Fowler's snake eel

Fowler's snake eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ophichthus
Species:	O. fowleri
Binomial name
	Ophichthus fowleri; (D. S. Jordan & Evermann, 1903)

Ophichthus fowleri, also known as the Fowler's snake eel, is a species of eel in the family Ophichthidae. It is a marine eel which is known from the eastern Central Pacific in Hawaii.

Etymology

The fish's patronym was not identified but it is certainly in honor of American ichthyologist Henry Weed Fowler (1878–1965), of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and a student of Jordan’s at Stanford University.

References

1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophichthus fowleri". FishBase. October 2015 version.
↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family OPHICHTHIDAE Günther 1870 (Snake Eels and Worm Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 August 2024.

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[Fishbase-1] 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ophichthus fowleri". FishBase. October 2015 version.

[ETYFish-2] Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family OPHICHTHIDAE Günther 1870 (Snake Eels and Worm Eels)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 3 August 2024.