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Ocellated sand-eel

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Ocellated sand-eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Lamnostoma
Species:
L. polyophthalma
Binomial name
Lamnostoma polyophthalma
(Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms[2]
  • Dalophis polyophthalmus Bleeker, 1853
  • Caecula polyophthalmus (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Lamnostoma polyophthalma (Bleeker, 1853)
  • Anguisurus punctulatus Kaup, 1856

The ocellated sand-eel (Lamnostoma polyophthalma) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853.

References

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  1. ^ Mailautoka, K. (2012). "Lamnostoma polyophthalma". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T196427A2456761. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012.RLTS.T196427A2456761.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lamnostoma polyophthalma". FishBase. June 2024 version.