Ophichthus brevicaudatus
| Ophichthus brevicaudatus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus |
| Species: | O. brevicaudatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus brevicaudatus Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Ophichthus brevicaudatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Chu Yuan-Ting, Wu Han-Lin and Jin Xin-Bo in 1981.[3] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from its type locality in the Taiwan Strait, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[2]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus brevicaudatus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Ophichthus brevicaudatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Chu, Y.-T. , H.-L. Wu and X.-B. Jin, 1981 (Mar.) [ref. 21250] Four new species of the families Ophichthyidae and Neenchelidae. Journal of Fisheries of China v. 5 (no. 1): 21-27.
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