Flappy 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: |
Phyllophichthus Gosline, 1951 |
Species: | P. xenodontus
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Binomial name | |
Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline, 1951
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Flappy snake-eel [2] (Phyllophichthus xenodontus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels), and the only species in the genus Phyllophichthus. [3] It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Society Islands, the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 8–30 metres, and inhabits reefs and inshore waters. It leads a benthic lifestyle, and forms burrows. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42 centimetres. [3]
Flappy 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: |
Phyllophichthus Gosline, 1951 |
Species: | P. xenodontus
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Binomial name | |
Phyllophichthus xenodontus Gosline, 1951
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Flappy snake-eel [2] (Phyllophichthus xenodontus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels), and the only species in the genus Phyllophichthus. [3] It was described by William Alonzo Gosline III in 1951. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Society Islands, the Caroline Islands and the Marshall Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 8–30 metres, and inhabits reefs and inshore waters. It leads a benthic lifestyle, and forms burrows. Males can reach a maximum total length of 42 centimetres. [3]