Faintsaddled 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: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. hyposagmatus
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus hyposagmatus
J. E. McCosker &
E. B. Böhlke, 1984
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The faintsaddled snake eel [1] (Ophichthus hyposagmatus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by John E. McCosker and Eugenia Brandt Böhlke in 1984. [3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 108 meters. [2]
Faintsaddled 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: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. hyposagmatus
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus hyposagmatus
J. E. McCosker &
E. B. Böhlke, 1984
|
The faintsaddled snake eel [1] (Ophichthus hyposagmatus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by John E. McCosker and Eugenia Brandt Böhlke in 1984. [3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 108 meters. [2]