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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. genie |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus genie J. E. McCosker, 1999 | |
Ophichthus genie is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker in 1999. It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific, including New Caledonia and Maldives. It dwells at a depth range of 430 to 500 metres (1,410 to 1,640 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 33.7 centimetres (13.3 in).
The species epithet "genie" was given in honour of ichthyologist Eugenia B. Böhlke. (1929-2001), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia.
References
- ^ Ophichthus genie at www.fishbase.org.
- McCosker, J. E., 1999 Pisces Anguilliformes: deepwater snake eels (Ophichthidae) from the New Caledonia region, southwest Pacific Ocean. Mémoires du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris (N. S.) (Série A) Zoologie No. 180: 571-588.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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