Ophichthus echeloides

Ophichthus echeloides is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Umberto D'Ancona in 1928.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (20 in).[2]

Ophichthus echeloides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. echeloides
Binomial name
Ophichthus echeloides
(D'Ancona, 1928)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leptocephalus echeloides D'Ancona, 1928

References

  1. Synonyms of Ophichthus echeloides at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Ophichthus echeloides at www.fishbase.org.
  3. D'Ancona, U., 1928 [ref. 15917] Murenoidi (Apodes) del Mar Rosso e del Golfo di Aden. Materiali raccolti dal Prof. Luigi Sanzo nella Campagna della R. N. "Ammiraglio Magnaghi" 1923-24. Memoria, Comitato Talassografico Italiano No. 146: 1-146, Pls. 1-5.


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