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Ophichthus grandoculis

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Species of fish

Ophichthus grandoculis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species: O. grandoculis
Binomial name
Ophichthus grandoculis
(Cantor, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Ophiurus grandoculis Cantor, 1849
  • Ophisurus grandoculis Cantor, 1849

Ophichthus grandoculis, known commonly as the snake-eel in Malaysia, is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Theodore Edward Cantor in 1849, originally under the genus Ophisurus. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Malaysia, in the eastern Indian Ocean.

References

  1. Synonyms of Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Ophichthus grandoculis at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Cantor, T. E., 1849 (Oct.-Dec.) Catalogue of Malayan fishes. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 18 (pt 2): i-xii + 983-1443, Pls. 1-14.
Taxon identifiers
Ophichthus grandoculis


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