Xyrias
Appearance
Xyrias | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anguilliformes |
Family: | Ophichthidae |
Subfamily: | Ophichthinae |
Genus: | Xyrias D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 |
Type species | |
Xyrias revulsus D.S. Jordan & Snyder 1901
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Species | |
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Xyrias is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. It currently contains the following species:
- Xyrias chioui McCosker, W. L. Chen & H. M. Chen, 2009
- Xyrias guineensis (Blache, 1975)
- Xyrias multiserialis (Norman, 1939) (Speckled snake eel)
- Xyrias revulsus D. S. Jordan & Snyder, 1901 (Strict snake eel)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Xyrias". FishBase. June 2011 version.