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Evermann's snake eel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ophichthus
Species:	O. lithinus
Binomial name
Ophichthus lithinus (D. S. Jordan & R. E. Richardson, 1908)
Synonyms
Leiuranus lithinus Jordan & Richardson, 1908 Ophichthus evermanni Jordan & Richardson, 1909 Ophichthys evermani (Jordan & Richardson, 1909)

The Evermann's snake eel (Ophichthus lithinus) 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 Pacific Ocean. It inhabits inshore soft bottoms.

References

1. Synonyms of Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
2. Common names for Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Ophichthus lithinus at www.fishbase.org.
4. 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.

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