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Bigfin snake eel

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Species of fish

Bigfin snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. macrochir
Binomial name
Ophichthus macrochir
(Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Ophisurus macrochir Bleeker, 1853
  • Centrurophis macrochir (Bleeker, 1853)

The bigfin snake eel (Ophichthus macrochir) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 0–25 metres, and inhabits sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 92 centimetres.

References

  1. Synonyms of Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names for Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Bleeker, P., 1853 Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 5): 1-62+ 63-76.
Taxon identifiers
Ophichthus macrochir


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