Many-eyed snake-eel
| Many-eyed snake-eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus |
| Species: | O. polyophthalmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Many-eyed snake-eel (Ophichthus polyophthalmus, also known as the Large-spotted snake eel, the Manyeyed worm eel, the Ocellated worm eel, or the Yellow-spotted snake eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.[4] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa and the Hawaiian Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 2 to 25 metres (6.6 to 82.0 ft), and inhabits sand and rubble sediments near coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.5 centimetres (24.6 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus polyophthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Ophichthus polyophthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Ophichthus polyophthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Bleeker, P., 1864 [ref. 408] Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54.
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