Ophichthus longicorpus

Ophichthus longicorpus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. longicorpus
Binomial name
Ophichthus longicorpus
(V. Q. Vo & H.-C. Ho, 2021)

Ophichthus longicorpus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It is found in Lương Sơn, Nha Trang, Vietnam.[1]

The name means longus = long; corpus = body, referring to its long trunk (4.1‒4.9 times HL).[2]

References

  1. ^ https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RBZ-2021-0006.pdf | Van Quang Vo & Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2021, A new species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus from Vietnam, with a new record of Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015, RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 69: 71–79, 2021
  2. ^ 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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