Fowler's snake eel

Fowler's snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. fowleri
Binomial name
Ophichthus fowleri

Ophichthus fowleri, also known as the Fowler's snake eel is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae.[1] It is a marine eel which is known from the eastern Central Pacific in Hawaii.[1]

Etymology

The fish's patronym was not identified but it is certainly in honor of American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and a student of Jordan’s at Stanford University. [2]

References

  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophichthus fowleri". FishBase. October 2015 version.
  2. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family OPHICHTHIDAE Günther 1870 (Snake Eels and Worm Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 August 2024.


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