gulf of Guinea
Gulf of Guinea
The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean between Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. The intersection of the Equator and Prime Meridian is in the gulf....
to Morocco
Morocco
Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...
with one species known from the eastern Mediterranean near Isreal. It contains the following described species:
- Panturichthys fowleri (Ben-Tuvia, 1953)
- Panturichthys isognathus PollMax PollMax Fernand Leon Poll was a Belgian ichthyologist who specialised in Cichlidae.In the years 1946 and 1947 he organised an expedition to Lake Tanganyika....
, 1953 - Panturichthys longus (EhrenbaumErnst EhrenbaumErnst M. E. Ehrenbaum was a German biologist and oceanographer.Ehrenbaum was born in Perleberg, Province of Brandenburg, Prussia. He died in Marburg an der Lahn.- Literary works :...
, 1915) - Panturichthys mauritanicus PellegrinJacques PellegrinJacques Pellegrin was a French zoologist.Pellegrin was born in Paris, and studied natural history. In 1894 he became assistant chairman of zoology at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, replacing Léon Vaillant .He got his doctorates in medicine and science...
, 1913 (Mauritanian shortface eel)