Ophichthus brevicaudatus

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Ophichthus brevicaudatus
Scientific classification edit
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]
  • Ophichthys brevicaudatus Chu, Wu & Jin, 1981

Ophichthus brevicaudatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by , and 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[]

  1. ^ Synonyms of Ophichthus brevicaudatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Ophichthus brevicaudatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ 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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