Bluntnose snake-eel
| Bluntnose snake-eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus |
| Species: | O. apicalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The bluntnose snake-eel (Ophichthus apicalis, also known commonly as the pointed-tail snake-eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm or snake eels).[3] The author of the species is anonymous, but it has been referred to Edward Turner Bennett in 1830.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines. It dwells at a maximum depth of 22 m, but also frequents shores. Males can reach a maximum total length of 45 cm.[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names for Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Anonymous [Bennett], E. T. 1830 [ref. 259] Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694. In: Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow [Lady Stamford Raffles]. John Murray, London. 701 pp.
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