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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus |
| Species: | O. apicalis |
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| Ophichthus apicalis (Anonymous , 1830) | |
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The bluntnose snake eel (Ophichthus apicalis, also known commonly as the pointed-tail snake-eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm or snake eels). The author of the species is anonymous, but it has been referred to Edward Turner Bennett in 1830. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, and the Philippines. It dwells at a maximum depth of 22 m, but also frequents shores. Males can reach a maximum total length of 45 cm.
References
- Synonyms of Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names for Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Ophichthus apicalis at www.fishbase.org.
- Anonymous , E. T. 1830 Class Pisces. Pp. 686-694. In: Memoir of the life and public services of Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles.... By his Widow . John Murray, London. 701 pp.
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