Misplaced Pages

Leiuranus
Leiuranus semicinctus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Subfamily:	Ophichthinae
Genus:	Leiuranus Bleeker, 1853
Type species
Leiuranus lacepedii Bleeker, 1852
Species
See text
Synonyms
Cyclophichthys Whitley, 1951 Elapsopis Kaup, 1856 Machaerenchelys Fowler, 1938 Stethopterus Bleeker, 1852

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

1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 November 2024.

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Leiuranus". FishBase. June 2011 version.

This Anguilliformes article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e

• Leiuranus
• Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
• Anguilliformes stubs