Biology:Schultzidia
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Short description: Genus of fishes
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anguilliformes |
| Family: | Ophichthidae |
| Subfamily: | Myrophinae |
| Genus: | Schultzidia Gosline, 1951 |
| Type species | |
| Muraenichthys johnstonensis Schultz & Woods, 1949[1]
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Schultzidia is a genus of eels in the snake eel family Ophichthidae. The name of this genus honors American ichthyologist Leonard Peter Schultz (1901-1986), one of the describers of the type species, Muraenichthys johnstonensis.[2] It currently contains the following species:[3]
- Schultzidia johnstonensis (L. P. Schultz & Woods, 1949) (Johnston snake-eel)
- Schultzidia retropinnis (Fowler, 1934) (fringe-lipped worm-eel)
References
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Ophichthidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Ophichthidae.
- ↑ "Order ANGUILLIFORMES: Family OPHICHTHIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 20 September 2020. http://www.etyfish.org/anguilliformes2/. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). Species of Schultzidia in FishBase. April 2006 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q3043902 entry
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