Korean snake eel | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Pisodonophis |
Species: | P. sangjuensis
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Binomial name | |
Pisodonophis sangjuensis Ji & Kim, 2011
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The Korean snake eel [1] (Pisodonophis sangjuensis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Hwan-Sung Ji and Jin-Koo Kim in 2011. [3] It is a marine, temperate water-dwelling eel which is known from Korea, in the northwestern Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 5 to 110 meters (16 to 361 ft), and uses its hard, pointed tail to form burrows in sand and mud sediments. Females can reach a maximum total length of 60.1 centimeters (23.7 in). [2]
The species epithet "sangjuensis" refers to the Korean snake eel's type locality, in Sangju. [2]