Ophichthus brevicaudatus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Chu Yuan-Ting, Wu Han-Lin and Jin Xin-Bo in 1981.[3] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from its type locality in the Taiwan Strait, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.[2]
Ophichthus brevicaudatus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. brevicaudatus
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus brevicaudatus | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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References
edit- ^ Synonyms of Ophichthus brevicaudatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Ophichthus brevicaudatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Chu, Y.-T. , H.-L. Wu and X.-B. Jin, 1981 (Mar.) [ref. 21250] Four new species of the families Ophichthyidae and Neenchelidae. Journal of Fisheries of China v. 5 (no. 1): 21-27.