Ophichthus tsuchidae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. tsuchidae
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus tsuchidae D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901
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Ophichthus tsuchidae is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by David Starr Jordan and John Otterbein Snyder in 1901.[2] It is a marine, subtropical eel which is known from Japan, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. Males can reach a maximum total length of 50 centimeters (20 in).[1]