Biology:Xestochilus
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Short description: Species of fish
| Xestochilus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Animalia |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Chordata |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Actinopterygii |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Anguilliformes |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Ophichthidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Xestochilus McCosker, 1998 |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">X. nebulosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Xestochilus nebulosus (J. L. B. Smith, 1962)
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Xestochilus is a genus of eel in the family Ophichthidae. The genus contains one species being Xestochilus nebulosus (nebulosus snake eel). X. Nebulosus lives in the indo-pacific ocean in 2 to 42 meter deep waters. The nebulosus snake eel are found in tidepools, weed bottoms and sand inside tropical waters .The species max length is 47 centimeters.[1]
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Xestochilus nebulosus" in FishBase. June 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2269589 entry
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