Bluntnose snake-eel

Bluntnose snake-eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. apicalis
Binomial name
Ophichthus apicalis
(Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
Synonyms[1]
  • Ophisurus apicalis Anonymous [Bennett], 1830
  • Ophichthys apicalis (Anonymous [Bennett], 1830)
  • Ophisurus spadiceus Richardson, 1846
  • Ophisurus compar Richardson, 1848
  • Ophisurus bangko Bleeker, 1853
  • Ophichthus bangko (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Ophisurus diepenhorsti Bleeker, 1860

The bluntnose snake-eel (Ophichthus apicalis, also known commonly as the pointed-tail snake-eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm or snake eels).[3] The author of the species is anonymous, but it has been referred to Edward Turner Bennett in 1830.[4] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines. It dwells at a maximum depth of 22 m, but also frequents shores. Males can reach a maximum total length of 45 cm.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Anonymous [Bennett], E. T. 1830 [ref. 259] Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694. In: Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow [Lady Stamford Raffles]. John Murray, London. 701 pp.


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