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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Myrichthys |
Species: | M. pantostigmius
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Binomial name | |
Myrichthys pantostigmius
Jordan & McGregor, 1898
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The Clarion snake eel [1] (Myrichthys pantostigmius) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Ernest Alexander McGregor in 1898. [3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. [2] [4] It inhabits shallow waters - at a maximum depth of 20 metres - and is found around rocks and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 49.4 centimetres. [2]
In 2010, due to a lack of known threats and a lack of observed population decline, the Clarion snake eel was listed in the IUCN redlist as Least Concern. [4]
Clarion snake eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Myrichthys |
Species: | M. pantostigmius
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Binomial name | |
Myrichthys pantostigmius
Jordan & McGregor, 1898
|
The Clarion snake eel [1] (Myrichthys pantostigmius) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Ernest Alexander McGregor in 1898. [3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from Mexico, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. [2] [4] It inhabits shallow waters - at a maximum depth of 20 metres - and is found around rocks and sand. Males can reach a maximum total length of 49.4 centimetres. [2]
In 2010, due to a lack of known threats and a lack of observed population decline, the Clarion snake eel was listed in the IUCN redlist as Least Concern. [4]