Heterenchelyidae

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Heterenchelyidae is a family of eels within the order Anguilliformes, commonly known as mud eels, characterized by their elongated bodies and burrowing habits in soft substrates.

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Label Occurrences
Heterenchelyidae canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (25)

Predicate Object
instanceOf eel family
fish family
taxon
belongsToClass Actinopterygii
belongsToKingdom Animalia
belongsToPhylum Chordata
commonName mud eels
hasBehavior burrowing into substrate
hasBodyShape eel-like
hasCharacteristic burrowing habit
elongated body
hasCommonNameType mud eels
hasEcologicalNiche infaunal burrower
hasHabitat coastal waters
marine environment
hasLifestyle benthic
hasMorphology elongated cylindrical body
hasSkeletonType bony fish
isEelFamily true
isVertebrate true
order Anguilliformes
parentTaxon Anguilliformes
taxonRank family
typicalSubstrate mud
soft sediment

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Anguilliformes includes Heterenchelyidae