Longfin worm eel | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Myrophis |
Species: | M. anterodorsalis |
Binomial name | |
Myrophis anterodorsalis McCosker, E. B. Böhlke & J. E. Böhlke, 1989 |
The longfin worm eel (Myrophis anterodorsalis) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by John E. McCosker, Eugenia Brandt Böhlke and James Erwin Böhlke in 1989. It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Colombia, in the western central Atlantic Ocean. It is known to dwell within one meter of the surface.
References
- Common names of Myrophis anterodorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Myrophis anterodorsalis at www.fishbase.org.
- McCosker, J. E., E. B. Böhlke and J. E. Böhlke, 1989 Family Ophichthidae (pp. 254-412). In: E. B. Böhlke (ed.) . Memoirs of the Sears Foundation of Marine Research Mem. 1 (pt 9).
Taxon identifiers | |
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Myrophis anterodorsalis |
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