Evermann's snake eel

Evermann's snake eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. lithinus
Binomial name
Ophichthus lithinus
(Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Leiuranus lithinus Jordan & Richardson, 1908
  • Ophichthus evermanni Jordan & Richardson, 1909
  • Ophichthys evermani (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)

The Evermann's snake eel[2] (Ophichthus lithinus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western Pacific Ocean. It inhabits inshore soft bottoms.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names for Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ↑ Jordan, D. S. and R. E. Richardson, 1908 (16 Dec.) [ref. 2492] Fishes from islands of the Philippine Archipelago. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907): 233-287.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, March 08, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.