Ophichthus brevicaudatus

Ophichthus brevicaudatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Ophichthidae
Genus:Ophichthus
Species: O. brevicaudatus
Binomial name
Ophichthus brevicaudatus
Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophichthys brevicaudatus Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981

Ophichthus brevicaudatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Chu Yuan-Ting, Wu Han-Lin and Jin Xin-Bo in 1981.[3] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from its type locality in the Taiwan Strait, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[2]

References

  1. Synonyms of Ophichthus brevicaudatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Ophichthus brevicaudatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Chu, Y.-T. , H.-L. Wu and X.-B. Jin, 1981 (Mar.) [ref. 21250] Four new species of the families Ophichthyidae and Neenchelidae. Journal of Fisheries of China v. 5 (no. 1): 21-27.


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