Shorthead snake-eel

Shorthead snake-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. marginatus
Binomial name
Ophichthus marginatus
(Peters, 1855)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophiurus marginatus Peters, 1855

The Shorthead snake-eel[2] (Ophichthus marginatus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Wilhelm Peters in 1855, originally under the genus Ophiurus.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Indian Ocean, including Aldabra and Mozambique. Its range was once reported to include Knysna, South Africa, but the specimen on which this claim was based has disappeared. Males can reach a maximum total length of 47 centimetres (19 in).[3]

See also

Snakes

Eels

Electric eel

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus marginatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Ophichthus marginatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Ophichthus marginatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Peters, W. (C. H.), 1855 [ref. 3449] Übersicht der in Mossambique beobachteten Seefische. Monatsberichte der Königlichen Preuss[ischen] Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 1855: 428-466.


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