| Siboga worm eel | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Muraenichthys |
| Species: | M. sibogae |
| Binomial name | |
| Muraenichthys sibogae Weber & de Beaufort, 1916 | |
The Siboga worm eel (Muraenichthys sibogae) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from reefs in Timor and Samoa, in the Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 13.5 centimetres (5.3 in).
References
- Common names of Muraenichthys sibogae at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Muraenichthys sibogae at www.fishbase.org.
- Weber, M. and L. F. de Beaufort, 1916 The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago. III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. E. J. Brill, Leiden. v. 3: i-xv + 1-455.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Muraenichthys sibogae | |
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