The slender sorcererCommon names of Saurenchelys cancrivora at www.fishbase.org. (Saurenchelys cancrivora) is an eel in the family Nettastomatidae (duckbill/witch eels).Saurenchelys cancrivora at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1864.Peters, W. (C. H.), 1864 [ref. 3437] Über einige neue Säugethiere ... Amphibien ... und Fische ... Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1864: 381-399. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern Atlantic and Indian Ocean, including the River Congo and the Mediterranean. It dwells at a depth range of . Males can reach a maximum total length of .
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