Biology:Ophisternon
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Ophisternon | |
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| Bengal eel (O. bengalense) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Synbranchiformes |
| Family: | Synbranchidae |
| Subfamily: | Synbranchinae |
| Genus: | Ophisternon McClelland, 1844 |
| Type species | |
| Ophisternon bengalensis McClelland, 1844[1]
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Ophisternon is a genus of swamp eels found in fresh and brackish waters in South and Southeast Asia, New Guinea, Australia, Middle America and West Africa.[3] Two species are blind cave-dwellers.[4]
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[3]
- Ophisternon aenigmaticum D. E. Rosen & Greenwood, 1976 (Obscure swamp eel)
- Ophisternon afrum (Boulenger, 1909) (Guinea swamp eel)
- Ophisternon bengalense McClelland, 1844 (Bengal eel)
- Ophisternon candidum (Mees, 1962) (Blind cave eel)
- Ophisternon gutturale (J. Richardson, 1845) (Australian swamp eel)
- Ophisternon infernale (C. L. Hubbs, 1938) (Blind swamp eel)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Ophisteron". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?genid=1824.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Synbranchidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Synbranchidae.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Ophisternon in FishBase. May 2017 version.
- ↑ Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN:978-1402000768
Wikidata ☰ Q2142162 entry
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