Shorttailed shortfaced eel
The shorttailed shortfaced eel is an eel in the family Heterenchelyidae. It was described by Charles [Tate Regan] in 1912, originally under the genus Heterenchelys. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mauritania to Angola, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It typically dwells at a depth range of 40–150 metres. Males can reach a maximum total length of 50.5 centimetres.