Scytalichthys miurus
Scytalichthys miurus, the short-tailed viper-eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean around Mexico and the Galapagos Islands.
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| Genus: | Scytalichthys D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891 |
| Species: | S. miurus |
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| Scytalichthys miurus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882) | |
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Scytalichthys miurus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
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