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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Schultzidia |
Species: | S. johnstonensis
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Binomial name | |
Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz & Woods, 1949)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Johnston snake eel (Schultzidia johnstonensis), also known as the peppered worm eel in Micronesia and Hawaii [3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz and Loren Paul Woods in 1949. [5] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from the Indo-Pacific region, including the Chagos Islands, Hawaii, the Marquesan Islands, the Society Islands, Australia, and New Caledonia. It dwells at a depth range of 2–23 m, and inhabits sand sediments in coral reefs. It can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm. [4]
The Johnston snake eel's diet consists of crabs, prawns, and small finfish. [6]
Johnston 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: | Schultzidia |
Species: | S. johnstonensis
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Binomial name | |
Schultzidia johnstonensis (Schultz & Woods, 1949)
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Synonyms [2] | |
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The Johnston snake eel (Schultzidia johnstonensis), also known as the peppered worm eel in Micronesia and Hawaii [3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [4] It was described by Leonard Peter Schultz and Loren Paul Woods in 1949. [5] It is a marine, tropical eel, which is known from the Indo-Pacific region, including the Chagos Islands, Hawaii, the Marquesan Islands, the Society Islands, Australia, and New Caledonia. It dwells at a depth range of 2–23 m, and inhabits sand sediments in coral reefs. It can reach a maximum total length of 35 cm. [4]
The Johnston snake eel's diet consists of crabs, prawns, and small finfish. [6]