Ordinary 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: | Myrophis |
Species: | M. microchir
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Binomial name | |
Myrophis microchir (Bleeker, 1864)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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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]