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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Leiuranus |
Species: | L. semicinctus
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Binomial name | |
Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The saddled snake-eel (Leiuranus semicinctus, also known commonly as the halfbanded snake-eel, the banded snake eel, or the culverin [2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by George Tradescant Lay and Edward Turner Bennett in 1839, originally under the genus Ophisurus. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including East and South Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Mangaréva islands, Japan, and Australia. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 70 metres (0 to 230 ft), most often around 0 to 10 metres (0 to 33 ft), and inhabits lagoons and reefs, in which it forms burrows in beds of seagrass and sandy areas. Males can reach a maximum total length of 66 centimetres (2.17 ft). [3]
The saddled snake-eel's diet consists of fish, crabs, prawns, [3] and worms including Ptychodera. [5] Males and females rise to the surface of the water during spawning. [6]
Saddled 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: | Leiuranus |
Species: | L. semicinctus
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Binomial name | |
Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & Bennett, 1839)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The saddled snake-eel (Leiuranus semicinctus, also known commonly as the halfbanded snake-eel, the banded snake eel, or the culverin [2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by George Tradescant Lay and Edward Turner Bennett in 1839, originally under the genus Ophisurus. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific and southeastern Atlantic Ocean, including East and South Africa, the Hawaiian Islands, the Marquesan Islands, the Mangaréva islands, Japan, and Australia. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 70 metres (0 to 230 ft), most often around 0 to 10 metres (0 to 33 ft), and inhabits lagoons and reefs, in which it forms burrows in beds of seagrass and sandy areas. Males can reach a maximum total length of 66 centimetres (2.17 ft). [3]
The saddled snake-eel's diet consists of fish, crabs, prawns, [3] and worms including Ptychodera. [5] Males and females rise to the surface of the water during spawning. [6]