Scytalichthys
| Scytalichthys | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
| Genus: | Scytalichthys D. S. Jordan & B. M. Davis, 1891 |
| Species: | S. miurus
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| Binomial name | |
| Scytalichthys miurus (D. S. Jordan & C. H. Gilbert, 1882)
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Scytalichthys miurus, the short-tailed viper-eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is the only member of its genus. It is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean around Mexico and the Galapagos Islands.
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Scytalichthys miurus". FishBase. June 2011 version.
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