Bluntnose snake eel | |
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Ophichthus apicalis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. apicalis
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
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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]
Bluntnose snake eel | |
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Ophichthus apicalis | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. apicalis
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
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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]