Longfin worm eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Myrophis |
Species: | M. anterodorsalis
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Binomial name | |
Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989
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The longfin worm eel [1] (Myrophis anterodorsalis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell within one meter of the surface. [2]
Longfin worm eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Myrophis |
Species: | M. anterodorsalis
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Binomial name | |
Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989
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The longfin worm eel [1] (Myrophis anterodorsalis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell within one meter of the surface. [2]