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Giant Snake Eel
Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Actinopterygii - ray-finned fishes »  order Anguilliformes »  family Ophichthidae - snake eels and worm eels

Scientific synonyms

Echelus oxyrinchus Rafinesque, 1810
Leptorhynchus capensis Smith, 1840
Muraena acutirostris Gronow, 1854
Muraena serpens Linnaeus, 1758
Oxystomus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)
Sphagebranchus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)

Other names

= Serpent Eel

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Ophisurus serpens - Giant Snake Eel

Author: Pavel Zuber

Ophisurus serpens - Giant Snake Eel

Author: Pavel Zuber
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Links and literature

CZ AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [species/18654] [as Ophisurus serpens (Linnaeus, 1758)]
Plíštil J. (Ed.) (2009): AQUATAB. World Wide Web electronic publication [http://aquatab.net]
Data retrieved on: 2010/01/17
CH DE EN FR IT NL PR SP FishBase [1745]
Froese R., Pauly D. (eds.): FishBase [http://www.fishbase.org]
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