Manetail 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: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. urolophus
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus urolophus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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The manetail snake eel [2] (Ophichthus urolophus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846, originally under the genus Conger. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. It inhabits deep waters, but is found in muddy sediments in shallow waters on rare occasions. Males can reach a maximum total length of 61.5 centimetres (24.2 in). [3]
The manetail snake eel's diet consists of benthic invertebrates. [5]
Manetail 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: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. urolophus
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus urolophus | |
Synonyms [1] | |
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The manetail snake eel [2] (Ophichthus urolophus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [3] It was described by Coenraad Jacob Temminck and Hermann Schlegel in 1846, originally under the genus Conger. [4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. It inhabits deep waters, but is found in muddy sediments in shallow waters on rare occasions. Males can reach a maximum total length of 61.5 centimetres (24.2 in). [3]
The manetail snake eel's diet consists of benthic invertebrates. [5]