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Ophichthus echeloides

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Species of fish

Ophichthus echeloides
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. echeloides
Binomial name
Ophichthus echeloides
(D'Ancona, 1928)
Synonyms
  • Leptocephalus echeloides D'Ancona, 1928

Ophichthus echeloides is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Umberto D'Ancona in 1928. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, in the western Indian Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 51 centimetres (20 in).

References

  1. McCosker, J.; Smith, D.G.; Tighe, K. (2022). "Ophichthus echeloides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T199310A2581124. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-2.RLTS.T199310A2581124.en. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophichthus echeloides". FishBase.
  3. D'Ancona, U. (1928). Murenoidi (Apodes) del Mar Rosso e del Golfo di Aden. Materiali raccolti dal Prof. Luigi Sanzo nella Campagna della R. N. "Ammiraglio Magnaghi" 1923-24 (in Italian). Vol. 146. Memoria, Comitato Talassografico Italiano.
Taxon identifiers
Ophichthus echeloides


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