Benthenchelys - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Benthenchelys is a genus of deep sea eel

Eel

Eels are an order of fish, which consists of four suborders, 20 families, 111 genera and approximately 800 species. Most eels are predators...

s in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:

Benthenchelys cartieri Fowler
Henry Weed Fowler
Henry Weed Fowler was an American zoologist born in Holmesburg, Pennsylvania.He studied at Stanford University under David Starr Jordan...

, 1934
Benthenchelys indicus Castle, 1972
Benthenchelys pacificus Castle, 1972

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