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Strict snake eel

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Strict snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Xyrias
Species:
X. revulsus
Binomial name
Xyrias revulsus
Jordan & Snyder, 1901

The strict snake eel[1] (Xyrias revulsus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Japan, the Philippines, the China Sea, and South Africa. It dwells at a depth range of 146 to 209 metres (479 to 686 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 93 centimetres (37 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names of Xyrias revulsus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Xyrias revulsus at www.fishbase.org.


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