Xyrias guineensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Xyrias |
Species: | X. guineensis
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Binomial name | |
Xyrias guineensis (
Blache, 1975)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Xyrias guineensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Jacques Blache in 1975, originally under the genus Ophisurus. [3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Pointe Noire, Congo, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 300 metres (980 ft), and inhabits burrows formed in sand and mud sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 63.6 centimetres (25.0 in). [2]
Xyrias guineensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Xyrias |
Species: | X. guineensis
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Binomial name | |
Xyrias guineensis (
Blache, 1975)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Xyrias guineensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Jacques Blache in 1975, originally under the genus Ophisurus. [3] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Pointe Noire, Congo, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 300 metres (980 ft), and inhabits burrows formed in sand and mud sediments on the continental shelf. Males can reach a maximum total length of 63.6 centimetres (25.0 in). [2]