Muraenichthys elerae
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Genus: | Muraenichthys |
Species: | M. elerae
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Binomial name | |
Muraenichthys elerae Fowler, 1934
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Muraenichthys elerae is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by Henry Weed Fowler in 1934.[2] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from the Philippines, in the western central Pacific Ocean.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Muraenichthys elerae at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Fowler, H. W., 1934 (20 Jan.) [ref. 1416] Descriptions of new fishes obtained 1907 to 1910, chiefly in the Philippine Islands and adjacent seas. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 85 (for 1933): 233-367.