Schultzidia
Appearance
Schultzidia | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Subfamily: | Myrophinae |
Genus: | Schultzidia Gosline, 1951 |
Type species | |
Muraenichthys johnstonensis | |
Species | |
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Schultzidia is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901-1986), one of the describers of the type species, Muraenichthys johnstonensis.[2] It currently contains the following species:[3]
- Schultzidia johnstonensis (L. P. Schultz & Woods, 1949) (Johnston snake-eel)
- Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) (fringe-lipped worm-eel)
References
[edit]- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (20 September 2020). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Schultzidia". FishBase. Retrieved 27 January 2021.