Lamnostoma mindora
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Lamnostoma
Species:
L. mindora
Binomial name
Lamnostoma mindora
(Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Caecula mindora Jordan & Richardson, 1908
  • Sphagebranchus mindora (Jordan & Richardson, 1908)
  • Coecula mindora Jordan & Richardson, 1908

Lamnostoma mindora is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by David Starr Jordan and Robert Earl Richardson in 1908.[3] It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Asia and Oceania, including the Philippines and New Guinea. Males can reach a maximum total length of 40 centimetres (16 in).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Lamnostoma mindora at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Lamnostoma mindora at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Jordan, D. S. and R. E. Richardson, 1908 (16 Dec.) [ref. 2492] Fishes from islands of the Philippine Archipelago. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries v. 27(Doc. 640) (for 1907): 233-287.


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