Xestochilus is a genus of eel in the family Ophichthidae. The genus contains one species being Xestochilus nebulosus (nebulosus snake eel). X. Nebulosus lives in the indo-pacific ocean in 2 to 42 meter deep waters. The nebulosus snake eel are found in tidepools, weed bottoms and sand inside tropical waters .The species max length is 47 centimeters.[1]
Xestochilus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Xestochilus McCosker, 1998 |
Species: | X. nebulosus
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Binomial name | |
Xestochilus nebulosus (J. L. B. Smith, 1962)
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References
edit- ^ "Xestochilus nebulosus, Nebulous snake eel". www.fishbase.se. Retrieved 2022-06-09.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Xestochilus nebulosus". FishBase. June 2011 version.