Ethadophis epinepheli

Ethadophis epinepheli
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ethadophis
Species:	E. epinepheli
Binomial name
	Ethadophis epinepheli; (Blache & Bauchot, 1972)
Synonyms
	Microrhynchus epinepheli Blache & Bauchot, 1972; Apterichtus epinepheli (Blache & Bauchot, 1972); Apterichtus epinephili (Blache & Bauchot, 1972);

Ethadophis epinepheli is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[2] It was described by and Marie-Louise Bauchot in 1972.^[3] It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from a single specimen recovered from the stomach of a grouper in Senegal, in the eastern Atlantic Ocean. It is known to reach a total length of 42.4 centimetres.^[2]

References[]

^ Synonyms of Ethadophis epinepheli at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Ethadophis epinepheli at www.fishbase.org.
^ Blache, J. and M.-L. Bauchot, 1972 [ref. 304] Contribution à la connaissance des poissons Anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 13e note: les genres Verma, Apterichthus, Ichthyapus, Hemerorhinus, Caecula, Dalophis avec la description de deux genres nouveaux (Fam. des Ophichthidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 34 (no. 3): 692-773.

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[1] Synonyms of Ethadophis epinepheli at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-2] Ethadophis epinepheli at www.fishbase.org.

[Blache_&_Bauchot,_1972-3] Blache, J. and M.-L. Bauchot, 1972 [ref. 304] Contribution à la connaissance des poissons Anguilliformes de la côte occidentale d'Afrique. 13e note: les genres Verma, Apterichthus, Ichthyapus, Hemerorhinus, Caecula, Dalophis avec la description de deux genres nouveaux (Fam. des Ophichthidae). Bulletin de l'Institut Francais d'Afrique Noire (Sér A) Sciences Naturelles v. 34 (no. 3): 692-773.

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