Ophichthus arneutes

Ophichthus arneutes is an eel in the family Ophichthidae.[1] It was described by John E. McCosker and Richard Heinrich Rosenblatt in 1998.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Galapagos Islands, in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 434 to 557 m (1,424 to 1,827 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 30.6 cm (12.0 in).[1]

Ophichthus arneutes
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O. arneutes
Binomial name
Ophichthus arneutes
McCosker & Rosenblatt, 1998

The specific epithet arneutes means "diver" in Greek, and refers simultaneously to the depth at which the species is found, and to the method of capture.[1]

References

  1. Ophichthus arneutes at www.fishbase.org.
  2. McCosker, J. E. and R. H. Rosenblatt, 1998 (18 Dec.) [ref. 23645] A revision of the eastern Pacific snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae) with the description of six new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences v. 50 (no. 19): 397-432.


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