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Bigfin snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. macrochir
Binomial name
Ophichthus macrochir
(Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophisurus macrochir Bleeker, 1853
  • Centrurophis macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)

The bigfin snake eel[2] (Ophichthus macrochir) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 0–25 metres, and inhabits sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 92 centimetres.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Synonyms of Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names for Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Bleeker, P., 1853 [ref. 339] Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 5): 1-62+ 63-76.