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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Muraenichthys |
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M. thompsoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Muraenichthys thompsoni Jordan & Richardson, 1908 | |
The Thompson's snake eel[1] (Muraenichthys thompsoni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Vietnam, Australia, and the Philippines.[2]
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