| Dottedline snake eel | |
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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. omorgmus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus omorgmus J. E. McCosker & E. B. Böhlke, 1984 | |
The dottedline snake eel (Ophichthus omorgmus) is a species of eels in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker and Eugenia Brandt Böhlke in 1984. It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 183 meters.
References
- Common names for Ophichthus omorgmus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Ophichthus omorgmus at www.fishbase.org.
- McCosker, J. E., and E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) Three new species of Western Atlantic snake eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae) of the genus Ophichthus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 136: 24-31.
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