Ophichthus longicorpus
Ophichthus longicorpus is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It is found in Lương Sơn, Nha Trang, Vietnam.[1]
| Ophichthus longicorpus | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus |
| Species: | O. longicorpus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus longicorpus (V. Q. Vo & H.-C. Ho, 2021) | |
The name means longus = long; corpus = body, referring to its long trunk (4.1‒4.9 times HL).[2]
References
- https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2021/03/RBZ-2021-0006.pdf | Van Quang Vo & Hsuan-Ching Ho, 2021, A new species of the snake eel genus Ophichthus from Vietnam, with a new record of Echelus polyspondylus McCosker & Ho, 2015, RAFFLES BULLETIN OF ZOOLOGY 69: 71–79, 2021
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
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