Species: Linkenchelys multipora, Many-pored Cutthroat Eel
center roof mouth: 1 row teeth
large pectoral
Linkenchelys multipora Smith, 1989
Many-pored Cutthroat Eel
Body moderately elongate, strongly compressed; head and snout moderate, pointed; tip of snout fleshy, with longitudinal folds; large eyes; front nostril tubular; rear nostril a half-moon opening just above top lip, covered from above with a skin flap; mouth ends well behind eye; top jaw projects; jaw teeth long, slender, in narrow bands, inner teeth larger; no patch of teeth between top jaws; central roof of mouth with 1 row of 8 slender teeth; lower jaw with 2-4 rows of teeth; pectoral fin well developed; dorsal fin origin closer to anus than to gill opening; lateral line consists of 4-5 pores high above gill area.
Preserved fish pale brown, edges of dorsal and anal fins black
Reaches 8.2 cm
Depth range 238-247 m
Lives on soft bottoms.
The Bahamas to the southern Caribbean
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- Salinity
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- Marine
- Marine Only
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom
- Bottom only
- Habitat
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- Sand & gravel
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Soft bottom only
- Reef associated (reef + edges-water column & soft bottom)
- FishBase Habitat
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- Reef Associated
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- Data
- Diet
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- Data
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- Octopus/squid/cuttlefish
- Egg Type
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- Data
- Pelagic
- Pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Greater Caribbean endemic
- West Atlantic Endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- GC endemic
- Island (s)
- Island (s) only
- All species
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Equatorial (0-10N, Costa Rica / Venezuela)
- Subtropical (23-35N, Florida / Carolinas / Bermuda)
- IUCN Red List
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- Not evaluated / Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 8.2
- Depth Range Min
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- 238
- Depth Range Max
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- 247
