Ordinary snake eel

Ordinary snake eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Myrophis
Species:
M. microchir
Binomial name
Myrophis microchir
(Bleeker, 1864)
Synonyms[1]
  • Echelus microchir Bleeker, 1864

The ordinary snake eel[2] (Myrophis microchir) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1864, originally under the genus Echelus.[4] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Indo-Western Pacific, including Vietnam, Japan, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and Australia. It inhabits sandy sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 39 centimetres (1 ft 3 in).[3]

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Myrophis microchir at www.fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Bleeker, P., 1864 [ref. 408] Poissons inédits indo-archipélagiques de l'ordre des Murènes. Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde v. 2: 38-54.


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