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Ophichthus brachynotopterus

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Species of fish

Ophichthus brachynotopterus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. brachynotopterus
Binomial name
Ophichthus brachynotopterus
Karrer, 1982

Ophichthus brachynotopterus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Christine Karrer in 1983. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Madagascar, in the western Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range 355 to 580 metres (1,165 to 1,903 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 41.6 centimetres (16.4 in).

References

  1. ^ Ophichthus brachynotopterus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Karrer, C. 1983 Anguilliformes du Canal de Mozambique (Pisces, Teleostei). Faune Tropicale v. 23 (for 1982): 1-116.
Taxon identifiers
Ophichthus brachynotopterus


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