Ophichthus kunaloa

Ophichthus kunaloa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ophichthus
Species:	O. kunaloa
Binomial name
	Ophichthus kunaloa; J. E. McCosker, 1979

Ophichthus kunaloa is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).^[1] It was described by John E. McCosker in 1979.^[2] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the Hawaiian Islands, in the eastern central Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 220 to 475 metres (722 to 1,558 ft), and leads a benthic lifestyle, inhabiting fine sand sediments and crevices in harder substrates. Males can reach a maximum total length of 47.3 centimetres (18.6 in).^[1]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Ophichthus kunaloa at www.fishbase.org.
^ McCosker, J. E., 1979 [ref. 8805] The snake eels (Pisces, Ophichthidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with the description of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 42 (no. 2): 57-67.

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[Fishbase-1] Ophichthus kunaloa at www.fishbase.org.

[McCosker,_1979-2] McCosker, J. E., 1979 [ref. 8805] The snake eels (Pisces, Ophichthidae) of the Hawaiian Islands, with the description of two new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 4) v. 42 (no. 2): 57-67.

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