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Ordinary snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Myrophis
Species: M. microchir
Binomial name
Myrophis microchir
(Bleeker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Echelus microchir Bleeker, 1864

The ordinary snake eel (Myrophis microchir) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, originally under the genus Echelus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Vietnam, Japan, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and Australia. It inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres (1 ft 3 in).

References

  1. Synonyms of Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Bleeker, P., 1864 Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54.
Taxon identifiers
Myrophis microchir


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