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Faintsaddled snake eel

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

The faintsaddled snake eel[1] (Ophichthus hyposagmatus) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by John E. McCosker and Eugenia Brandt Böhlke in 1984.[3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell at a depth of 108 meters.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Common names for Ophichthus hyposagmatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ a b Ophichthus hyposagmatus at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ McCosker, J. E. and E. B. Böhlke, 1984 (28 Dec.) [ref. 10404] Three new species of Western Atlantic snake eels (Pisces: Ophichthidae) of the genus Ophichthus. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 136: 24-31.