Fringe-lipped worm-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Schultzidia |
Species: | S. retropinnis
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Binomial name | |
Schultzidia retropinnis (
Fowler, 1934)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Fringe-lipped worm-eel [2] (Schultzidia retropinnis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Taratara Island, Samar Island, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Solomon Island. It dwells at a maximum depth of 48 metres (157 ft), and inhabits benthic sand sediments in coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in). [3]
Fringe-lipped worm-eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Schultzidia |
Species: | S. retropinnis
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Binomial name | |
Schultzidia retropinnis (
Fowler, 1934)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Fringe-lipped worm-eel [2] (Schultzidia retropinnis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Taratara Island, Samar Island, the Philippines, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia and Solomon Island. It dwells at a maximum depth of 48 metres (157 ft), and inhabits benthic sand sediments in coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in). [3]