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Evermann's snake eel






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Evermann's snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. lithinus
Binomial name
Ophichthus lithinus

(D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908)

Synonyms[1]
  • Leiuranus lithinus Jordan & Richardson, 1908
  • Ophichthus evermanni Jordan & Richardson, 1909
  • Ophichthys evermani (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)

The Evermann's snake eel[2] (Ophichthus lithinus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits inshore soft bottoms.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Synonyms of Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
  • ^ Common names for Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
  • ^ a b Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
  • ^ Jordan, D. S. and R. E. Richardson, 1908 (16 Dec.) [ref. 2492] Fishes from islands of the Philippine Archipelago. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907): 233-287.


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