Many-eyed snake-eel

Many-eyed snake-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Anguilliformes
Family:Ophichthidae
Genus:Ophichthus
Species: O. polyophthalmus
Binomial name
Ophichthus polyophthalmus
Bleeker, 1864
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophichthys polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1864
  • Ophichtchys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864
  • Ophichthys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864
  • Ophichtys polyophtalmus Bleeker, 1864

The many-eyed snake-eel (Ophichthus polyophthalmus, also known as the large-spotted snake eel, the manyeyed worm eel, the ocellated worm eel, or the yellow-spotted snake eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864.[4] It is a tropical, marine and freshwater-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including East Africa and the Hawaiian Islands. It dwells at a depth range of 2 to 25 metres (6.6 to 82.0 ft), and inhabits sand and rubble sediments near coral reefs. Males can reach a maximum total length of 62.5 centimetres (24.6 in).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus polyophthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Ophichthus polyophthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Ophichthus polyophthalmus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Bleeker, P., 1864 [ref. 408] Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54.


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