Ophichthus brasiliensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. brasiliensis
Binomial name
Ophichthus brasiliensis
(Kaup, 1856)
Synonyms[1]
  • Centrurophis brasiliensis Kaup, 1856

Ophichthus brasiliensis is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[2] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Centrurophis.[3] It is a marine, tropical eel which is known from Brazil, in the southwestern Atlantic Ocean (from which its species epithet is derived).[2]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus brasiliensis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 1 2 Ophichthus brasiliensis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ Kaup, J. J., 1856 [ref. 2572] Uebersicht der Aale. Archiv für Naturgeschichte v. 22 (no. 1): 41-77.
  • Eschmeyer, W.N. (ed.), 1998. Catalog of fishes. Special Publication, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco. 3 vols. 2905 p.


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