Vulture sand eel
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vulture-sand-eel-315-10865307
title:
Vulture sand eel
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The Vulture sand eel is an eel in the family Ophichthidae. It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916, originally under the genus Sphagebranchus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Mascarenes, Pitcairn, Japan, Australia, Micronesia, and Easter Island. It dwells in inshore waters at a depth range of 2 to 18 metres, and forms burrows in soft, sandy sediments. The Vulture sand eel's diet consists of bony fish.
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Species of fish
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulture_sand_eel
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2023-04-15T21:50:38Z
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