Biology:Highfin snake eel
| Highfin snake eel | |
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| O. altipennis burrowed in the sand (Komodo, Indonesia) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Genus: | Ophichthus |
| Species: | O. altipennis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ophichthus altipennis (Kaup, 1856)
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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The highfin snake eel (Ophichthus altipennis, also known as the blackfin snake eel or the black-finned snake eel,[3] is an eel in the family Ophichthidae.[4] It was described by Johann Jakob Kaup in 1856, originally under the genus Microdonophis.[5] It is a marine, tropical eel known from the eastern Indian Ocean and northwestern and western central Pacific Ocean, including Australia , French Polynesia, Indonesia, Japan , the Marshall Islands, Malaysia, the Philippines , and Papua New Guinea. It dwells at a depth range of 0 to 40 m (0 to 131 ft),[1] and forms burrows in soft inshore sand sediments. Males can reach a maximum total length of 103 cm (41 in).[4]
Due to its wide distribution in the Pacific and lack of known threats, the IUCN redlist currently lists the highfin snake eel as "Least Concern".[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 McCosker, J.E. (2010). "Ophichthus altipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T155329A4776443. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T155329A4776443.en.
- ↑ Synonyms of Ophichthus altipennis at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Ophichthus altipennis at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). "Ophichthus altipennis" in FishBase. February 2017 version.
- ↑ Kaup, J. J. (1856). "Uebersicht der Aale". Archiv für Naturgeschichte 22 (1): 41–77. doi:10.5962/bhl.part.11240. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/11240.
External links
- Photos of Highfin snake eel on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q2418143 entry
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