Ophichthus grandoculis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. grandoculis
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus grandoculis (Cantor, 1849)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Ophichthus grandoculis, known commonly as the snake-eel in Malaysia,[2] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Theodore Edward Cantor in 1849, originally under the genus Ophisurus.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Malaysia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Cantor, T. E., 1849 (Oct.-Dec.) [ref. 715] Catalogue of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2): i-xii 983-1443, Pls. 1-14.