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Olive snake eel

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Species of fish

Olive snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. rutidoderma
Binomial name
Ophichthus rutidoderma
(Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms
  • Ophisurus rutidoderma Bleeker, 1853
  • Ophisurus lumbricoides Bleeker, 1853
  • Ophisurus rutidodermatoides Bleeker, 1853
  • Ophichthus rutidodermatoides (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Ophichthys rutidodermatoides (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Ophichthus derbyensis Whitley, 1941

The olive snake eel (Ophichthus rutidoderma, also known as the Derby snake-eel) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853, originally under the genus Ophisurus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. It forms burrows in soft sediments in shallow waters, and leads a nocturnal lifestyle. Males can reach a maximum total length of 95 centimetres (37 in).

The olive snake eel's diet consists of finfish.

References

  1. Synonyms of Ophichthus rutidoderma at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Ophichthus rutidoderma at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Ophichthus rutidoderma at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Bleeker, P., 1853-54 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.
  5. Food items reported for Ophichthus rutidoderma at www.fishbase.org.
Taxon identifiers
Ophichthus rutidoderma


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