The freshwater snake-eel[3] (Lamnostoma kampeni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[4] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916.[5] It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Asia and Oceania, including New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Vanuatu. Males can reach a maximum total length of 41 centimetres.[4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Lamnostoma |
| Species: | L. kampeni
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| Lamnostoma kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
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References
edit- ^ McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. & Smith, D.G. (2023). "Lamnostoma kampeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023: e.T196424A2456521. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T196424A2456521.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- ^ Synonyms of Lamnostoma kampeni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names for Lamnostoma kampeni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Lamnostoma kampeni at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 [ref. 4604] The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.
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