Ophichthus pullus | |
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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. pullus
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus pullus
J. E. McCosker, 2005
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Ophichthus pullus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [1] It was co-discovered by John E. McCosker and Ian Moore in 2005. [2] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Angola and Guinea-Bissau, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 106 to 154 metres (348 to 505 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 58.5 centimetres (23.0 in). [1]
The species epithet "pullus" means "dark coloured" in Latin, and refers to the eel's colouring. [1]
Ophichthus pullus | |
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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. pullus
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus pullus
J. E. McCosker, 2005
|
Ophichthus pullus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [1] It was co-discovered by John E. McCosker and Ian Moore in 2005. [2] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Angola and Guinea-Bissau, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 106 to 154 metres (348 to 505 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 58.5 centimetres (23.0 in). [1]
The species epithet "pullus" means "dark coloured" in Latin, and refers to the eel's colouring. [1]