Leiuranus
| Leiuranus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853 |
| Species | |
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Leiuranus is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Leiuranus semicinctus (Lay & E. T. Bennett, 1839) (Saddled snake-eel)
- Leiuranus versicolor (J. Richardson, 1848) (Convict snake-eel)
References
- Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Leiuranus in FishBase. June 2011 version.