Dottedline snake eel

Dottedline snake eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. omorgmus
Binomial name
Ophichthus omorgmus
McCosker & Böhlke, 1984

The dottedline snake eel[1] (Ophichthus omorgmus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker and Eugenia Brandt Böhlke in 1984.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 183 metres.[2]

References

  1. Common names for Ophichthus omorgmus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Ophichthus omorgmus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. McCosker, J. E., and E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) [ref. 10404] Three new species of Western Atlantic snake eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae) of the genus Ophichthus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 136: 24-31.
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