Freshwater snake-eel

Freshwater snake-eel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Division: Teleostei
Order: Anguilliformes
Family: Ophichthidae
Genus: Lamnostoma
Species:
L. kampeni
Binomial name
Lamnostoma kampeni
(Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)
Synonyms
  • Brachysomophis kampeni Weber & de Beaufort, 1916
  • Achirophichthys kampeni (Weber & de Beaufort, 1916)

The freshwater snake-eel (Lamnostoma kampeni) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber and Lieven Ferdinand de Beaufort in 1916. It is a tropical, freshwater eel which is known from Asia and Oceania, including New Caledonia, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Vanuatu. Males can reach a maximum total length of 41 centimetres.

References

  1. ↑ McCosker, J.; Tighe, K. & Smith, D.G. (2023). "Lamnostoma kampeni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2023 e.T196424A2456521. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2023-1.RLTS.T196424A2456521.en. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
  2. ↑ "Synonyms of Lamnostoma kampeni". fishbase.org.
  3. ↑ "Common names for Lamnostoma kampeni". fishbase.org.
  4. 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Lamnostoma kampeni". FishBase.
  5. ↑ Weber, M.; L. F. de Beaufort (1916). The fishes of the Indo-Australian Archipelago III. Ostariophysi: II Cyprinoidea, Apodes, Synbranchi. Vol. 3. Leiden: E. J. Brill.