Longfin worm eel

Longfin worm eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Myrophis
Species:
M. anterodorsalis
Binomial name
Myrophis anterodorsalis
McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989

The longfin worm eel[1] (Myrophis anterodorsalis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell within one meter of the surface.[2]

References

  1. ^ Common names of Myrophis anterodorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Myrophis anterodorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke and J. E. Böhlke, 1989 [ref. 13288] Family Ophichthidae (pp. 254-412). In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) [ref. 13282]. Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 9).


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