Bigfin snake eel

Bigfin snake eel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Division:	Teleostei
Order:	Anguilliformes
Family:	Ophichthidae
Genus:	Ophichthus
Species:	O. macrochir
Binomial name
	Ophichthus macrochir; (Bleeker, 1853)
Synonyms
	Ophisurus macrochir Bleeker, 1853; Centrurophis macrochir (Bleeker, 1853);

The bigfin snake eel (Ophichthus macrochir) is an eel in the family Ophichthidae (worm/snake eels). It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1853. It is a tropical, marine eel which is known from the Indo-Pacific. It dwells at a depth range of 0–25 metres, and inhabits sand and mud. Males can reach a maximum total length of 92 centimetres.

References

↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
↑ Common names for Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
1 2 Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.
↑ Bleeker, P., 1853 [ref. 339] Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 5): 1-62+ 63-76.

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[1] Synonyms of Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.

[2] Common names for Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.

[Fishbase-3] 1 2 Ophichthus macrochir at www.fishbase.org.

[Bleeker,_1853-4] Bleeker, P., 1853 [ref. 339] Bijdrage tot de kennis der Muraenoïden en Symbranchoïden van den Indischen Archipel. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 5): 1-62+ 63-76.