Serpent eel
Serpent eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ophisurus |
Species: | O. serpens |
Binomial name | |
Ophisurus serpens | |
The serpent eel or sand snake-eel, Ophisurus serpens is an eel of the genus Ophisurus found in the eastern Atlantic, western Mediterranean, western Indian Ocean, western Pacific and the north-east and west coast of North Island in New Zealand. Its length is between 150 and 250 centimetres.
References
- "Ophisurus serpens". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 19 March 2006.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Ophisurus serpens" in FishBase. January 2006 version.
- Tony Ayling & Geoffrey Cox, Collins Guide to the Sea Fishes of New Zealand, (William Collins Publishers Ltd, Auckland, New Zealand 1982) ISBN 0-00-216987-8
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