Magnificent snake eel
| Magnificent snake eel | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Myrichthys |
| Species: | M. magnificus |
| Binomial name | |
| Myrichthys magnificus (Abbott, 1860) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The Magnificent snake eel (Myrichthys magnificus, also known as the Hawaiian spotted snake eel[2]) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Charles Conrad Abbott in 1860, originally under the genus Pisoodonophis.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the eastern central Pacific Ocean, including the Hawaiian Islands, the Leeward Islands, Johnston Island, and Midway Atoll. It dwells at a depth range of 1 to 262 metres (3.3 to 859.6 ft), and inhabits crevices, sand and rocks. Males can reach a maximum total length of 78 centimetres (31 in).[3]
References
- ↑ Synonyms of Myrichthys magnificus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Myrichthys magnificus at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Myrichthys magnificus at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Abbott, C. C. 1860 (before 30 Nov.) [ref. 15619] Description of new species of apodal fishes in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 12: 475-479.
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