Evermann's snake eel
| Evermann's snake eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus |
| Species: | O. lithinus
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| Ophichthus lithinus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908)
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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]- ^ 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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