Molo 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: | Hemerorhinus |
Species: | H. heyningi
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Binomial name | |
Hemerorhinus heyningi (Weber, 1913)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Molo snake eel [2] (Hemerorhinus heyningi) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the Indo-Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 69 to 91 metres (226 to 299 ft), and inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in). [3]
Molo 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: | Hemerorhinus |
Species: | H. heyningi
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Binomial name | |
Hemerorhinus heyningi (Weber, 1913)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The Molo snake eel [2] (Hemerorhinus heyningi) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Indonesia, in the Indo-Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 69 to 91 metres (226 to 299 ft), and inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 11.5 centimetres (4.5 in). [3]