Ophichthus brasiliensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Ophichthus |
Species: | O. brasiliensis
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Binomial name | |
Ophichthus brasiliensis (
Kaup, 1856)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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Ophichthus brasiliensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). [2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Centrurophis. [3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Brazil, in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (from which its species epithet is derived). [2]