Lamnostoma mindora
Appearance
Lamnostoma mindora | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Lamnostoma |
Species: | L. mindora
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Binomial name | |
Lamnostoma mindora (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
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Lamnostoma mindora is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908.[3] It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Asia and Oceania, including the Philippines and New Guinea. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres (16 in).[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Lamnostoma mindora at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Lamnostoma mindora at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Jordan, D. S. and R. E. Richardson, 1908 (16 Dec.) [ref. 2492] Fishes from islands of the Philippine Archipelago. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907): 233-287.