Ophichthus humanni
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Ophichthus
Species:
O. humanni
Binomial name
Ophichthus humanni

Ophichthus humanni is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels).[1] It was described by John E. McCosker in 2010.[2] It is a marine, deep water-dwelling eel which is known from Vanuatu, in the western Pacific Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 254 to 300 metres (833 to 984 ft). Males can reach a maximum total length of 66.9 centimetres (26.3 in).[1]

Etymology

The eel is named in honor of author and underwater photographer Paul Humann (b. 1937), who has supplied ichthyologists with his photographs and in the wild observations.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Ophichthus humanni at www.fishbase.org. Archived 2014-05-17 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ McCosker, J. E., 2010 (14 June) [ref. 30840] Deepwater Indo-Pacific species of the snake-eel genus Ophichthus (Anguilliformes: Ophichthidae), with the description of nine new species. Zootaxa No. 2505: 1-39.
  3. ↑ 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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