HETERENCHELYIDAE, Regan, 1912

Edwards, A. J., Gill, A. C. & Abohweyere, P. O., 2003, A revision of F. R. Irvine’s Ghanaian marine fishes in the collections of The Natural History Museum, London, Journal of Natural History 37 (18), pp. 2213-2267 : 2231-2232

HETERENCHELYIDAE

At least five species of heterenchelyid eels are known from the tropical eastern Atlantic, of which two, in the genus Pythonichthys and two in the genus Panturichthys are reported to occur in the Gulf of Guinea area (Poll, 1953; Blache, 1968). These eels grow to 0.5–1.5 m in length but are rarely caught and reported. A single Irvine

specimen, which Irvine did not mention in his book, was found in the Natural History Museum collections in London.