Atractodenchelys phrix, known under the common name "arrowtooth eel"Common names for Atractodenchelys phrix at www.fishbase.org. is an eel in the family Synaphobranchidae (cutthroat eels).Atractodenchelys phrix at www.fishbase.org. It was described by Catherine H. Robins and C. Richard Robins in 1970.Robins, C. H., and C. R. Robins, 1970 (31 Dec.) [ref. 3783] The eel family Dysommidae (including the Dysomminidae and Nettodaridae), its osteology and composition, including a new genus and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 122 (no. 6): 293-335. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from its type locality in the eastern Caribbean, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth range of 385–425 metres.
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