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Thompson's snake eel

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Species of fish

Thompson's snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Muraenichthys
Species: M. thompsoni
Binomial name
Muraenichthys thompsoni
Jordan & Richardson, 1908

The Thompson's snake eel (Muraenichthys thompsoni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the western central Pacific Ocean, including Vietnam, Australia, and the Philippines.

References

  1. Common names of Muraenichthys thompsoni at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Muraenichthys thompsoni at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Jordan, D. S., and R. E. Richardson, 1908 (16 Dec.) Fishes from islands of the Philippine Archipelago. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907): 233-287.
Taxon identifiers
Muraenichthys thompsoni
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