Longfin worm eel
| Longfin worm eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
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| Phylum: | Chordata
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| Order: | Anguilliformes
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| Species: | M. anterodorsalis
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| Binomial name | |
| Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989
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The longfin worm eel[1] (Myrophis anterodorsalis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker, and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell within one meter of the surface.[2]
References[]
- ^ Common names of Myrophis anterodorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Myrophis anterodorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke and J. E. Böhlke, 1989 [ref. 13288] Family Ophichthidae (pp. 254-412). In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 9).
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